Reommend optimal SATA driver for OEM 630i / 7100 chipset

Important Drivers Specific: NVIDIA nForce Chipset Drivers
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Hi, this problem was raised on another thread but I think it wasn’t concise and it got derailed.
So I would like to start a new thread with clear objective:

My Motherboard is stated as being Nforce 630i with Geforce 7100 . Original driver is at link below - its for Vista, my OS is XP, which is why driver so hard to find.

I cannot find the driver for sata controller anywhere.
The Device IDs is:

PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_ 056C

It’s probable the inf. included in the Vista-only driverr provided by HP (OEM) needs to be re-written to work on XP. The self extracting .exe is here
https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/sel…9/model/3929121

I would be eternally greatful if some can help on this.


Off topic 1: I have another board that is MCP61, when correctly installed, the device manager shows
nForce MCP61 Parallel SATA Controller and
nForce MCP61 Serial SATA Controller (if I remember right),
This was when I Installed the Fernando LEGACY Pack. When I try the non-AHCI pack, the branches don’t install as above.

Off topic 2: IT seems motherboard names (MCP73), the number in the device manager (056) and the chipset (630i) are never matching with nforce.

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There are no NVIDIA nForce drivers available for this device.
It is the MCP73 P-ATA Controller. The only driver, which supports this Controller is the MS in-box IDE driver named PCIIDE.SYS.

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Thanks for swift repsonse -

Is that statement also true for Windows 7?

I can upgrade the OS later for this one machine I suppose.

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The HardwareIDs don’t depend on the OS, but just on the related device.

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Gotcha, thanks for everything!