How to Enable AHCI for SSD in Windows 10.

Hello David,

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We regret for the inconvenience caused to you. We will be glad to assist you with your issue.

You can try the below steps and check if it helps:

1. While in Windows, press the Win+R keys to open Run, type regedit, and click/tap on OK to open Registry Editor.
2. If prompted by UAC, click/tap on Yes.
3. In the left pane of Registry Editor, browse to the key location below.

4. In the right pane of the iaStorV key, double click/tap on the Start DWORD to modify it. (see screenshot above)
5. Type 0 (zero) for AHCI, and click/tap on OK.

6. In the left pane of Registry Editor, browse to the key location below.

7. In the right pane of the StartOverride key, double click/tap on the 0 DWORD to modify it.
8. Type 0 (zero), and click/tap on OK.

9. In the left pane of Registry Editor, browse to the key location below.

10. In the right pane of the storahci key, double click/tap on the Start DWORD to modify it. (see screenshot above)
11. Type 0 (zero) for AHCI, and click/tap on OK.

12. In the left pane of Registry Editor, browse to the key location below to see if you have the StartOverride here. If you don't, then go to step 15 below. 
          HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\storahci\StartOverride

13. If you do, then, in the right pane of the StartOverride key, double click/tap on the 0 DWORD to modify it.
14. Type 0 (zero), and click/tap on OK.

15. When finished, close Registry Editor.
16. Boot the computer to your BIOS or UEFI firmware settings.

17. In your BIOS or UEFI firmware settings, enable AHCI, and save & exit to apply and restart the computer.

Note: These settings will vary per brand and model number of motherboard. Please read your motherboard manual for more specific details about how to change SATA settings for it.

18. When Windows starts, it'll automatically install AHCI drivers.

19.  When finished, you'll need to click/tap on Restart Now to restart the computer one last time.

Check if it helps. For further assistance you can contact Samsung support.

Thank you.

Thank you for the information. It was helpful. The registry keys were already set as you described. I changed the setting from RAID to AHCI and let the computer boot. Windows would not boot up because of a disk error. I let it do the automatic shut down and let it restart for the second time as you mentioned in 19 and the same error resulted. I changed back to RAID and Windows loaded. Samsung Magician gave me an error notification that some of the features wouldn't work because AHCI was not enabled. But at least I was able to get Windows to load. For the most part everything works. It would be nice to be able to use all the features and benefits of the SSD.

Regards.

David.

Thank you very much.

It Worked great for me.

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Thank You.

I followed your instructions to the letter, but unfortunately I could never get Win 10 to boot in AHCI mode.  I found all the locations mentioned in steps 3, 6, 9, and 12.  Does Win 10 use the Msahci service?  I could not find it in my registry.

The only registry settings that were not already set to 0 were the StartOverride parameters.

Any suggestions?

Bonjour,

J'ai appliqué les modifications au registre de mon pc, après redémarrage, les modifications n'ont pas été appliquées ,Type 3 comme au départ?

Merci à vous

exactly and this aint the first problem with no help or straight answers windows ten has caused is it lol...

u gave it away for free so no one could make a big fuss .....adapt enough then bring windows 11 out straight away .

incompatible is just bad customer care ASIO probs WinDVD not free , No hardware drivers ready from manufacturers , AHCI . glitches , clicks in audio , USB 3 drv glitches , windows update problems ........

THX MICROSOFT WE LOVE YOU TOO GOD MY SYS WAS PERFECT BEFORE YOUR ""GIFT""

Hello David,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

We regret for the inconvenience caused to you. We will be glad to assist you with your issue.

You can try the below steps and check if it helps:

1. While in Windows, press the Win+R keys to open Run, type regedit, and click/tap on OK to open Registry Editor.
2. If prompted by UAC, click/tap on Yes.
3. In the left pane of Registry Editor, browse to the key location below.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\iaStorV

4. In the right pane of the iaStorV key, double click/tap on the Start DWORD to modify it. (see screenshot above)
5. Type 0 (zero) for AHCI, and click/tap on OK.

6. In the left pane of Registry Editor, browse to the key location below.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\iaStorAV\StartOverride

7. In the right pane of the StartOverride key, double click/tap on the 0 DWORD to modify it.
8. Type 0 (zero), and click/tap on OK.

9. In the left pane of Registry Editor, browse to the key location below.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\storahci

10. In the right pane of the storahci key, double click/tap on the Start DWORD to modify it. (see screenshot above)
11. Type 0 (zero) for AHCI, and click/tap on OK.

12. In the left pane of Registry Editor, browse to the key location below to see if you have the StartOverride here. If you don't, then go to step 15 below. 
          HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\storahci\StartOverride

13. If you do, then, in the right pane of the StartOverride key, double click/tap on the 0 DWORD to modify it.
14. Type 0 (zero), and click/tap on OK.

15. When finished, close Registry Editor.
16. Boot the computer to your BIOS or UEFI firmware settings.

17. In your BIOS or UEFI firmware settings, enable AHCI, and save & exit to apply and restart the computer.

Note: These settings will vary per brand and model number of motherboard. Please read your motherboard manual for more specific details about how to change SATA settings for it.

18. When Windows starts, it'll automatically install AHCI drivers.

19.  When finished, you'll need to click/tap on Restart Now to restart the computer one last time.

Check if it helps. For further assistance you can contact Samsung support.

Thank you.

One additional item was overlooked.  I had to boot the PC into windows safe mode after making changes to the registry.  Then after, reboot the PC, go into the PC BIOS before it boots into windows, change the BIOS to ACHI mode, then reboot normally.  Only then would wondows load the correct drivers.

Keith