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Enable AHCI on VIA SATA controller

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I have an HP Mini 2133, and SATA operation is set to "native" in the bios, however my SSD software informs me that AHCI is disabled. I have installed the correct driver, but it seems that the controller is not running in AHCI mode, despite being set to native SATA operation in the BIOS (alternative option being "compatible", which I assume means IDE mode). Anyone know how I can force it into AHCI mode in Windows?
 
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speed test the drive with crystaldiskmark to see the truth.
 
181MB/s read, 132MB/s write. I checked the properties of the SATA controller in device manager, and it reports that it's using the "videX32" service, which I assume is VIA's IDE mode service, despite it being set to native mode in the BIOS. I don't get it.
 
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