Internal SATA devices show up as removeable with new motherboard?

[jrichrds]

I just installed an ECS Geforce6100SM-M (nForce 405) motherboard and a Samsung SATA DVD burner. After installing the nVidia SATA driver, my DVD drive now shows up as a removeable device ("safely remove hardware" icon shows up on the system tray just like if you plugged in an external device).

Does this happen to you guys too?

 

[Peter]

This is surprising, but perfectly normal for SATA interfaces that support drive hot plug.

 

[Zap]

If that really bothers you, then remove the Nvidia chipset drivers and then reinstall them, but don't install the EIDE/SATA drivers.

 

[jrichrds]

Doesn't bother me...just curious if this is standard with internal SATA devices since I haven't used SATA before now. Seems this is the norm for nForce-based motherboards.

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: jrichrds
Seems this is the norm for nForce-based motherboards.

Yes, it is normal if you install the Nforce IDE drivers (which are not needed if you are not running RAID).

 

[jrichrds]

Originally posted by: Zap

Originally posted by: jrichrds
Seems this is the norm for nForce-based motherboards.

Yes, it is normal if you install the Nforce IDE drivers (which are not needed if you are not running RAID).

Is there such a thing as "Native SATA" mode with nForce chipsets?

I know with Intel chipsets, you get the best performance by using their SATA AHCI driver and running in native SATA mode (regardless of if you're running RAID). I assume it's the same case with nForce chipsets...that you have to use their driver to get the best performance.