Hey guys,
Hopefully someone here knows what's going on because I can't find info anywhere.
I'm trying to switch from IDE to AHCI in Windows 7 without having to do a reinstall if possible.
I've followed the numerous instructions out there on how to enable the AHCI drivers with registry edits, then changed the proper BIOS settings but doing this results in an OS boot loop.
My motherboard (GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3) has two SATA Controllers. The one attached to my optical drives can be changed to AHCI no problems and the AHCI controller/driver shows up in control panel. However, whenever I change the SATA controller attached to my HDDs, including the OS drive, I keep getting the boot loop.
Just curious if anyone has seen this problem because apparently from what I have read this registry fix works for almost everyone.
Final note. I did notice that for XP people had to manually update the drivers to force Windows to switch to AHCI before changing the BIOS settings. Was curious if one could do this in Win7 as well. Worried I would bork my install doing this though.
Any advice or direction is greatly appreciated. THanks!