PoHD become HDD thread ah.....??

back to the topic, so the firmware v2160 can only enable POHD to playback BDISO not BDMV, right?

like dat also want to complain, POHD no use HDD wan izzit?

joking only ya..

1. If new hard disk, u need to format first, bros already explained
2. For eSATA, you need to on the dock first then switch on the PC, yr PC can detect dock as another directory

unless ur PC/Lappie mobo support Esata Hot Swap

Maybe bcoz of this reason.....I on the PC first then only I on the hdd dock will try this out tonight...thanks for you guys guidances!

that's a hotswap feature.. not necessary have to do it 100% everytime you connect sata or esata.. depends on your mobo sata chipset can support or not..

Bro ar188, this mobo can support sata or not? or can I use hdd dock with esata on this mobo?

The BIOS change the setting from IDE to AHCI to support hot-plugging for E-SATA

not so simple for those using XP.... so sad...

Problem:

If you forgot to activate AHCI-mode in BIOS before you installed Windows XP SP2 on one of your SATA drives you will encounter a serious problem if you attempt to switch to AHCI-mode after the installation is already completed: Windows XP SP2 will not start properly anymore.

Why AHCI?

AHCI stands for Advanced Host Controller Interface. One of the main reasons for switching to AHCI-mode is to take advantage of the NCQ-Feature of your SATA harddrive. NCQ (Native Command Queuing) allows ATA drives to accept more than one command at a time and dynamically reorder the commands for maximum efficiency. NCQ, when used in conjunction with a hard drive that supports NCQ, can increase storage performance on random workloads.

This post has been edited by ar188: Nov 6 2009, 08:33 PM

Bro ar188, can you plz teach peasant like me how to activate AHCI-mode in BIOS before installed Windows XP SP2 on SATA drive

I also dunno wor.. I just found on the web wan...

anyway there is a workaround... have to search for it.. sigh.... or else reinstall win XP..

i tried... and can't... need to set to AHCI first n then install ur win xp... i've read the workaround IIRC can't be done with xp... unless u're lucky n can change after install

basically i haven't tried the AHCI mode yet which is settable in BIOS.. under SATA config...my PC now still set to IDE then xp can only detect 3 HDD max... sata port 4 n 5 only for optical drive.... no matter how i do it if i connect HDD to Sata 4 n 5 then can't even boot winxp..

but if i'm not mistaken for Intel based mobo the default is already AHCI...

after I google for a while, I found someone has manage to enable AHCI mode after installing Windows

http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=444831

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Added on November 7, 2009, 12:11 amBro, can share how do you change the BIOS setting from IDE to AHCI? you done it after installed the Windows or before installed the Windows?

This post has been edited by WereWolf84: Nov 7 2009, 12:11 AM

Switch to AHCI before installing the OS. ESATA is fast! i manage to xfer files @ 90 ~ 100MB/s vs USB 2.0 @ 20 ~ 25MB/s

the pohd works well with pioneer amp....

easy to setup......now need to solve issue how to upgrade the firmware....

I am using the WDTV Live for 1 week now and so far so good...play all the medias without any problem and stream from PC smoothly too. I might want to buy another media player so still considering the Ryan which have rmvb support(good to have for my wife).

AC Ryan has been out for a few months now and so far what is the plus and minuses after the latest firmware update?

i got an external hard disk dunno whether can use as internal hard disk for my PoHD? any 1 know?