

It is essentially a protocol which is used by the AHCI SATA controller of your motherboard. What is AHCI?ĪHCI stands for Advanced Host Controller Interface and it is responsible for providing communication between Windows 10 and SATA devices. Compared to older technology, SATA provides much faster speeds for file transfers. Unlike IDE which uses parallel signaling, SATA uses serial signaling due to which the S in SATA stands for serial. As of right now, most devices use the latest SATA 3 protocol for proper drive functions. Chances are that the hard disk drives and solid state drives connected to your computer are using SATA. SATA or Serial ATA stands for Serial Advanced Technology Attachment and is used with all modern storage drives. How to Update Drivers for SATA AHCI Controller in Windows 10? What is SATA?.Standard SATA AHCI Controller drivers for Windows 10 Intel:.Standard SATA AHCI Controller drivers for Windows 10 AMD:.Download Drivers for SATA AHCI Controller for Windows 10.How to Switch from SATA IDE to AHCI Mode?.How to Find What SATA Mode is Being Used?.What is the Difference Between AHCI and IDE mode?.What are IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers in Windows 10?.Please do let us know the outcome of this troubleshooting step. If the issue still persist, we suggest updating all other drivers, especially your graphics card driver This process was found to be a fix to the majority of reported WATCHDOG_VIOLATION errors in windows 10.

Select 'Standard SATA AHCI Controller' from the list and install.Select Update Driver Software, Browse and Let me Pick from a list of devices.Choose the Driver tab and Driver Details and check if the driver found there is 'iastor.sys'.Select the controller 'SATA AHCI,' right click and select Properties.Open the IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers tab.Go to Control panel > Hardware and Sound >.Moving along, the next step that we can suggest is to use a different driver for the IDE ATA/ATAPI controller. I missed the part when you mentioned that you already attempted to rebuild BCD and I apologize for that. Windows 10 pro only boots in Disable Driver Signature Enforcement and error 0xc000021a otherwise
