SATA seen as IDE in bios

[HootyHoo]

I have a 200 gb seagate sata, and it comes up as an ide device in the bios. Does it matter? Windows sees it as sata. Also, how do I enable NCQ?

 

[lockmac]

Doesn't matter, you're board needs to support NCQ. If it does, it will be an option in the BIOS somewhere

 

[helpmeout]

In the BIOS, the SATA is normally shown as IDE 3.

 

[montag451]

Also, NCQ would most likely slow your system down unless you are running a file server

 

[XerithsLover]

I have the same problem. On my Asus A8N - SLI all SATA drives are recognized as IDE ATA133 drives. What gives? When i try to install the nVidia IDE drivers my comp BSODs and i need to restore to last working settings....

 

[mechBgon]

I think what you're seeing is just your nVidia SATA controller acting as a standard IDE controller. I enabled the nVidia SATA controller on my nF3 board and Windows went "aha aha, two new IDE ports." I see nothing amiss with that, it means I could set up Windows on an SATA drive without needing any SATA drivers on floppy for one thing.