Re: How do you install mobo drivers?



Hey Ron,

Unfortunately I am unable to access my BIOS as it has been password protected by the people who built the PC. I know, I don't understand why but I guess it is to stop people from messing about with their optimized settings. I also have an external hard drive which I switch on occasionally. When I have finished using it I click on the remove hardware icon but I have never seen my SATA hard drive listed in the box that comes up before.

From what you have said am I to understand that once I update my mobo's
drivers, I just have to live with, and ignore, the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon that appears in the sys tray?

Cheers.

Si

"Ron Miller" <apn60637@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:13dhesgi8j0cr0a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Si wrote:
I have a Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 Motherboard and I noticed that there were new drivers for it namely the nForce 15.08 ones. So I downloaded them and installed them but after I rebooted I noticed that the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon was in the sys tray. When I clicked on it a box appeared asking if I wanted to remove my hard drive which obviously I don't. What did I do wrong? I cancelled the box but the remove hardware icon remained in the sys tray. I ended up using System Restore to get things back to normal but I would like to know how to install these drivers properly so I can keep my PC up to date.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Cheers.

Si

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.40GHz
BFG Tech 768MB 8800GTX OC2 PCX
ASUS P5N-E SLI SKT LGA 775
2GB Corsair DDR2 XMS-6400C4 TwinX
Samsung 500GB HD501LJ Spinpoint Sata II
M-Audio DX4 Speakers
Corsair 620W HX Series Modular SLi
Aspire X-Cruiser Metal Case
Windows Vista Home Premium 32 Bit
Samsung 226BW LCD Monitor

Your HD is SATA. SATA drives are hot swappable. They're SUPPOSED to show up in the list of hardware when you click the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in the Tray. This is nothing new. If they don't appear there with your older nForce drivers, THAT would be the mystery that needs explaining. I've never had any nForce drivers over the last two years that did not include the SATA HDs on the list of removable hardware.

Some BIOS versions include an option to run your SATA ports "as IDE." Mine does not, but I wonder if checking that option in BIOS might make the SATA drives not appear on that list. Check your BIOS and let us know if this possibility could be relevant.

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