Re: "SATA RAID" in Device Manager

XP sp2 is the best way to fix sata problems, AFA drivers are concerned.


"Fitz" <irish56_ak@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I just installed Windows XP Pro on a new (budget) system. The motherboard
is a Biostar M7NCD Ultra. The hard drive is a Maxtor Sata 200 GB DiamondMax
10 and the optical drive is a Plextor 716A DVD RW.

I installed the Sata controller via floppy (F6) during the initial
install of Windows after formatting and partitioning the drive. I
installed the chipset drivers after installing SP2.

Device Manager shows "SATA RAID" as an unknown device ( ! surrounded by
yellow circle). IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers shows a device installed on IDE
0 Primary Channel, but does not identify it. The transfer mode is correct
(UDMA 2).

The Biostar website has two downloads for the motherboard for SATA/RAID.
One is a download specifically for SATA RAID controller for installing
Windows onto a SATA drive (the one I used). The other says SATA RAID
Driver and is considerably larger (6.7 MB vs 294KB). Its a VIA VT6420 /
8237 chip. Note one says "controller" while the other says "driver".

If I install the larger driver file, the "unknown device" in Device
Manager goes away, but the Plextor DVD is identified as a "Plextor SCSI
716A DVD RW" instead of being listed under IDE ATA/ATAPI.

Seems that installing the SATA RAID controller should alleviate the
unknown device problem, but leave the optical drive identified as an IDE
device. It should also list the drive by name as it does on my other XP
machines. When identified as a SCSI device, there is not transfer mode
listed.

This is the only VIA Sata Raid controller I've had- is this normal, or am
I missing something?

Thanks

Fitz





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