P55a-ud4p AHCI on XP

[hawkeye]

I installed XP using F6 method for all 3 controllers RAID/AHCI. Intel controller bios was set to IDE, Native mode. Install went OK

HD is SATA II

I then changed Intel controller bios to AHCI and during boot received the BSOD.

What am I doing wrong


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Model Name : GA-P55A-UD4P(rev. 1.0)
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M/B Rev : 1.0
BIOS Ver : 7c
Serial No. :
Purchase Dealer :
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VGA Brand : HIS      Model : HD4670
CPU Brand : Intel      Model : i7-860      Speed : 2.8ghz
Operation System :       SP :
Memory Brand : skill      Type : DDRII
Memory Size : 8gb      Speed : 1333
Power Supply : 620 W

[SolidGoldstein]

XP is wrong... LOL I wouldn't expect the newest hardware, such as P55A series boards and their components to work well with an OS build from several years ago. You might be able to get it to work, but the only thing I can think of trying is installing it with AHCI enabled in the BIOS before you install XP. Maybe XP can't handle that - I am not sure. Just ditch XP ASAP. Win 7 is as good at what XP did, plus a lot more. Sorry to suggest spending more $$.

[KT]

I am having same problem today loading XP after new home build.  Not that I won't spend $$  for Win7,  ALL my old games are not compatable, so I want XP.  Any other ideas to make it work.  The manual goes through XP install with RAID.  I am trying RAID10.  Thanks.

[UD6]

Try to install WinXP in IDE. Then install all drivers in the OS - RAID, AHCI CHIPSET whatever. Then restart WinXP set to AHCI or whatever. Worked for me in WinXP SP3 with RAID 0  and AHCI. Never had a problem. For RAID 0 I restored a backup to the new RAID 0 disks. This backup was created with IDE and no RAID.

[gilgamesh]

I installed XP using F6 method for all 3 controllers RAID/AHCI. Intel controller bios was set to IDE, Native mode. Install went OK

HD is SATA II

I then changed Intel controller bios to AHCI and during boot received the BSOD.

What am I doing wrong


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Model Name : GA-P55A-UD4P(rev. 1.0)
--------------------------
M/B Rev : 1.0
BIOS Ver : 7c
Serial No. :
Purchase Dealer :
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VGA Brand : HIS      Model : HD4670
CPU Brand : Intel      Model : i7-860      Speed : 2.8ghz
Operation System :       SP :
Memory Brand : skill      Type : DDRII
Memory Size : 8gb      Speed : 1333
Power Supply : 620 W

an alternative is you COULD do an in-place reapir installation i.e installing right ontop of the old o/s using the f6 mode combined (you will need to have the RAID -ACHI drivers on a FDD before re-install, please make sure you do this)

please let me know how it goes

gilgamesh

[UD6]

I had no problems with my XP SP3 and switched an old IDE install to RAID 0 and to AHCI afterwards - just copied Acronis partition backups to the new disks but installed all drivers while IDE was running.

But try what SolidGoldstein writes. Install it with AHCI on. It will ask you for the driver.

Hope your HD is not so old that it cannot handle AHCI.