Gygabite mobo question

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Looking for someone familiar with Gygabite mobo's. I am having some minor issues and have a question in reguards to my mb and my ssd. The motherboard model is in my profile, I can add it to the post when I am on a oc later. Using the latest available bios and drivers for it. Bios v F7I (beta) issued 8/30/2010. I can not find an ahci option anywhere in the bios settings. Am I just overlooking something, manufacturer says it's supported. Running the OCZ Agility 2 120G ssd with the latest fw v 1.27. Also, for everyday use and some slightly morw than casual gaming, is ahci really going to make that big of a difference?

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Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
custom
OS
Window 7 Professional 64bit
CPU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Windsor 2.4GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Soc
Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-M61P-S3 AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 / nForce 430 ATX
Memory
8G G.Skill gaming ram ( 2G x 4 chips)
Graphics Card(s)
Zotac NVidia GeForce 9500 GT 1.0G DDR3
Sound Card
on-board from motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer AL2216W (22" widescreen lcd)
Screen Resolution
1680x1050
Hard Drives
OCZ Agility 2 120G (primary OS and software)
WDC WD4000AAKS (400G HDD)
WDC WD800JB (80G media storage)
WDC MyWorld Book (1.0T external network storage)
Case
PowerSpec
Keyboard
Razer Blackwidow (mechanical gaming keyboard)
Mouse
Razer Mamba (hybrid wired/wireless) Razer Naga (for gaming)
Internet Speed
Comcast broadband with powerboost, 16.83 Mbps/2.86 Mbps
No, it won't make much difference.

Look in your BIOS under integrated peripherals and then look for something like PCH SATA control.

I think it is best changed before you install an OS, but I think you can work around it--maybe with a registry edit? I changed mine to AHCI when I recently rebuilt.

It seems to add time to the boot cycle.
 

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PC/Desktop
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Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
CPU
Intel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked
Motherboard
AsRock Z170M Extreme 4, micro ATX
Memory
8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)
Graphics Card(s)
none; graphics are integrated on CPU
Sound Card
onboard: Realtek ALC1150; external: USB Behringer UF0-202
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell S2340M 23 inch IPS
Screen Resolution
1600 x 900
Hard Drives
System: Crucial MX100 series SSD, 128 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
Backup: WD Caviar Green WD30EZRX-00D8PB0, 3 TB
PSU
Rosewill SilentNight 500 watt fanless, semi-modular
Case
Antec Solo II
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Noctua NH-U12S; Noctua F12 intake, Noctua S12A exhaust
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Microsoft 200 6JH-00001 USB
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Dell or Microsoft optical wired; USB
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Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes Premium
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Pale Moon
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All fans PWM; speeds at idle: CPU circa 500 rpm; intake circa 600 rpm; exhaust circa 600 rpm; CPU temps 27 idle and 47 C load in a warm room (27 C/81 F) when running Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test.
Hi,

It would appear that your motherboard unfortunately does not support AHCI mode (I don't see it in the BIOS option). See the BIOS section of the manual linked here (and attached screen capture):

GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Socket AM2 - GA-M61P-S3 (rev. 1.0)

I don't think you will see a significant downgrade in performance using the IDE controller, based on your description of the PC usage. I wouldn't be overly concerned about SSD performance.

Regards,
Golden
 

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Golden Mk. I.4
OS
Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
CPU
Intel i7 860 @ 2.80 GHz O/C'ed to 4.0GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte P55A-UD3R Rev.1. Award BIOS F13
Memory
16GB Corsair Vengance DDR3 @ 661 MHz Dual Channel (9-9-9-24)
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA NVidia GTX 560 1024MB
Sound Card
Realtek Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays
Dual Samsung SyncMaster 2494HS
Screen Resolution
1920*1080 and 1920*1080
Hard Drives
1*Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD;
1*OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD;
2*Samsung F3 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID0;
1*Samsung F1 SpinPoint 1TB;
2*Western Digital 1TB External USB 3.0
1*Western Digital 500GB External USB 3.0
1*Seagate 500GB External USB 2.0
PSU
Thermaltake ToughPower QFan 750W
Case
Thermaltake Element S VK60001W2Z
Cooling
Corsair H60 Water Cooling, 2*230mm and 2*80mm case fans
Keyboard
Logitech G110
Mouse
Logitech MX518
If you are using an SSD it can make a big difference. IDE mode does not support TRIM. AHCI does.

Unfortunately, from your Motherboard manual under limitations (and elsewhere):

"Does not support RAID/AHCI (class code 0104/0106) hard disks."
 

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Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home built (GeneO industries)/Model 4
OS
Windows 10 Pro. EFI boot partition, full EFI boot
CPU
i7 4770k 4.4GHz (44-44-43-43 turbo) @ 1.248V
Motherboard
ASUS Maximus VI Hero
Memory
16GB (8GBx2) @2200 MHz G.skill Sniper 10-11-10-30-1, 1.6V
Graphics Card(s)
MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G
Sound Card
Onboard SupremeFX Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
NEC Spectraview 2490WUXi-SV
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1200
Hard Drives
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB (OS), Samsung 2x 128GB 840 Pro SSD in RAID0, 3x WD Blue 6Gb/s 1TB RAID0, WD 2TB Black external USB 3.0, 2TB WD20EARS Green external USB 3.0, 2x 500GB Seagate and 1 750 GB external USB, 1x 350GB external USB3
PSU
Seasonic X-850 (2012 KM3 model)
Case
Fractal Design Define R4
Cooling
NH-D14, NF-F12, NF-A15; NF-P14, NF-P12,NF-A14, S12A PWM
Keyboard
Cooler Master Storm Quickfire Rapid - Brown
Mouse
Logitech G602
Internet Speed
126.4 Mb/s down, 24.3 Mb/s up
Other Info
USB 3.0 x8 , SATA III x8, eSATA, USB 2.0 x6. Samsung DVD R/W drive.

WEI: CPU 7.8, Memory 7.9, Graphics 7.9, Disk 7.9
Thanks Gene, I didn't know that.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Golden Mk. I.4
OS
Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
CPU
Intel i7 860 @ 2.80 GHz O/C'ed to 4.0GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte P55A-UD3R Rev.1. Award BIOS F13
Memory
16GB Corsair Vengance DDR3 @ 661 MHz Dual Channel (9-9-9-24)
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA NVidia GTX 560 1024MB
Sound Card
Realtek Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays
Dual Samsung SyncMaster 2494HS
Screen Resolution
1920*1080 and 1920*1080
Hard Drives
1*Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD;
1*OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD;
2*Samsung F3 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID0;
1*Samsung F1 SpinPoint 1TB;
2*Western Digital 1TB External USB 3.0
1*Western Digital 500GB External USB 3.0
1*Seagate 500GB External USB 2.0
PSU
Thermaltake ToughPower QFan 750W
Case
Thermaltake Element S VK60001W2Z
Cooling
Corsair H60 Water Cooling, 2*230mm and 2*80mm case fans
Keyboard
Logitech G110
Mouse
Logitech MX518
Welcome! :)

Or at least that is what I had read (not owning an SSD yet).
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home built (GeneO industries)/Model 4
OS
Windows 10 Pro. EFI boot partition, full EFI boot
CPU
i7 4770k 4.4GHz (44-44-43-43 turbo) @ 1.248V
Motherboard
ASUS Maximus VI Hero
Memory
16GB (8GBx2) @2200 MHz G.skill Sniper 10-11-10-30-1, 1.6V
Graphics Card(s)
MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G
Sound Card
Onboard SupremeFX Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
NEC Spectraview 2490WUXi-SV
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1200
Hard Drives
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB (OS), Samsung 2x 128GB 840 Pro SSD in RAID0, 3x WD Blue 6Gb/s 1TB RAID0, WD 2TB Black external USB 3.0, 2TB WD20EARS Green external USB 3.0, 2x 500GB Seagate and 1 750 GB external USB, 1x 350GB external USB3
PSU
Seasonic X-850 (2012 KM3 model)
Case
Fractal Design Define R4
Cooling
NH-D14, NF-F12, NF-A15; NF-P14, NF-P12,NF-A14, S12A PWM
Keyboard
Cooler Master Storm Quickfire Rapid - Brown
Mouse
Logitech G602
Internet Speed
126.4 Mb/s down, 24.3 Mb/s up
Other Info
USB 3.0 x8 , SATA III x8, eSATA, USB 2.0 x6. Samsung DVD R/W drive.

WEI: CPU 7.8, Memory 7.9, Graphics 7.9, Disk 7.9
it supports raid and that is and i read in the gygabite forums that it is suppose to support achi, not overly concerned as i have been told that achi is only really needed for hot swapping and a few other "advanced" features i do not use. As for as the mb and chipset go, i am currently looking into replacing them in the next month or so. Want a newer and faster mb and processor...i have 2 mobo's in mind at this point and and amd am3 quad core black edition pcu
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
custom
OS
Window 7 Professional 64bit
CPU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Windsor 2.4GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Soc
Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-M61P-S3 AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 / nForce 430 ATX
Memory
8G G.Skill gaming ram ( 2G x 4 chips)
Graphics Card(s)
Zotac NVidia GeForce 9500 GT 1.0G DDR3
Sound Card
on-board from motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer AL2216W (22" widescreen lcd)
Screen Resolution
1680x1050
Hard Drives
OCZ Agility 2 120G (primary OS and software)
WDC WD4000AAKS (400G HDD)
WDC WD800JB (80G media storage)
WDC MyWorld Book (1.0T external network storage)
Case
PowerSpec
Keyboard
Razer Blackwidow (mechanical gaming keyboard)
Mouse
Razer Mamba (hybrid wired/wireless) Razer Naga (for gaming)
Internet Speed
Comcast broadband with powerboost, 16.83 Mbps/2.86 Mbps
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