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.
JW wrote:
> 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
> news
A485ED6-25A9-4B42-8403-5F688653A9D2@microsoft.com...
>> 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_
>>>
>>>
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