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How to go from AHCI to IDE just for firmware flashing on my SSD. Currently using windows 8. Tried a few times but kept getting the dreaded blue screen.

Patryk
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If you need to switch to the Legacy/IDE mode just for the firmware upgrade - the trick is not to let Windows boot up while in this mode. Most SSD firmware updates come as a bootable .iso images with their own flashers integrated anyway.

So

  1. switch BIOS setting to IDE

  2. flash

  3. switch BIOS back to AHCI

  4. boot into Windows

Alex P.
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