Re: Windows Appears to Recognize a SATA Drive as an IDE Drive
- From: Rob T <RobT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:03:00 -0800
In my DM, when I expand the IDE ATA/Atapi item, all I have there are:
Intel(R) Ultra ATA Storage Controllers
Intel(R) Ultra ATA Storage Controllers
Primary IDE Channel
Primary IDE Channel
Secondary IDE Channel
In the SCSI and Raid Controllers are:
ACARD AEC-6710 PCE SCSI Controller (Windows 2000/XP)
NERO IMAGEDRIVE SCSI Controller
I don't have any SCSI Devices installed, and I think the "NERO" entry is
something that the Nero Burning software installed. If I don't have the SATA
drivers installed, how do I install them? I've looked everywhere, but can't
find them anywhere. I checked the Dell website, and installed everything
that I could install. There're three items listed for SATA; 1) A utility to
manage a RAID Array (which I don't have), 2) A firmware upgrade for the
Promise Serial ATA Raid controller, that I aparently don't have, since I got
an install error "Adapter Not Found", and caused the machine to fail (I had
to fight to boot into Safe Mode and return to an earlier Restore Point to get
the computer to work again, and 3) A Promise Driver described as,"A02 WHQL'ed
Release Version of the Serial ATA RAID controller drivers for W2K and WXP on
Dimension and Precision systems", which included a disclaimer that it doesn't
apply to all configurations. I doesn't apply to mine, since the install
instructions indicate a device not in my DM.
Would the drivers be on the WXP Install disk somewhere and if so, how do I
find them? I've explored the disk, but couldn't fine any reference. I've
contacted Dell, but they haven't been much help.
--
Rob Taylor
"peter" wrote:
in device manager if you expand the IDE ATA/Atapi controller you should.
fine both a Parallel IDE controller (PATA) and a Serial ATA controller
(SATA)..........when you click properties on either one it should show the
channels at the top of the box when you click the channels it should show
you the name of the HD connected to that channel.
If you check your BIOS you should find a setting to turn on the SATA
abilities......not sure where is is in a Dell.
If the setting in the BIOS is on and the controller does not show under
device manager then the drivers are NOT installed.
peter
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"Rob T" <RobT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I replaced my IDE C: drive with a SATA drive (I still have an IDE D:
drive).
The BIOS in my computer recognizes the drive as SATA, and the computer
will
run from it, but it runs as slow as the old IDE drive. When I look in
Device
Manager, and System Information, both drives appear to be indicated as
IDE;
i.e. when I look at the properties for the drive all I see are IDE
indications. Also, in Device Manager there's an entry for "IDE ATA/ATAPI
Controllers", but nothing for SATA. The computer is a Dell Dimension
8300,
and I've installed all of the BIOS, Chipset etc updates that are
available,
but still the same.
I don't know if it's because I don't really understand what I'm looking at
in Device Mgr etc., or if Windows really isn't handling the drive as a
SATA
Drive. Does anybody have any information about this situation; are there
Windows drivers that I need to install?
--
Rob Taylor
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