I'm finishing a new build with an ASUS P7P55D-E Pro with an Intel i7-860. I'm trying to load Win 7 (64bit) on an Intel X-25 80gb SSD. The POST is perfect, all components are shown correctly in BIOS, all drives, processor, etc. The Windows DVD will load files into RAM but when the "Starting Windows" logo screen comes up the install just stops and that page just sits on the screen with no more action. The SSD is already formatted and updated with the latest revision...... but the Win 7 disk just doesn't see it or recognize it and won't load out of RAM. Anybody have any thoughts as to why this is happening?..........or not happening I should say! Thanks.
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Win 7 won't install on SSD
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[LYL]Homer
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With a SSD you'll want to be running in AHCI mode, this is set through the BIOS.
I looked in the manual for your motherboard and it looks like you have a couple of different controllers on your mobo, make sure you are plugged into the correct SATA port and have AHCI enabled for those ports in the BIOS.
I looked in the manual for your motherboard and it looks like you have a couple of different controllers on your mobo, make sure you are plugged into the correct SATA port and have AHCI enabled for those ports in the BIOS.
[LYL]Homer;1036427585 said:With a SSD you'll want to be running in AHCI mode, this is set through the BIOS.
I looked in the manual for your motherboard and it looks like you have a couple of different controllers on your mobo, make sure you are plugged into the correct SATA port and have AHCI enabled for those ports in the BIOS.
QFT. If you cannot set AHCI mode without also enabling RAID (as is the case with some SATA controllers), set the controller to RAID but do not configure the SSD into a RAID array.
[LYL]Homer;1036427585 said:With a SSD you'll want to be running in AHCI mode, this is set through the BIOS.
I looked in the manual for your motherboard and it looks like you have a couple of different controllers on your mobo, make sure you are plugged into the correct SATA port and have AHCI enabled for those ports in the BIOS.
After formatting the drive on another machine I was finally able to put it into AHCI mode and it shows up correctly in BIOS that way. I would think that SATA 1 port would be AHCI and bootable but I'll check this out as soon as I get to the shop in an hour. Thanks!