Vista Compatible 4 Channel SATA Controller ?

[Default User]

Vista correctly recognizes the Dell Power Edge 1800 on-board two channel
SATA controller. We need to add 4 additional SATA drives and are looking for
a controller. We have a SIIG Serial ATA 4 Channel PCI controller that works
fine with Windows 2003 Server (32 bit) running on the PowerEdge. There is
not, however, a driver for Vista.

Does anyone know of a 4 Channel SATA PCI controller that has a Vista driver
?

Thank you.

Robert Robinson

 

[Pierre Szwarc]

Have you tried the Win2k3 driver? More likely than not the Vista-specific
drivers will be released by the hardware manufacturers in time for RTM, but
in the meantime many XP/Win2k drivers can be used. The only thing you can
*not* do for sure, is use 32-bit drivers with 64-bit Vista.
--
Pierre Szwarc
Paris, France
PGP key ID 0x75B5779B
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| Vista correctly recognizes the Dell Power Edge 1800 on-board two channel
| SATA controller. We need to add 4 additional SATA drives and are looking
for
| a controller. We have a SIIG Serial ATA 4 Channel PCI controller that
works
| fine with Windows 2003 Server (32 bit) running on the PowerEdge. There is
| not, however, a driver for Vista.
|
| Does anyone know of a 4 Channel SATA PCI controller that has a Vista
driver
| ?
|
| Thank you.
|
| Robert Robinson
|

 

[Robert Robinson]

Hi Pierre,

Thank you for the follow-up.
I know that sometimes the XP drivers do work with Vista. I haven't tried
this with the SIIG as yet.

Robbie

 

[Robert Robinson]

It is possible to install the SIIG XP driver on Vista, but there is an error
message at the end of the install and the driver fails.

 

[Pierre Szwarc]

Too bad...
At least now you know.
--
Pierre Szwarc
Paris, France
PGP key ID 0x75B5779B
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"Robert Robinson" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de (e-mail address removed)...
| It is possible to install the SIIG XP driver on Vista, but there is an
error
| message at the end of the install and the driver fails.
|

 

[Robert Robinson]

It is possible to edit the SIIG 4 Channel SATA Controller install file
and to install their exisitng driver. The device is correctly
identified, but the install fails at the end of the set-up.

I did, however, find a way to install the driver that works. The driver
can be installed when Vista is originally installed by pressing F6 at
the first window. The driver is read from the SIIG CD-ROM, the hardware
is correctly identified and there are no driver install errors. After
the OS is installed and started, the SATA controller is operational and,
at least based on limited testing, functions normally
Robbie

 

[Pierre Szwarc]

Nice trick, thanks for the follow-up
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Pierre Szwarc
Paris, France
PGP key ID 0x75B5779B
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Multitasking: Reading in the bathroom !
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"Robert Robinson" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de (e-mail address removed)...
| It is possible to edit the SIIG 4 Channel SATA Controller install file
| and to install their exisitng driver. The device is correctly
| identified, but the install fails at the end of the set-up.
|
| I did, however, find a way to install the driver that works. The driver
| can be installed when Vista is originally installed by pressing F6 at
| the first window. The driver is read from the SIIG CD-ROM, the hardware
| is correctly identified and there are no driver install errors. After
| the OS is installed and started, the SATA controller is operational and,
| at least based on limited testing, functions normally
| Robbie