I built a new system and was positive I switched the "PCH SATA Control Mode" on my Gigabyte GA-Z68-UD3-BS motherboard to ACHI. And all worked fine and Windows boots quick. I then added a second mechanical hard drive and it did not show in Windows. Explored the BIOS and found that the "PCH SATA Control Mode" was at IDE. I switched it to AHCI and Windows will not load. For some reason the boot order was all wrong, so fixed that. Disconnected the 2nd drive. PCH SATA Control Mode" offers three options. IDE works. AHCI and RAID get you to a black screen where it says "Loading Operating System", but nothing else happens. What is wrong? Everyone says to use AHCI but my system will have none of it. The Marvell controller (not used) is set at IDE.
- Phil
- Phil