Ok so long story short, trying to install an SSD on my laptop, with win7x64 and its not happening!

I simply cannot find a driver that will work, and it has no ide mode, so i am pretty screwed!

Laptop is a samsung np300e5a-s01uk with an intel HM65 chipset, i have downloaded the floppy drivers also from intel and no go!

The only possible problem is my install disk, i downloaded the legit win7 iso (i have no disks for this, never did! and dont want the bloatware) and burned to disk.

I just dont get it, they all show as incompatible! driving me insane!

Thanks for any help!

I am truly at a loss, the right driver is showing when i install, but still no device found, and that's using my current HDD!

Is this for a fresh install?
cant you download the AHCI driver from intel website?

Quote from: Eggtastico on February 13, 2014, 07:02:44 AM
Is this for a fresh install?
cant you download the AHCI driver from intel website?

Yep fresh install, And i have this driver, no go! But you have made me think outside the box, i am going to try a few other drivers.
The drive is recognized in the bios.
I cannot believe how truly pants the samsung bios is, you basically cannot do anything except alter boot priority!

is there a chance your motherboard has a different sata chipset ?

last time I had a problem like that (winxp) I downloaded a bunch of drivers, picked them all during setup and at least one of them worked


I thought win7 had all sata drivers tbh... it's years since I've needed a driver disk :-o



EDIT: you can add drivers to your win7 dvd before install, and then they're all automatically added/used as needed


I googled... and I'm normally pretty good at finding drivers, but couldn't find anything at all

Quote from: knighty on February 13, 2014, 11:53:30 AM
is there a chance your motherboard has a different sata chipset ?

last time I had a problem like that (winxp) I downloaded a bunch of drivers, picked them all during setup and at least one of them worked


I thought win7 had all sata drivers tbh... it's years since I've needed a driver disk :-o



EDIT: you can add drivers to your win7 dvd before install, and then they're all automatically added/used as needed


I googled... and I'm normally pretty good at finding drivers, but couldn't find anything at all

Cheers Knighty,
I recall all the xp bother also, and had the same thoughts!
I have found drivers, but as you have seen, there is not much around!
I have updated the bios, tried usb install, different usb sticks and slots, the "swap trick with usb" no luck at all.

So i grabbed a "hot" copy which has all versions, and that works perfectly!
I really do give up, when the genuine windows download does not work, but a dodgy copy will, lol!

Installing as we speak

http://drp.su/

Sorted.

you could always try intel's reference/developers driver.

anyway.. once installed take a look at what driver files it is using & copy them to a stick

Quote from: Eggtastico on February 13, 2014, 16:02:51 PM
you could always try intel's reference/developers driver.

anyway.. once installed take a look at what driver files it is using & copy them to a stick

I used intel ones also! I was getting rather annoyed!

Am happy enough with the dodgy disk, i opted to activate and added my own serial which worked fine 

Quote from: soopahfly on February 13, 2014, 13:04:14 PM
http://drp.su/
Sorted.

is that any good ?

I've always avoided driver install/update programs like the plague... assuming they were full of adware/whatever and would run crap in the background etc..?

It's fine. Just untick the box.  Although the apps are useful ones. I still don't install them

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Well on the upside, the laptop flies now 

My first SSD, very impressed 

Have you checked trim is enabled? There's a command you can run, but I can't recall what it is.   Wine


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Have just checked, was enabled but good call buddy