ASRock Forums : Third SATA controller driver? https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:39:00 +0000 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 05:38:01 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=8050 <![CDATA[ASRock Forums]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ <![CDATA[Third SATA controller driver? : Probably not, but then again,...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8050&PID=47752&title=third-sata-controller-driver#47752 Author: blppt
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Posted: 15 Mar 2018 at 5:38am

Probably not, but then again, this is not the same SATA controller that AMD was using 10 years ago, either, and certainly not the same chipset.

Heck, Intel still pushes SATA drivers through the RST driver installer (IAStoreE.sys). Even for the Z97 chipset mobo I have, and thats practically ancient. Or Marvell and their buggy cheapo add-on SATA controllers---push a native driver over Windows' included generic one. I just assumed AMD would have one as well.
]]> Thu, 15 Mar 2018 05:38:01 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8050&PID=47752&title=third-sata-controller-driver#47752 <![CDATA[Third SATA controller driver? : i doubt sata changed over teh...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8050&PID=47728&title=third-sata-controller-driver#47728 Author: kerberos_20
Subject: 8050
Posted: 14 Mar 2018 at 10:45pm

i doubt sata changed over teh years that much, since win10 came, there wasnt any "new" sata revision since then...
my x370 with native windows drivers running my ssd with blazing ~550MB transfers without choking other pci-e devices
cant say same for windows 7 tho
]]> Wed, 14 Mar 2018 22:45:45 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8050&PID=47728&title=third-sata-controller-driver#47728 <![CDATA[Third SATA controller driver? : wardog wrote: Why the push...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8050&PID=47720&title=third-sata-controller-driver#47720 Author: blppt
Subject: 8050
Posted: 14 Mar 2018 at 8:36pm

Originally posted by wardog wardog wrote:

Why the push to have the AMD SATA driver in there? they are problematic IMO.
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Simply put, in my experience, it is always better to install the native drivers from the manufacturer of a given device. While the generic windows drivers may *work*, using drivers specifically tuned by the makers of said device can sometimes yield usability and performance gains. So when, coming from a ROG 990FX which DID install the SATA driver, I figured, being that this is a new chipset and all, AMD had yet to iron out the bugs in their installer/device detector (which has certainly happened in the past with newish AMD hardware and drivers). You'll find that actually just about every manufacturer of IDE/SATA controllers still pushes updated drivers for their controllers for even the latest Windows release, so, given that I didnt even have to 'force' the drivers to install, and noticed slight everyday disk improvements, I just installed the AMD SATA drivers.
]]> Wed, 14 Mar 2018 20:36:52 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8050&PID=47720&title=third-sata-controller-driver#47720 <![CDATA[Third SATA controller driver? : blppt wrote:Also, let me...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8050&PID=47696&title=third-sata-controller-driver#47696 Author: wardog
Subject: 8050
Posted: 14 Mar 2018 at 2:12pm

Originally posted by blppt blppt wrote:

Also, let me just say that I already installed that particular chipset driver package (18.10), and that's what happened (as well as any release prior to Feb). It apparently doesnt touch the SATA controllers at all when installing, so if I installed it when the AMD SATA drivers were loaded, it would stay that way, and if I installed it with the generic windows "Standard AHCI SATA..." drivers loaded, it would stay that way as well.



No No No

Grab the one displayed on the current AMD download page.

Damn AMD.

The one from a week ago that "was' there. They did not change the name. BUT, this new dl file is larger. Same "name', but different versioning.

And I just upped, MS's Standard SATA AHCI Controller is what you get afterwards.

Lemme ask you something w/o you going oblong in my asking. Why the push to have the AMD SATA driver in there? they are problematic IMO. Also, I know, but what date do you think the latest AMD SATA drivers are dated?

They are damn near three years old now. The newest. March 19 2015

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Manually install them if you want. They've proven a headache here for me. I'm not alone either. And negligible performance gain, if any.

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]]> Wed, 14 Mar 2018 14:12:22 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8050&PID=47696&title=third-sata-controller-driver#47696 <![CDATA[Third SATA controller driver? : Also, let me just say that I already...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8050&PID=47690&title=third-sata-controller-driver#47690 Author: blppt
Subject: 8050
Posted: 14 Mar 2018 at 11:31am

Also, let me just say that I already installed that particular chipset driver package (18.10), and that's what happened (as well as any release prior to Feb). It apparently doesnt touch the SATA controllers at all when installing, so if I installed it when the AMD SATA drivers were loaded, it would stay that way, and if I installed it with the generic windows "Standard AHCI SATA..." drivers loaded, it would stay that way as well.]]> Wed, 14 Mar 2018 11:31:40 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8050&PID=47690&title=third-sata-controller-driver#47690 <![CDATA[Third SATA controller driver? : wardog wrote:Let me know how...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8050&PID=47689&title=third-sata-controller-driver#47689 Author: blppt
Subject: 8050
Posted: 14 Mar 2018 at 11:28am

Originally posted by wardog wardog wrote:


Let me know how it goes after please.


I can tell you without installing that one right now what is going to happen---its going to leave me with 3 "Standard AHCI SATA Controller" entries. 2 of the 3 of those entries can be manually updated to 'AMD SATA Controller' by pointing the 'update driver' search to the C:\AMD folder that is created by those chipset drivers. The third one does not respond to such a method, but according the the poster above, AMD recommends that you dont even 'update' the 2 controllers that CAN accept the driver. Running the EXE installer has never automatically installed drivers for any of the SATA controllers since I got this board/cpu months ago, and installed various versions of that linked chipset software you linked to.

Which is a shame, because I havent had any issues using the native "AMD" drivers, and games seem to be a little smoother, especially the ones that hit the hard disk/SSD during gameplay. Its not a huge difference, and if AMD says you shouldn't use the native "AMD" drivers, i'll just go back to using the generic Win10 "Standard AHCI" for all 3.

Just was wondering if anybody knew what that 3rd controller was. Which is now kind of pointless, lol, since AMD apparently says I shouldnt even put native drivers in for the other 2. But thanks anyways!Smile
]]> Wed, 14 Mar 2018 11:28:18 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8050&PID=47689&title=third-sata-controller-driver#47689 <![CDATA[Third SATA controller driver? : Run that exe and install this...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8050&PID=47685&title=third-sata-controller-driver#47685 Author: wardog
Subject: 8050
Posted: 14 Mar 2018 at 10:55am

Run that exe and install this new package right over the top of the existing.
]]> Wed, 14 Mar 2018 10:55:39 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8050&PID=47685&title=third-sata-controller-driver#47685 <![CDATA[Third SATA controller driver? : blppt wrote:Oh no, I wasnt...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8050&PID=47683&title=third-sata-controller-driver#47683 Author: wardog
Subject: 8050
Posted: 14 Mar 2018 at 10:52am

Originally posted by blppt blppt wrote:

Oh no, I wasnt going to use the AMD SATA driver for that 3rd one, since it wont automatically install. I was just wondering if anybody found any drivers that do work with it.

The AMD SATA drivers i did install on 2 out of the 3 were automatic once you point windows to the install folder and didnt need to be forced to install.


On the linked driver(s) I just posted.................

Just run the downloaded file "amd-chipset-drivers_18.10_feb.exe".

That's it. Do NOT select one through Device Manager. That will be cause to have mis-matched driver revisions.


Let me know how it goes after please.
]]> Wed, 14 Mar 2018 10:52:24 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8050&PID=47683&title=third-sata-controller-driver#47683 <![CDATA[Third SATA controller driver? : To begin, there is NO ASMedia...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8050&PID=47682&title=third-sata-controller-driver#47682 Author: wardog
Subject: 8050
Posted: 14 Mar 2018 at 10:47am

To begin, there is NO ASMedia SATA Controller on the X399 Taichi.

Secondly, While I incorrectly referred to 1022 above as a Device ID, I meant to type Vendor ID. Irrelevant in this discussion but I felt that needed clarified.


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Win 10 Fall Creators x64?

Please see the AMD Driver Download page for X399 Win10 x64. Note the Date released and package contents:
https://support.amd.com/en-us/download/chipset?os=Windows+10+-+64

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AMD Chipset Drivers67 MB18.10.b 3/11/2018
Description:
Supports Windows® 7/10 for
                           7th-Gen AMD A-Series Processors
                           AMD Ryzen??Desktop Processor
                           AMD X370 Chipset
                           AMD B350 Chipset
                           AMD A320 Chipset
              Windows® 10 only for
                           AMD Ryzen??Threadripper??Processor
                           AMD Ryzen??Desktop Processor with Radeon??Vega Graphics
                           AMD X399 Chipset
 
Package Includes:
                         AMD Chipset Drivers
                         AMD Ryzen??Balanced Power Plan

]]> Wed, 14 Mar 2018 10:47:24 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8050&PID=47682&title=third-sata-controller-driver#47682 <![CDATA[Third SATA controller driver? : Oh no, I wasnt going to use the...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8050&PID=47680&title=third-sata-controller-driver#47680 Author: blppt
Subject: 8050
Posted: 14 Mar 2018 at 10:21am

Oh no, I wasnt going to use the AMD SATA driver for that 3rd one, since it wont automatically install. I was just wondering if anybody found any drivers that do work with it.

The AMD SATA drivers i did install on 2 out of the 3 were automatic once you point windows to the install folder and didnt need to be forced to install.
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