SATA Drivers for Intel NM10 Chipset

[Rhino Cracker]

Hi all, I am trying to find a way to install the sata/ahci drivers for a mini-pc afterwards.

PC: Zotac ZBOX ID41
CPU: Intel Atom D525
Chipset: Intel NM10 Express
OS. Windows XP Professional (32 Bit)

There was a CD shipped with that pc, onmly with f6/floppy/textmode ahci drivers.
I cannot find a proper installer working for this pc from intel - they all say something like "incompatible computer model".
I also don't know the Hardware ID because I don't know for which device I should look in the device manager.

The INF files included in the cd's SATA driver directory tell compatibility to the following devices:
iaAHCI.inf:

PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2681&CC_0106.DeviceDesc = "Intel(R) ESB2 SATA AHCI Controller"
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C1&CC_0106.DeviceDesc = "Intel(R) ICH7R/DH SATA AHCI Controller"
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C5&CC_0106.DeviceDesc = "Intel(R) ICH7M/MDH SATA AHCI Controller"
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2821&CC_0106.DeviceDesc = "Intel(R) ICH8R/DH/DO SATA AHCI Controller"
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2829&CC_0106.DeviceDesc = "Intel(R) ICH8M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller"
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2922&CC_0106.DeviceDesc = "Intel(R) ICH9R/DO/DH SATA AHCI Controller"
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2929&CC_0106.DeviceDesc = "Intel(R) ICH9M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller"
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A02&CC_0106.DeviceDesc = "Intel(R) ICH10D/DO SATA AHCI Controller"
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A22&CC_0106.DeviceDesc = "Intel(R) ICH10R SATA AHCI Controller"
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B29&CC_0106.DeviceDesc = "Intel(R) PCHM SATA AHCI Controller 4 Port"
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B2F&CC_0106.DeviceDesc = "Intel(R) PCHM SATA AHCI Controller 6 Port"
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B22&CC_0106.DeviceDesc = "Intel(R) PCH SATA AHCI Controller"

iaSTOR.inf:

PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2682&CC_0104.DeviceDesc = "Intel(R) ESB2 SATA RAID Controller"
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C3&CC_0104.DeviceDesc = "Intel(R) ICH7R/DH SATA RAID Controller"
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C6&CC_0104.DeviceDesc = "Intel(R) ICH7MDH SATA RAID Controller"
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2822&CC_0104.DeviceDesc = "Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R/DO/PCH SATA RAID Controller"
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_282A&CC_0104.DeviceDesc = "Intel(R) ICH8M-E/ICH9M-E/PCHM SATA RAID Controller"

Can anyone help me enabling AHCI mode afterwards?

 

[Elizabeth23]

AHCI is supported in the NM10 Express Chipset.

The BIOS setting you're looking for is:

BIOS main menu screen --> Integrated Peripherals --> Onboard SATA Function

There are two possible settings: Compatible or Enhanced.

Compatible = IDE emulation mode

Enhanced = AHCI mode

above from HERE, hope this helps

https://www.proposedsolution.com/solutions/how-to-find-your-sata-drivers/

above link has some pretty clear info on determining which sata controller you need.

 

[xphelper]

The AHCI <--> IDE is a quick workaround. Just need to watch out for the CMOS battery because when it dies the setting will revert back to the original setting and you'd get a BSOD.

If you like a challenge, get an nLite tool (I don't know if it is still free) to slip stream an XP disk (with SATA driver in from driver pack).