Re: HOW DO I CHECK SATA BEING USED FOR HARD DRIVE?
- From: "peterk" <peterk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 23:08:49 -0600
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/R/RAID.html
If you look at the definition of RAID you will find it only works with 2 or
more disks.....you only have one so you do not need the RAID drivers.I Have
2 SATA drives in a non Raid configuration and do not have the RAID drivers
loaded.
The Warning on the NVidea SW IDE drivers is there because the MS ones are
quicker in quite a few instances...and IF you wish to use RAID the Nvidea
Drivers are a must.
SATA is used as soon as you load the MotherBoard drivers and enable such in
your BIOS.Under Device Manager/IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers it should list an
NVidea nForce(X) ATA Controller.Under Disk Drives your HD will be listed and
it should have an SCCI Properties Tab.
peterk
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"dw" <deedee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OzGSCCEsFHA.1172@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I'm back. Finally have modem, internet and Newsgroups setup on the new
> system box.
>
> Thanks David. You are correct. Yes I have SATA hard drive, and its the
> only drive, so yes my system is using my SATA drive. However, the drivers
> also determine whether SATA is being used. I have installed all the
> drivers
> with the motherboard CD and the Nvidia SATA RAID driver from floppy. When
> I
> check in Device Manager/System Devices/Nvidia nForce PCI System
> Management/
>
> 1st Tab - General
> Nvidia nForce PCI System Management
> Device Type System Devices
> Manufacturer Nvidia
> Location PCI bus 0, device 1, function 1
> And under Status:
> No drivers are installed for this device.
> If you are having problems with this device, click Troubleshoot to start
> the
> troubleshooter.
>
> 2nd Tab - Driver
> Nvidia nForce PCI System Management
> Driver Provider Nvidia
> Driver Date 27.7.2004
> Driver version 4.4.5.0
> Digital Signer Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility
> Publisher
>
>
> 3rd Tab - Resources
> Nvidia nForce PCI System Management
> There are 3 IO ranges the first is OK (the second and third - conflict -
> Input/Output Range 4C00 - 4C3F not available.
> Input/Output Range 4C40 - 4C7F not available.
> and IRQ11
>
> When I was installing the drivers for the motherboard I received the
> following message -
>
> QUOTE
> NVIDIA IDE SW Driver Information
> ---------------------------------
> The NVIDIA IDE SW driver replaces the ATA drivers (that come with Windows)
> with drivers that are optimized for nForce2/nForce3/nForce4-based desktop
> computers.
>
> The NVIDIA IDE SW driver reduces the storage sub-system bottleneck,
> enabling
> the processor and other system level hardware to be more productive and
> efficient.
>
> Installation of the NVIDIA IDE SW Driver is required to enable the NVIDIA
> RAID
> solution. If you are installing NVIDIA RAID into a NEW Windows Operating
> System, a floppy disk with the NVIDIA IDE Drivers must be created to
> enable
> installation of NVIDIA RAID.
>
> In most cases, the NVIDIA IDE SW driver is not a requirement for your
> operating
> system to work properly.
> ENDQUOTE
>
> My take on the last 2 paragraphs are that although the os will work fine
> without the Nvidia IDE SW, if you want SATA RAID, it (Nvidia IDE SW) has
> to
> be installed.
>
> Does anyone know where I can/need to check to ascertain whether I have
> installed the drivers correctly, and my system is using the faster SATA
> RAID
> access?
>
> Thanks again for any assistance.
> DeeDee
>
> Oh, and I of course have another problem too now, Windows wants to be
> activated again, but I had already activated it yesterday before the
> reinstall. My system hardware hasn't changed, so why do I have to
> reactivate again?
>
>
> "David B." <NoMail@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:uaCl$aDsFHA.3936@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Where'd you get this idea? Of course you can still use the PATA
>> interface.
>>
>> --
>>
>> ________________________________
>> "Yves Leclerc" <yvesleclercNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> You can not normally use the old IDE (or PATA) connection.
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
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