MikeWill Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_boo Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernova Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 (edited) Re: IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers in Device ManagerIs 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, 2009 by Supernova Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeWill Posted December 25, 2009 Author Share Posted December 25, 2009 (edited) 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, 2009 by Condo_bk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernova Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 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). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newtronbom Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 I agree with the other posts here. Now you have updated your drivers, you seem to have a normal system. Relax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeWill Posted December 26, 2009 Author Share Posted December 26, 2009 Thank you very much. All the best in the forthcoming 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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