To be Frank,I am a noob in this matter. For what purpose is this used for? Both my M/B & processor are INTEL,is there any use for me with this?
Installing the Intel SATA Drivers help increase performance even if you don't have a RAID setup. I have discussed this with people from MyNotebookReview Forums and we noticed an increase in performance with the SATA drivers above installed. Try it out and see how you like it
You'll only benefit if you have your system set up in raid or set your sata controller to AHCI instead of ide mode....
How to do that? will that cause any problems to my system? My MB is Intel D945GCNL and Processor is Intel C2D E4500 @ 2.2Ghz I also have a SAMSUNG SATA DVD Writer installed in it.
Dude, listen to the pro and install it. It has been proven in many cases that the SATA drivers increase performance even if you do not have a RAID setup purely because they contain the enhanced drivers for the SATA Controller.
I wouldn't install a beta driver, wait until windows update asks you if you want to install them when they are officially released.
M8, you need to have any of the following chipsets: * Intel® PCHM SATA RAID/AHCI controller hub * Intel® PCH SATA RAID/AHCI controller hub * Intel® ICH10R/DO SATA RAID/AHCI controller hub * Intel® ICH10D SATA AHCI controller hub * Intel® ICH9M-E SATA AHCI/RAID controller hub * Intel® ICH9M AHCI controller hub * Intel® 82801IR/IO controller hub (ICH9R/DO) - RAID and AHCI * Intel® 82801HEM I/O controller hub (ICH8M-E) - RAID and AHCI * Intel® 82801HBM I/O controller hub (ICH8M) - AHCI only * Intel® 82801HR/HH/HO I/O controller hub (ICH8R/DH/DO) - RAID and AHCI * Intel® 631xESB/632xESB I/O Controller Hub - RAID and AHCI * Intel® 82801GHM I/O Controller Hub (ICH7MDH) - RAID only * Intel® 82801GBM I/O Controller Hub (ICH7M) - AHCI only * Intel® 82801GR/GH I/O Controller Hub (ICH7R/DH) - RAID and AHCI The Intel D945GCNL only has ICH7 (Intel® 82801GB I/O Controller Hub (ICH7)), therefore you can't use this...
now next question, i try to update via device manager and it tells me the driver already installed is better. how do i get it to install it?