SATA Chipset

[johnjohn]

I was wondering what my sata chipset is heres what it says under my device manager

IDE/ATA/ATAPI controllers
--Primary IDE Channel
--Primary IDE channel
--Secondary IDE Channel
--Secondary IDE Channel
--Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
--Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller

It says nothing about SATA/ Serial ATA, but i have SATA. Is there any way to find out what my specific chipset is.

BTW its onboard

 

[creative]

Start > Run > msinfo32 > Components > Storage.

 

[johnjohn]

gives me the same thing

 

[Websteria]

you should get all the info about the chipset from your motherboard manual thats what the sata controller runs off.

 

[johnjohn]

this was a prebuilt computer that my parents used to have and then they gave it to me

So i have no manuals

 

[meldrige]

prebuilt computers (OEM) , such as Dell and all that.. they're quite good, but i've had much problems with this , as other parts i purchased weren't compatible with my OEM pc... also there was 1 recovery disc for XP, which installed all drivers etc for the current setup. so i had to replace everything..

my dad works at such a business... they buy heaps of XP licenses from MS, but as pre-installed... every once in a while a whole bunch of legit XP-cd's are getting thrown away. ahhh i remember selling these at school $$

if you have such a PC, i wouldn't recommend trying to flash

 

[johnjohn]

I have flashed my drive with this chipset.

I just want to know what it is so i can see if its compatible with other drives
(when i flashed my drive i took a 400 dollar risk)

 

[hubbley2k]

have a look at the motherboard itself there should normally be a make and model stamp plus look at the chipset on the board normally these have writting on that could give you a good indication.

upon POST (power on self test) for others that are reading this normally gives the make and model of the motherboard plus BIOS (Basic input output system) revision.



Hope this helps


X5

 

[johnjohn]

http://rapidshare.com/files/25943142/OMG_Whats_My_SATA_chipset.rar

Heres a picture, it was to big to put on a picture hosting site so i put in on rapidshare for whoever can figure this out to download.

Any help would be appreciated.

P.S. the file is so big because it was taken with a 7 megapixel camera. But you can zoom all the way down to the little numbers on the motherboard and still be able to read them

 

[hubbley2k]

Sorry don't use rapidshare plus i refuse to pay for an acccount lol

Use google there are loads of freeware programs that will give you your system information

 

[johnjohn]

rapid share is free for small files

Just click on the free button after you click my link

 

[hubbley2k]

Whatever

having a look now lol

 

[johnjohn]

BTW i dont know if i took a picture of the right place.(and im horrible with a camera)

 

[hubbley2k]

Is that the only chip on there plus is there no writting on the board itself?


take more pics mate lol

 

[johnjohn]

of what?
i only have those 2 SATA ports where should i be looking.

And BTW how do i get to the power on self test thing.
My bios gives me no info other then i have SATA

 

[hubbley2k]

take pictures of the four corners of the motherboard so it over laps each other hence you end up with all of the motherboard.

when your pc boots you should get a single beep at that point what does it show on your screen?

should tell you your cpu memory dvd-drives HDD etc etc

 

[johnjohn]

my pc goes

1)HP logo
2)the version of my video card
3)a blacks screen that lets me pick either windows media center or recovery console.
4)then i get the windows loading bar.
Thats it i have no beep

 

[hubbley2k]

lets just stick to you taking more pics...in the mean time use google and try and find a freeware program to check your system.

 

[johnjohn]

hmm i already tryed a freeware program and it said the same damn thing. ill brb im going to take more pictures

 

[johnjohn]

Oh Just forget it.
im going to buy a 6421 card and save me and you the trouble of figuring this out.

BTW which one is better the A or L