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    Problem with SATA under XP

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by vassil_98, Dec 21, 2008.

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    I have the same problem described in this thread: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=327780 but unfortunately the solution didn't work for me and I have M1303 (I dual book Vista/XP).
    The Intel Matrix Storage Manager tells me that my system does not meet basic system requirements and aborts!
    Currently I run XP with SATA and flash cache disabled in Bios and whenever I turn it on, XP stops loading with a blue screen seconds after starting to load.

    Any ideas? I don't really want to go back to installation and use the F6 method to load the SATA drivers. Any help high appreciated

    Here's a screenshot of my device manger right now.Is that how it should look like?
     

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