IDE to AHCI on SSD

Hi everyone. I'm trying to install Windows 8.1 Prof 64bit on this desktop.....http://h20565.www2.hp.com/portal/si...ac.admitted=1409368308054.876444892.492883150

It tells me it can't do it on the 120GB SSD (Kingston SV100S2128G ATA Device). My 2TB Data drive is ATA ST2000DM001-ICHI SCSI Disk Device. Will any of the upgrades on the page I've mentioned help me in this process? There appears no where in the BIOS 786G3v3.12 where I can change IDE to AHCI to accommodate Windows 8. Windows 7 Prof 64bit installs just fine. SATA Emulation is IDE in the Storage Tab of BIOS and can't be changed.

Thank you.

 

Windows 8 doesn't require AHCI, and your 2TB drive is SATA, not SCSI.

Can you tell us the errors you are actually getting?

I have this workstation at work and run Windows 8.1 on it without issue, and am getting an SSD soon.

 

Thanks. However, it seems to have righted itself.

 

Gotta love it when that happens.

Would love it more if it didn't have to happen