Theo

SATA drives are designated under the "IDE ATA/ATAPI
controllers" or under the "SCSI and RAID controllers"
depending on both the system BIOS and the driver for the
controller.

If the system BIOS has options for both SATA & RAID and the
option is set to SATA they will be listed under "IDE
ATA/ATAPI controllers" and usually do not need an additional
driver. When listed this way you will usually see double
entires for "Primary IDE Channel" and "Secondary IDE
Channel" in the Device Manager.

If the option is set to RAID they will be listed under the
"SCSI and RAID controllers" and usually require an
additional RAID driver.

Either way is absolutely correct and does not affect your
system performance when using SATA drives in a non-RAID
configuration.

When you have a RAID configuration they will always be
listed under "SCSI and RAID controllers" and you will need
an additional SATA RAID driver if it is not included in the
Windows base.


broccolibeef wrote:
> This is part of my first impressions of Vista--I have an evaluation copy of
> Vista Ultimate(32 bit, Build 5840) obtained from an MS launch event in Los
> Angeles.
>
> First, I have an Asus A8N-E mobo, supporting AMD 939 socket CPUS, and with
> BIOS 1080. But under Vista, my SATA HD--Western Digital WD1600JS--is not
> recoginized as an SATA device but an ATA device. In fact, NO SATA channels
> are installed or recognized in "Device Manager" at all! Anyone else has this
> experience?
>
> Second, Vista Build 5840 does not contain any driver for my sound
> card--Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2 Value! When I went to Windows Update,
> there is no driver there either for the soundcard. I found a beta driver for
> the sound card at Creative's website! Is this normal, considering that Build
> 5840 is almost the final build? Final build of Vista is 6000. For those who
> have had Build 6000--the RTM Build, does that build have the driver for the
> aforementioned sound card as well as the sata driver for Nforce 4 motherboard?
>
> Thanks in advance for any info!