Re: IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers in Device Manager

Is it normal to have several Primary, Secondary and Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controllers? I have three of each.

Here's a snapshot of my Device Manager:

P.S.

My PC is Windows XP Pro SP3, one HDD and only one DVD/CD-ROM drive.

Ummh...no; apparently the chipset presents itself as a standard dual channel device and XP then figures there's a primary and secondary...however you shouldn't have 3x of each. You should be able to delete some if it bothers you...

Re: IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers in Device Manager

Is it normal to have several Primary, Secondary and Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controllers? I have three of each.

Without the proper chipset drivers installed, on-board SATA controllers are seen as IDE -- hence, the duplicate primary and secondary IDE controllers showing up in Device Manager. Installing the chipset drivers for the motherboard should fix this.

Edited December 25, 200916 yr by Supernova

Thanks Supernova.

I get if fixed, although now I have a new icon (underlined in red) appeared in my System Tray, called Safely Remove Hardware.

Another screenshot attaced:

Edited December 25, 200916 yr by Condo_bk

It's perfectly normal for the Safely Remove Hardware icon to appear in the system tray after installing the nvidia IDE SW drivers.

SATA is meant to be "hot-swappable" -- meaning SATA devices can be plugged/unplugged like USB devices.

Nothing to worry about, as Windows won't allow you to "disconnect" the drive on which it is loaded (for obvious reasons).

I agree with the other posts here. Now you have updated your drivers, you seem to have a normal system. Relax.

Thank you very much.

All the best in the forthcoming 2010.