[QUOTE=EyeInTheSky;1444627]Thank you NavyLCDR. I understand the process; but, my BIOS is stuck in LEGACY mode.[\Quote]
Legacy BIOS v. UEFI has nothing to do with IDE v. AHCI SATA controller. And you have to have an IDE/ATA ATAPI Controller in device manager, if you have a SATA SSD or HDD. When was the last time you clicked on Restart to restart windows?
This is a chipset specific AHCI SATA controller device driver:
[QUOTE=NavyLCDR;1444644]What you posted just now is what I had in my device manager before upgrading to Windows 10. I restarted windows several times within the last couple of hours because I had fresh installation media for the clean install of Windows 10.Thank you NavyLCDR. I understand the process; but, my BIOS is stuck in LEGACY mode.[\Quote]
Legacy BIOS v. UEFI has nothing to do with IDE v. AHCI SATA controller. And you have to have an IDE/ATA ATAPI Controller in device manager, if you have a SATA SSD or HDD. When was the last time you clicked on Restart to restart windows?
Well, if you don't have an entry for an IDE ATA/ATAPI controller in device manager, then something is seriously wrong.
Also, research shows that your chipset on the motherboard GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 does NOT support AHCI mode.
Yes, forgive me if I'm not projecting the right direction I'm trying to explain. I just remember specifically when I had a HDD and Windows 7 on this computer, that I was definitely able to select AHCI or AHCI was displayed in the BIOS I should say. Device manager also had the IDE ATA/ATAPI controller listed as well. What Happened and how?
I just saw your edit: Thank you for settling this. Just weird that everything works with everything being mismatched on my system. Thanks again for looking into that, obviously I was mistaken.
The Geforce 6150 chipset does not support AHCI. That's why it is not an available option in BIOS. I believe you were mistaken that AHCI was ever an option.
The GeForce 6150SE chipset is also known as MCP61. nVidia did not add AHCI support until MCP65 chipsets.
Been a longgggg time since I had to deal with the old NVIDIA nForce controller stuff and never with Win10. So, this is probably a long shot ...
I believe the reason you're not seeing IDE ATA/ATAPI Controller is the nForce Serial ATA Controllers under Storage Controllers. You could try deleting the two nForce Serial ATA Controllers (check the box to remove drivers if it's offered) and reboot PC ... No guarantee that it won't just put them right back, but might be worth a shot. Also, I don't know if the nForce Serial ATA Controllers being under Storage Controllers is a Win10 vs Win7 thing or not and why you saw IDE ATA/ATAPI Controller and it's entries in Win7.
Note: I doubt if you can just do a Scan for hardware changes, but you could try before rebooting.
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