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Intel DG33TL (G33) - switching the SATA controller from IDE to AHCI mode?

I have an Intel DG33TLM motherboard in my file server. I installed Windows 2003 on it. In order to get Windows to install, I changed the SATA controller to IDE mode. This allowed me to make use of the ...
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The SATA mode mistake that nearly cost me my entire system

You're probably wondering why anyone would change their SATA mode. It started the way a lot of bad tech decisions happen late at night, scrolling through TikTok, half-paying attention, when a tech ...
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Of ODDs and the SATA controllers that don't support them (or, Marvel and ATAPI)

My Google-fu is failing me, so excuse me if this question has been answered in abundance. I recently purchased an Asus P8Z68-V PRO motherboard. This board is equipped with four SATA 3Gb ports and two ...
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Booting an Intel Architecture System, Part II: Advanced Initialization

Once the processor is running and memory has been initialized, timers and devices must be started up and a memory map laid out. Only then, can the OS be loaded. In the first part of this article, I ...