AHCI Driver on ICH7 (27c08086) Chipset

[Eugene Grosbein]

Ali Mashtizadeh wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> I have a new motherboard with an ICH7 chipset (G41) and the ata driver
> recognizes it as ATA_I82801GB_S1 (PCI ID 27c08086), but this card does
> not seem to work with the AHCI. Can anyone point me to why this is the
> case? I really need NCQ working for this machine.

http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imst/sb/cs-012304.htm
In short: ICH7R and ICH7M both have AHCI support but ICH7 does not.

Eugene Grosbein