Disable AHCI Mode in HP DV7-1103ef

Discussion in 'BIOS Mods' started by max171, Jul 26, 2011.

  1. max171

    max171 MDL Novice

    Jul 21, 2011
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    My issue is that i need to activate IDE mode in my BIOS. Sadly for me, HP locked the BIOS so IDE and AHCI mode are not configurable. My guess is that i have AHCI.

    I have an InsydeH20 BIOS, firmware revision: F.13 available here (on hp website)
    h t t p ://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=ob-65673-1&cc=fr&dlc=fr&lc=fr&os=4062&product=3812367&sw_lang=

    Sorry for spaces :(

    My PC is a hp dv7-1103ef.
    I would basically like someone to edit (or to teach me how to edit) my BIOS so that i can activate the hidden options and therefore dis-activate AHCI. Any help at all would be much appreciated! The hidden option is located in the system configuration tab of my BIOS.

    I got lots of information from another thread if someone wants to give it a try, threads title is: [Need Help] Disable AHCI Mode in HP Pavilion DV7-1245dx

    Thanks, Max.
     
  2. max171

    max171 MDL Novice

    Jul 21, 2011
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    My problem is Solved, contact me if anyone needs the mod.
     
  3. hadjmalek

    hadjmalek MDL Novice

    Aug 1, 2011
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    re-Disable AHCI Mode in HP DV7-1103ef

    Please tell me how to do it?
     
  4. creg.fielding

    creg.fielding MDL Novice

    Aug 1, 2011
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    HP Dv7 Bios Mod

    What is your contact info? Need the mod for the bios.

    Thanks,

    Creg
     
  5. michaelc

    michaelc MDL Novice

    Aug 7, 2011
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    Hey, I'm having the same problem that you had here.

    My Hp-dm4-2070us has bios InsydeH20 rev 3.5 with windows 7. I want to install as a dual boot windows xp but in order to do that, I have to activate IDE mode. In the bios of InsydeH20 there is no option to change "RAID Auto/AHCI" to "RAID Auto/ATA"

    How did you solve this?

    Thanks a million,
    Mike
     
  6. Tito

    Tito Super Mod / Adviser
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  7. Invisible-Bob

    Invisible-Bob MDL Novice

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    Hey can you tell me what the fix was? I am trying to install XP on a HP dv7 laptop but the BIOS has no option for changing to IDE mode. Thanks!