Leadtek K7NCR18G-Pro 2

[imported_rmarqua]

Does anyone have any input as to why although they are just IDE drives the mobo has them listed in the device manager as being scsi. does anyone know why this could be or have any input

 

[imported_Phil]

That's weird.
I have the K7NCR18DLM and it doesn't do that.

Have you installed the latest nVIDIA chipset drivers?

 

[imported_rmarqua]

could you correct me if I am wrong but would the only aspect for the aforementioned mobo that would be scsi be the sata while the ide are the regular and not sata?

 

[mechBgon]

If you're using the nVidia SW IDE drivers like shown in this pic, then all your IDE hard drives will show as "SCSI." If it bugs you, change the ATA controller's driver back to the standard Microsoft IDE driver and you're all set

 

[KGB]

rmarqua,

Welcome to the Forums! :beer:

I would revert back to the M$ IDE drivers anyway since the nVidia ones tend to be problematic anyways.

 

[imported_rmarqua]

thanx for the info and suggestions. if I decide to keep the nVidia SW IDE drivers should I encounter any problems with my ide drives due to the controller showing scsi? or not or does it all depend?

thanx

 

[mechBgon]

if I decide to keep the nVidia SW IDE drivers should I encounter any problems with my ide drives due to the controller showing scsi?

Hard to say what the problems would truly stem from, but the safe bet is on the Microsoft drivers.

On my mom's 1.8GHz Duron, which is on an nForce2 board, I found that CPU usage during video capture from their camcorder was something like 10% lower using the Microsoft drivers versus the latest nVidia SW drivers. And that poor little rig needs all the CPU muscle it can muster, it's usually floating around 50-70% during capture sessions. So although there were no functional problems with the nVidia drivers, I still switched it to the Microsoft drivers. Must upgrade that thing to SCSI and a 2500+ one of these days...