Re: No NCQ support on X61s Ultrabay? (Intel ICH8 SATA controllerquestion)

From: Jeff Garzik
Date: Wed Apr 29 2009 - 22:28:06 EST


Theodore Ts'o wrote:

(you should cc linux-ide...)

[ 4563.614247] ata4.00: 390721968 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32)
^^^^^^^

That generally means your disk is capable of NCQ, but your controller is not.

As Tejun noted, try switching to AHCI mode in BIOS.

Jeff



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