SATA Drive and WinXP

[Flack]

Just installed WinXP on a SATA drive. All seems well but I don't see any
mention of a SATA controller in the device manager. Just see Intel 82801EB
Ultra ATA Storage controller in addition to the primary and secondary IDE
controllers. The BIOS setup clearly shows the drive at SATA. Should I be
seeing a SATA controller in the device manager?

Intel D865PERL Board
Maxtor 80 GB SATA drive

 

[Guest]

You can adjust the settings in the BIOS,advanced,PATA and SATA
sub-menus.

 

[Flack]

You can adjust the settings in the BIOS,advanced,PATA and SATA
sub-menus.

Yes, the BIOS shows it as SATA. Does WinXP need to have a SATA driver
installed to use the drive to its full potential? It seems to run OK as is
(I was able to install WinXP on it), but should WinXP be showing a SATA
controller in the device manager?

Flack

 

[Mike D.]

More then likely XP installed the drive in PATA (IDE) mode. Re-install XP
and press F6 when prompted and feed it the SATA drivers. This is assuming
you have the drive connected to a SATA port.

-Mike

 

[Woody]

This intel controller uses the native XP support for UDMA. Check in device
manager under IDE ATA/Atapi controllers, primary IDE channel, should be
running in UDMA mode5. Additional storage drivers are not required for this
MB.

HTH

Woody

 

[Alex Nichol]

Yes, the BIOS shows it as SATA. Does WinXP need to have a SATA driver
installed to use the drive to its full potential? It seems to run OK as is
(I was able to install WinXP on it), but should WinXP be showing a SATA
controller in the device manager?

At the level the system is dealing with - commands to its controller, a
SATA and older ATA 'UDMA' are just the same