Is this IDE Controller setup normal?

[opuntia]

I have three of each primary, secondary and Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controllers under device manager...it that normal?

Picture of Device Manager

 

[Green Man]

It's normal

 

[Jiggz]

Originally posted by: opuntia
I have three of each primary, secondary and Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controllers under device manager...it that normal?

Picture of Device Manager

No this is not normal. You need to remove the extra two sets. There should only be one Std Contoller with its Primary and Secondary, unless you have an add in card. But then the add in card will be detected as a different controller, e.g., Promise controller.

Before remvong, disable them first one at a time to find out which one is actually in use.

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: Green Man
It's normal

yup normal. sata + ide controllers.

If you want less of them listed or it bothers you just disable the ones you're not using in your bios.

 

[furballi]

Make sure the jumpers are correct. Master to Master and Slave to Slave. Some systems prefer Cable Select. Go into BIOS and set all IDE devices to AUTO detect. Save and exit. Go into Device Manager and remore ALL items under IDE. Reboot PC and windows will reload drivers. Set all items to use DMA.

 

[opuntia]

Thanks for the replies everybody.

As detailed in this post, I'm having problems with my SATAII HD when OCing. It works fine, even when OCing when I set the jumper setting to limit it to basically a SATAI.

I was thinking that maybe all these "extra" controllers might be the problem.

 

[markkleb]

It looks like there was w problem when windows was installed. You need to uninstall all three.

But I bet it would work better if you just did a fresh install. Who knows what lurks in those controllers.

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: opuntia
Thanks for the replies everybody.

As detailed in this post, I'm having problems with my SATAII HD when OCing. It works fine, even when OCing when I set the jumper setting to limit it to basically a SATAI.

I was thinking that maybe all these "extra" controllers might be the problem.

You're right, you need to connect your SATA devices to the built in Nforce controller if you want your PCI lock to work. do connect your SATA devices to the Silicon Image controller and you'll be fine.

 

[opuntia]

When you say the "built in nforce controller" do you mean installing the nvidia ide driver? I was trying to avoid that since I've read about potential problems with that driver. I do have the HD installed in slots 1 & 3.

Also, aren't the Silican Image slots only for RAID?

I'm also wondering why the raptor doesn't have an issue when I OC.

questions, questions, questions...

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: opuntia
When you say the "built in nforce controller" do you mean installing the nvidia ide driver? I was trying to avoid that since I've read about potential problems with that driver. I do have the HD installed in slots 1 & 3.

Also, aren't the Silican Image slots only for RAID?

I'm also wondering why the raptor doesn't have an issue when I OC.

questions, questions, questions...

No ide driver software,i was talking about the sata port that come from the nvidia chipset itself,maybe try SATA 1 & 2 .

I just grabbed the Manual from asus... look at page 48 , looks like Nvidia uses the 1,2,3,4 , use those & disable the silicone image controller in your bios if you can,this will remove a few devices in device manager also.

 

[opuntia]

Budman,

I am already using the nvidia sata ports (#1 & 3) and I've already disabled the SI controller.

I guess I'm still confused about the responses to my original question. So far the score is 2 for normal and 2 for not normal.

 

[furballi]

Delete ALL items and reboot. If problem persists, try to clean install Windows. If using PATA, make sure that they are properly jumpered (MASTER/SLAVE).