No option AHCI in the BIOS. DVD SATA as IDE burner.

Hello, I am new to the forum and need advice, else why would I be here, no?

I have a desktop HP Pavilion a610n with the AMD Athlon 3000 + CPU. I upgraded from XP to Windows 7 Home Premium. I borrowed an IDE DVD drive to install the new system because the original HP drive stopped working.

After installation, I bought a new 24 X Multiformat DVD Writer (DVD 1270i HP) and connected on one of two SATA connectors on the motherboard (since both tried) and bought an adapter for the power supply connection (4-pin Molex to 15-pin SATA). Start the computer and the device has been installed and all seemed well until I put an audio CD in the drive and it just sat there with the ridiculous small icon rolling around. I tried a DVD in there then and it froze the computer.

I then went in the implementation to see if there was an option to switch from IDE to SATA AHCI, but there isn't. In the Device Manager DVD appears as an IDE drive I think I need some sort of update BIOS to enable SATA support. HP support has no new BIOS download for this computer on their download page. Only XP is listed as an operating system.  My only option is to return the drive and get an IDE model?

Sorry for the novel, but I tried to give a complete description of my attempts at resolution. Thanks for any advice you can give!

Kernal Klink

Kernal, welcome to the forum.

I checked the specifications of the product for an update of the BIOS. There is an update of the BIOS, but it is only for XP Home Media Center. The BIOS is dated 25/08/2005. It wouldn't fix all problems you encounter at this stage. You can try to reinstall XP and do the BIOS update, but as I said, it does not seem to fix all your problems.

I think that I return the drive and save your money for a new computer. You have nothing to lose and much to gain.

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