• Jan 15, 2016  Is this a fresh windows 10 install or a upgrade from 7 or 8.1? Does the motherboard driver disk include win 10 drivers? Most modern motherboards will have hard disk controllers in ahci mode by default I would expect a fresh install of win 10 to work.
• On Windows 10, always there is a problem of Standard SATA AHCI Controller driver problem. And as you update to Windows 10, the Windows 7 SATA AHCI Controller driver will not work with Windows 10. This problem occurs from restarting the PC or shutting down or in sleep mode.

1. Windows 10 Ahci Driver Download
2. Win 10 Amd Ahci Driver
3. Windows 10 Ahci Driver Update

AHCI and IDE are the modes where hard drive communicates with Windows 10, 7, 8 by SATA controller driver. If we compare with IDE, AHCI runs faster and has more advantages like Hot-plugging and native command. In simple we can say, for older Operating system, IDE is the best options and for Windows 10 AHCI.

Hello David,

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Windows 10 Ahci Driver Download

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.

Win 10 Amd Ahci Driver

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesstorahci

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_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesstorahciStartOverride

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.

Windows 10 Ahci Driver Update

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.