Solution to XP blue screen failure with Serial ATA Advanced Master Interface

The author from the internet to Amoy a ThinkPad SL500 (27466AC) notebook, with Vista system, the appearance and quality are good, the only lack of memory is only 1GB, in the Vista game is not fluent enough, and then intend to change vista for the WinXP system. However, whether the use of genuine or pirated WinXP SP2 installation disk, the installation will always appear blue screen phenomenon. After some research, it is found that AHCI (Serial ATA Advanced Master interface) mode affects installation. Finally, the author uses the following methods to successfully install the WinXP system, but also can open AHCI mode, so that the hard drive to improve efficiency.

Close AHCI, no roadblocks on installation road

AHCI is a joint research and development interface standard for several companies, including Intel, to get higher signal transmission speed and improve HDD efficiency by about 30%. Typically, only Sataⅱ hard drives and newer (such as Intel ich7r) motherboard bridge chips work together to support this feature. While the ThinkPad SL500 uses the Intel PM45 chipset with the 160G Sataⅱ hard drive, the factory AHCI mode is turned on by default, and the earlier WinXP system disk generally does not have "AHCI" drive, which leads to "blue screen event".

The author of the notebook in the Vista system can be used normally, the hardware should have no problems. Reboot by "F1" into the BIOS and discover that the "SATA Controller Mode Option" Item is set to "AHCI", which is an advanced serial ATA feature. Set the key to "Compatibility", press "F10" Save exit, and then use Ghost version of the CD-ROM installation system, you can successfully complete.

Re-open AHCI to speed hard drive read and write efficiency

Now that the AHCI mode is enabled to improve performance, the performance of the machine should also be improved. However, after installing the system, I try to open AHCI mode, and then a blue screen appears. So again in the "Compatibility" mode into the system, login Lenovo official website (in Lenovo website Select the model after the input serial number, you can download the relevant driver), download the Intel motherboard driver (VISTA/WINXP) decompression and installation, Then download the Intel Matrix Storage Manager driver (WinXP), unpack and find "Install.cmd" in "C:\DRIVERS\WIN\IMSM\PREPARE", Double-click Install (after installation use AHCI mode into the system will not be blue screen).

Restart the computer, press "F1" key to enter the BIOS, in the "Config Settings" interface into the "serial ATA (SATA)" (Figure 2), the original "Compatibility" to "AHCI", press "F10" save exit, reboot, After entering the WinXP system, prompted to find new hardware, click "No, Not Now", press "Next" select "Install from the specified location", point the path to "C:\DRIVERS\WIN\IMSM", press "next" installation can be. At this point, finally in the notebook WinXP system successfully enabled the hard drive AHCI mode.

Hint: In the new version WinXP SP3 genuine CD-ROM and some newer clone version ghost system disk already integrated SATA drive, install system press F6 Load drive can install the WinXP system normally, do not appear blue screen phenomenon. If the newer models of AMD chip motherboards (such as amd790g chip), you can see this 2009 the second phase of the D14 version of the correct opening of the 790GX motherboard NCQ function to open the Sataⅱ hard disk advanced mode to improve efficiency.