On Sat Dec 6 21:13:34 PST 2014, lu...@proxima.alt.za wrote: > > your sata is supported, but you'll need to switch to ahci mode. > > > >> 0.31.2: disk 01.01.8a 8086/27c0 0 0:00000001 16 1:00000001 16 > >> 2:00000001 16 3:00000001 16 4:0000ffa1 16 > >> Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SATA Controller [IDE > >> mode] > > The web seems to think that the South Bridge supporting the IDE chip > does not provide AHCI mode.
usually there is an option in bios to load the ahci firmware instead of the ide emulation. some vendors don't provide this option. - erik