A random discovery

Discussion in 'Software' started by Aimee Wilbury, Jul 25, 2009.

  1. Aimee Wilbury

    Aimee Wilbury Staff Sergeant

    So for the longest time I had my SATA HDD showing up as a SCSI, and not being able to access the SMART info.

    I found out the cause (thanks to a tip on another forum I googled it) -- The Vista NVIDIA chipset drivers conform to SCSI, and thus the computer thinks the drive is a SCSI. And SCSI doesn't transmit SMART info.

    So, apparently what I have to do is install the NVIDIA XP drivers. Has anybody tried this and if so how did it turn out?

    Found here
    http://www.lavalys.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t2378.html
     
    Last edited: Jul 25, 2009
    Aimee Wilbury, Jul 25, 2009
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  2. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi

    That may have been the case back in 2007, but have you tried the lastest nForce drivers for your motherboard yet? as many of then do have SATA/IDE drivers included.
     
    DavidGP, Jul 26, 2009
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