@shorterxp :
Welcome to the Win-RAID Forum!
It is fine, that you found what you were searching for.
Regards
Dieter (alias Fernando)
Everything works now!!
Thanks for your guide, your a really helpful person as I’m sure all your guides take up alot of your time!
I have made a donation to the website for your much needed effort.
The forum software is very responsive too. 
Hi fernando, apologies for bringing this up again.
Does ‘Storage Drivers’ at nvidia chipset install screen need to be ticked?
I left unticked and I get occasional freezing HDD/SSD. I assumed these were only for RAID drivers (but I might be wrong; after re-install, windows shows non-WHQL warning; ‘Do you want to install nForce Serial ATA Drivers?’. My guess is Storage drivers is important.
@shorterxp :
The installation of a “NVIDIA Storage Driver” is only required, if you are running your on-board NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller in RAID or AHCI mode.
As long as it is running in IDE mode, no NVIDIA nForce SATA driver should be installed.
My mistake I missed that option out and AHCI controller would freeze alot. Now I know, thanks for re-assurance.
Hi there!
I hope that the OP is still around and might answer my question. I am installing XP on an old Dell Dimension E521. It is supposed to have SATA I and II. I am using a new SSD.
I am able to install XP just fine using IDE mode (of course). However, my drive is only operating at SATA I speeds.
My Dell machine is of the vintage where it only allows IDE mode or RAID.
I don’t have any intention of creating a RAID array. However I have read elsewhere that I might need to put the bios in RAID mode to get enhanced SATA speeds.
If I follow your guide and slipstream the drivers for RAID, can I 1) just use one drive and not two, and 2) will I get SATA II speeds?
I have installed the nVidia drivers (after OS install), but it still won’t allow me to use the drive as SATA II.
What should I do?
@SaccenteKennedy :
Welcome to the Win-RAID Forum!
It is no problem to set the on-board nForce SATA Controller to “RAID” mode within the BIOS without creating any RAID array.
Which nForce drivers did you install and which nForce chipset (MCP) has your Dell system?
Regards
Dieter (alias Fernando)
Hi Dieter,
Thank you so much for getting back to me!
I’ve installed the following:
nVidia_MediaShield_A06_R164975.exe
Version 6.99
My chipset is 430/410 (MCP51), I think? Looking at the online user manual it says Nvidia GeForce 6150LE, but the 430/410 is what got installed with the drivers I downloaded under IDE in the
I should also mention that I have NOT installed the chipset drivers as they caused a PCI sound card (specialist lab equipment) to malfunction. So I’ve just kept the generic SM Bus driver that Windows XP installed. Everything (aside from the SSD on SATA II speeds) works this way.
So… Do you think I’d get SATA speeds if I reinstalled XP with the drivers listed in your tutorial? Also… Is there any way to do it without reinstalling (the registry/device manager?)
Hmmm… That’s clearly a video chipset that the Dell user manual is talking about…
I think the 430/410 is what you’re looking for.
@SaccenteKennedy :
Please post the HardwareIDs of your on-board nForce SATA Controller (right-click onto it > “Properties” > “Details” > “Property” > “HardwareIDs”) and I will tell you the chipset of your Dell system.
Ok… I will do it when I get to work tomorrow! Thank you so much for your help.
Brian
Hi Dieter,
It says:
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0266&SUBSYS_01ED1028&REV_A1
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0266&SUBSYS_01ED1028
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0266&CC_010185
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0266&CC_0101
I think I’ve done that right!
@SaccenteKennedy :
Thanks for posting the HardwareIDs of your on-board NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller, which verify, that the system has an nForce430/410 chipset, which belongs to the MCP51 group.
I recommend to use either the nForce SATA RAID driver v6.99 or the v9.99.09 one.
And can I manage to install it after OS installation, or do I have to go back and start again?
It depends on the system drive (Drive C:) and where it is connected.
If you cannot boot anymore after having set the NVIDIA nForce SATA Controller to “RAID” within the BIOS, you may have to do a fresh OS installation.
Hi Dieter,
I have created the nLite disc as instructed, using the 9.99.09 version of SATA RAID. When the windows XP disc I created loads, it says that there were no Hard Disks installed on the computer. My bios is in RAID setting. Did I do something wrong?
I have only one disc and I can’t use the built in RAID utility as it says I don’t have the appropriate number of discs. So I try to set it up (hitting CTRL-N), but I can’t get anything done there
@SaccenteKennedy :
Which INF file of the driver did you integrate? It should be the one named nvrd32.inf.
Furthermore the NVIDIA nForce SATA Controller has to be set to “RAID” within the BIOS.