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ConRoe945G-DVI and AHCI?

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Topic: ConRoe945G-DVI and AHCI?

Posted By: joe pineapples
Subject: ConRoe945G-DVI and AHCI?
Date Posted: 28 Dec 2015 at 11:26pm

Was going to fit an ssd and I know the board only supports sata2, but wondering if it at least supports ahci, maybe with a later bios. I couldn't find it on mine.

thanks

joe

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Posted By: Xaltar
Date Posted: 29 Dec 2015 at 1:43am

I highly doubt it but even in IDE mode an SSD will make a huge difference to the responsiveness of your system.

Posted By: joe pineapples
Date Posted: 31 Dec 2015 at 5:33pm

Thanks for the reply. We went ahead and fitted one, and it has transformed and old pc (plus installed windows 10). :)

One other question I meant to ask. As I understand it, this boards chipset will only allow it to use the first 3.2gig of ram (even though windows actually sees 4gig....very frustrating). I don't suppose a bios update was ever done to unlock the extra memory? (if that was ever possible).

Posted By: wardog
Date Posted: 31 Dec 2015 at 5:52pm

Unfortunately, No. A BIOS update won't fix the 4GB limit. That is inherent to the 945G chipset itself. 32bit.

http://ark.intel.com/products/27720/Intel-82945G-Memory-Controller" rel="nofollow - http://ark.intel.com/products/27720/Intel-82945G-Memory-Controller

Posted By: joe pineapples
Date Posted: 31 Dec 2015 at 6:11pm

Thanks wardog.

Trust me to choose a board with this limitation (2 spare ram sockets going begging to rub it in) :(

Posted By: wardog
Date Posted: 31 Dec 2015 at 6:53pm

True, but remember that chipset was around when 512MB and 1GB sticks were the thing.

You missed that boat by I believe one newer chipset!