Resolved SSDs and AHCI mode

My win7 machine uses an SSD for the OS and is currently running in IDE mode.
I have read that it will perform better in AHCI mode, is this true?
I tried to change to AHCI in the BIOS, but the machine would then not boot.
I would appreciate your comments.

Thanks, Geoff

 

See here and note the FixIt link at the bottom.

 

BTW, Arie, I really like that article, but one thing I wanted to comment on is this comment,

This is so sad, but true. And that is from professional review sites too. And not just for drives, but virtually everything. I really wish similar follow-ups were done on power supplies, for example, as it is a natural characteristic of virtually all PSUs (and motherboard power circuits) to lose some capacity over time. This is often referred to as "capacitor aging ", though other (if not all) components suffer "natural" degradation from aging too.

In defense of these review sites, most (with perhaps the sole exception of Consumer Reports) do not go out to BestBuy or Newegg and buy with their own money "off the shelf" the test subjects like we - normal consumers - do. Rather they are supplied ( "loaned ") samples by the makers (raising valid concerns they may be hand-picked, tested and tweaked by the makers to ensure good test/review results). Consequently, being on loan, they must return the products once testing is done. Therefore they have no opportunity to (1) use the item over a long stretch of time in "real-world" scenarios and consequently (2) are not able to re-test the same item after that long stretch of real-world use to see how well they hold up over time.

So as someone who has done hardware testing professionally for the US Government (to ensure tax payers get the most bang for their money) and other organizations, I say thanks, and well done!

 

Yeah, but we got a better review for it!