MSI P965 Express and Vista Install

> See if the BIOS of your MB allow for your SATA HDD to be in ATA compatible
> mode. Then Install Vista, get the SATA driver you need and reboot. Go back
> into BIOS and reset the HDD back to SATA
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> "EddieJ" <EddieJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:89848DF2-FDC4-4119-B8D1-633438DDB25E@microsoft.com...

> >I have ditched a previous attempt of Vista upgrade from XP Home in favour
> >of
> > a clean install. It seems that I am stuck with the dreaded combination of
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> > Vista install on an ICH8R controller. I have read all the links I can
> > search
> > and tried every suggestion including one from the reputable Intel whose
> > chip
> > my board uses. Nothing has worked and the well-published failures have
> > materialized.
> > Has anyone clean-installed Vista on this this particular mainboard with
> > raptor drives configured for Raid/AHCI? I'm afraid going back to IDE just
> > gives me two small drives which Vista tells me doesn't meet the
> > specification
> > for install. I am using drivers supplied from both the mainboard supplier
> > and Intel's latest version which they claim over comes a debilitating
> > change
> > Microsoft made to AHCI spec'd drivers for drives using LPM. Neither
> > works.

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