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SATA controllers
Name: OtheHill Date: February 19, 2007 at 10:43:46 Pacific OS: WinXP CPU/Ram: Athlon64 4000 Product: self
Comment:
I was wondering if it is still necessary to install SATA drivers at the F6 prompt on Athlon64 systems? I will be running a single SATA II HD as the boot/OS drive.
Name: Michael J (by mjdamato) Date: February 19, 2007 at 10:49:19 Pacific
Reply:
Depends on the motherboard chipset. Many if not most motherboards today have "native" SATA support that do not require drivers. And, in many instances there are two sets of SATA ports - some are native to the chipset and some are added with an added controller chip. The latter would always require drivers. So, be sure to use the native SATA ports if there are two sets. Check your mobo documentation for more info.
Michael J
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Response Number 2
Name: OtheHill Date: February 19, 2007 at 11:01:17 Pacific
Reply:
I just ordered the MB. Chipset is NForce 430.
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Response Number 3
Name: Michael J (by mjdamato) Date: February 19, 2007 at 11:36:20 Pacific
Reply:
An actual model would have been nice, but it appears that chipset does have native SATA.
Name: OtheHill Date: February 19, 2007 at 12:34:27 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks for the info Michael. The MB is a Foxconn 6150K8MD-8ERSH. The nvidia sata controllers support RAID 0,1, 0+1, and 5 with 4 SATA ports so I assume they must all be native. I guess I could have read the online manual to get that info. Somehow I missed that fact on nvidia's site.
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Response Number 5
Name: Michael J (by mjdamato) Date: February 19, 2007 at 12:53:23 Pacific
Reply:
No problem, but that info was actually from MSI's site in the details of one of their mobo's
Michael J
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Response Number 6
Name: OtheHill Date: February 19, 2007 at 12:54:27 Pacific
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Name: OtheHill
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