Boot Vista x64 with both ICH8 and ICH10 AHCI support

Boot Vista x64 with both ICH8 and ICH10 AHCI support I have a situation where I need to boot Windows Vista 64-bit from both a ICH10 and ICH8 AHCI SATA controller. Currently, it is setup to boot from the ICH10, but when I try booting with the ICH8, I get the famed Windows STOP 7B BSOD. How can I add the ICH8 driver so that I can work around this BSOD and boot the system?
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Guest [Entry]

"Since asking this question, I upgraded my machine to Windows 7 64-bit with a fresh install. Additionally, I updated VirtualBox under both Windows and Linux to version 3.1.2. I am now able to boot Linux in VirtualBox hosted under Windows 7 and boot Windows 7 as a guest under a Linux host on the same machine. Pretty cool!

Windows 7 resolved this issue for me. It detected the change of Mass Storage controller, configured it, and began installing the other VirtualBox drivers, all on the first boot under VirtualBox. When I restart into Windows natively, it has no trouble booting as it used to.

To summarize, the solution was to updated to Windows 7."

Guest [Entry]

Uninstall the Intel driver and use the standard Microsoft AHCI driver. It should support both controllers.