Install the Windows XP graphics and text commentary using AHCI mode

Before beginning to explain, the wind network first to take you to know some knowledge about AHCI, I believe that for those who have not contacted AHCI technology, this new model does make us feel unfamiliar.

AHCI Serial ATA Advanced Master interface/Advanced Host Controller Interface), an interface standard developed by several companies under Intel's guidance, which allows storage drivers to enable advanced serial ATA features such as native command queues and hot-swappable, its research team includes Intel, AMD, Dell , http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/2039.html ">marvell, Mai Tuo, Microsoft, Red Hat, Seagate and Storagegear and other famous enterprises.

AHCI Essence is a PCI class device that acts as a common interface between the system memory bus and the internal logic of Serial ATA devices (that is, it is common in different operating systems and hardware). This class of devices describes a common system memory structure with control and status zones and command sequence entry tables; each command table entry contains SATA device programming information, and a pointer to a description table that is used to transmit data to the device and host.

AHCI implements native SATA functionality by including a PCI BAR (base address register). Because of the successful development of the AHCI unified interface, the development of supporting Serial ATA products has been greatly simplified, operating systems and device manufacturers have eliminated the task of developing interfaces independently, instead of operating directly on the unified interface, which can be implemented including NCQ (820.html ">native Command Queuing), among many functions.

NCQ is a new hard disk technology, in short, it will be faster to jump from one program to another when you start it, and to achieve it first select AHCI mode in the BIOS, then install the corresponding driver when installing the system (generally in the motherboard drive disk), after the installation of the system can basically be achieved.

Many SATA appliance controllers can be individually enabled for AHCI functionality or combined with RAID functionality, and Intel recommends that if you use raid on its support AHCI chipset, you will have the maximum flexibility to take the AHCI mode build raid. Because AHCI can switch the raid build mode on the operating system where the installation is complete.

Through the above instructions, we have a basic understanding of AHCI, we take the ATI Chip ta780g m2+ motherboard As an example, use AHCI mode to install the Windows XP steps are as follows:

1. First, you need to find the corresponding AHCI F6 driver from the motherboard driver CD to make AHCI drive floppy disk, as follows:

Note: Windows XP when loading system integration perimeter, press F6, can only load from the floppy disk drive, such as light drive or U disk load will appear unable to load the hint.

2 Enter the CMOS interface to open AHCI mode.

Select Chipset->southbride configuration->onchip SATA type-> set to AHCI.

Press KB F10 key to save exit, that is, open AHCI mode, as shown below

3 CMOS Setup after the reboot, press the KB "F9" key, from the F9 boot to choose from the CD-ROM installation system. The following figure: