AHIC activate

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March 30th, 2013, 06:18 PM
Jim1

AHIC activate

Hi: Loaded win 8, and only after doing so, discovered that it would work better if AHIC were enabled before the load. Any way, without harm, to post-activate AHIC? The Microsoft site indicates a reload is best, cautioning that to do otherwise could lead to problems, failure. Conclusion was that activating the AHIC only adds about 1 percent to the speed. Another site suggests that the Registry can be altered, and goes on to give a workaround. Thoughts? The sytem is plenty fast, and once loaded, browsing is eye-flicker fast. Thanks, Jim S
March 30th, 2013, 06:27 PM
Midknyte

You mean AHCI. What Motherboard/Hard Drive combination do you have?

This might work for Win8:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...s-7-vista.html
March 31st, 2013, 06:30 PM
Jim1

Thanks. Seems to have worked, though had to try a few times.

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Originally Posted by Jim1

Hi: Loaded win 8, and only after doing so, discovered that it would work better if AHIC were enabled before the load. Any way, without harm, to post-activate AHIC? The Microsoft site indicates a reload is best, cautioning that to do otherwise could lead to problems, failure. Conclusion was that activating the AHIC only adds about 1 percent to the speed. Another site suggests that the Registry can be altered, and goes on to give a workaround. Thoughts? The sytem is plenty fast, and once loaded, browsing is eye-flicker fast. Thanks, Jim S

It's an Abit 32 Max (works just fine) M/B with 4 Gb, the Plextor 128 Gb SSD, and a 7200 rpm, Seagate 150 Gb hard drive. Jim S
March 31st, 2013, 07:58 PM
Midknyte

Ah. For an SSD, you'd want to use AHCI. Glad to hear you got it working.