I found these two articles explaining fixes for SATA related issues.
#1 SATA CD/DVD-ROM Optical Drive Disappears After Enabling AHCI Mode in Vista
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/10/23/sata-cddvd-rom-optical-drive-disappears-after-enabling-ahci-mode-in-vista/
#2 Stop 0Ã?0000007B Inaccessable_Boot_Device Error After Enable AHCI Mode on
SATA Drive in Vista
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/10/23/stop-0x0000007b-inaccessable_boot_device-error-after-enable-ahci-mode-on-sata-drive-in-vista/
Carlos