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SDD & no AHCI (supposedly??) Will it work - pls help? (Studio 540)
I have a Dell 540 Studio, with the latest BIOS. (Motherboard: 0M017G A00)
I just bought a Corsair Force3 120gb SSD to use as a primary drive together with data storage on the existing SATA HDD (WD 640gb 7200rpm).
I have not connected it up yet, but some forums seem to indicate there is no AHCI option on this motherboard / BIOS.
Will a SSD work, & if so what option do I need to select, assuming there is no AHCI? I assumed my motherboard would have this option.
Or can I enebale AHCI through Windows drivers / registry tweaks? (or is this needed in addition to enabling it in the BIOS?
Or am I wasting my time with an SSD on this system?
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May 13th, 2012 04:00
Dell's support seems to say I must set it as Raid.
Should I do this for both the SSD & secondary HDD?
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May 21st, 2012 11:00
AHCI is not required for an SSD to work. It may not run at optimal speed however.
Some SSD vendors require AHCI mode for firmware updates.
The INTEL 320/520 Series does not.