Silicon Image SATA controller problems

From: HJ (jlhudg23_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 03/27/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 13:51:08 -0800

Mobo: ASUS A7N8X Deluxe, rev. 2.0; BIOS: 1007 (latest update)
Hard Drive: Seagate ST380013AS (SATA, 80 GB)
OS: WinXP Pro (fresh install on single hard drive, listed above)
SATA Controller: Silicon Image 3112

Problem: I did the F6 during setup, OS installed fine, everything seems to work, but... Under Device Manager, SCSI/RAID Controllers, I've got the yellow question mark by a generic RAID Controller listing (doesn't identify as the Silicon Image); I know that since I've got only 1 hard drive, I can't set up a RAID array of any sort (and don't want to at this time). However, on the Controll Panel, there is a listing for Silicon Image ATA Controllers; the Properties there on the Device Info tab show [controller Sil 3112 Revision 2, PCI Bus 1, Device 11, IRQ 18 (0x12)]; on the Flash BIOS tab [nothing; everything shows as "unknown"].

I have tried several times to first of all "confirm" the driver/controller installation (mobo documentation gives the "check under SCSI/RAID Controller Properties in Device Manager" route--see above, it just shows generic RAID Controller with the yellow question mark), and to do a reinstall (via the "update driver" route). Also, an updated driver for this continually shows up under "Driver Updates" on Windows Update. All to no avail. In fact, EVERY TIME I've installed/reinstalled/updated this driver, the PC freezes during WinXP boot (it clears POST on the mobo). I can't find ANY mention of SATA in the mobo BIOS, but the board supposedly natively supports SATA (thus the Silicon Image controller on-board). The machine runs fine without this, but somehow I have the feeling I'm being "cheated" by this not working the way it would appear it's supposed to.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance...

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