From a VISTA OS point of view the same software controller driver interface
is used for Serial ATA(SATA) as is used for Parellel ATA(PATA/IDE) since the
controller is what handles the actual physical interface and drive
characteristics.
"broccolibeef" <broccolibeef@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks to everyone who has replied! Everything is working FINE, except
> that
> they are not perfect! For instance, I would like my HD to be recognized
> as
> an SATA drive, because it is one in actuality and correctly recognized
> under
> XP! Under Vista, at this moment, it is only recognized as an ATA drive!
>
> With regard to Creative's sound cards, they are so prevalent on the
> market--so many people have their products. I am just quite surprised
> that
> Vista does not come with any native driver included for, at least, some of
> Creative's sound cards!
>
> Everything is working fine on my machine with Vista Ultimate (32 bit,
> Build
> 5840), but not perfect.
>
> I am a big fan of cutting edge of technologies, especially in the PC area!
>
> Thanks again for the reply!
>
> "Ed_" wrote:
>
>> In article <E055C549-546F-444B-9F7E-62F2DE8AB398@microsoft.com>,
>> =?Utf-8?B?YnJvY2NvbGliZWVm?= says...
>> >
>> >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!
>>
>> My Vista build is on another board but I do have the A8N-E with MCE 2005
>> and my
>> Sata is listed in DM as a PCI Controller drive. From what I understand
>> this is
>> not unusual at all, especially if you do not load the SATA driver or the
>> bios.
>> I never did but I boot from this drive and everything runs fine.
>>
>> How does the drive show in the bios? Mine shows in the bios. As long as
>> it is
>> fine there, I wouldn't sweat it.
>>
>> Ed_
>>
>>