Hi,

> I solved my problem. I used a new motherboard with a BIOS that, unknown to me
> until I looked for it, had the controller option set to RAID. The other
> options were SATA and AHCI. The controller works in SATA and AHCI mode, the
> latter I use know. Unfortunately, RAID mode for this controller is currently
> not supported.

My motherboard doesn't have RAID (not ICH9R, ICH9) and it seems my problem
is different from yours.  But I'll check any BIOS options available for my PC.

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Takayoshi Kochi