John Barnes

Not esoteric server boards, though.

"John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message
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> No one was talking about RAID, which does need drivers. Name one IDE
> controller that doesn't function with default IDE drivers.
>
> "DevilsPGD" <spam_narf_spam@crazyhat.net> wrote in message
> news:dqj523pm91fjuh5e0ssnt3v7nmasagemor@4ax.com...
>> In message <uhNxOZ7fHHA.4980@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl> "John Barnes"
>> <jbarnes@email.net> wrote:
>>
>>>There hasn't been a change in IDE standards since XP that would require
>>>any
>>>drivers but the Microsoft supplied atapi.sys and ataport.sys
>>>Just curious what driver you have installed.
>>
>> The IDE standard may not have changed, but that doesn't mean that there
>> aren't IDE controllers which need updated drivers.
>>
>> It's possible the controller adds some of it's own memory for caching,
>> for example. RAID is another example, although less likely on a laptop
>> (but not impossible, I have a laptop that supports three physical
>> drives)
>>
>> --
>> I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.
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