Windows IDE or Intel IDE

[techreactor]

As you install Windows most probably your IDE bus is configured with the generic windows IDE driver (pciide.sys).

But assuming you have an Intel MB, and you install the latest Chipset conf utility, you can change it to point to an intel driver (intelide.sys).

Is the intel driver better option ????

[anonymez]

intel knows their own chipsets better than microsoft does

[Chewy]

Nvidia seems to thinks so too, over at cdfreaks atapi optical drives seem to like default microsift drivers, might be the forum, or the part of the world?

The main issue I have found is many drivers were written for Xp then as
service packs were released those drivers become obsolete or even
problematic, see the implementation of USB2. Intel or any other chipset maker doesn't know windows as well as microsoft, hopefully they collaberate.

It's also a question of have the drivers been WHQL tested.

[anonymez]

manufacturer's drivers are updated more often and i'd imagine any issues regarding windows updates would have been ironed out. ofcourse this depends on the manufacturer. my own experience with intel chipset drivers is that they're quite good.

but i agree with the nvidia part, they do have issues

[Chewy]

There are several instances of intel rollbacks on secondary ide drivers
I have seen that eliminate issues with dvd burning, the IAA is the worst
of all.
Fortunately I have not had to deal with these issues recently.

Another problem is lack of updated support by the motherboard manufacturers.

The one thing Intel seems to have done is fully implement atapi/optical support
in their serial chipset hardware/software?

[techreactor]

The "intelide.sys" driver is digitally signed by microsoft, infact its a release from microsoft only. Therefore I am sure it will work better than the generic "pciide.sys" driver by microsoft.

[Chewy]

I would compare dates on the 2 drivers and go with the most recent.

[techreactor]

I would compare dates on the 2 drivers and go with the most recent.

Yes, thats what I did, there was a difference of 3 yrs, between the two and since it was present in the "Windows\system32\drivers" directory, I am sure the intelide.sys was part of the SP2 distribution by microsoft.

[Chewy]

then it's a nobrainer.
where did the

pciide.sys

come from?

[techreactor]

then it's a nobrainer.
where did the come from?

From the OS install, pciide.sys is a generic driver for XP.

[Chewy]

I am sure the intelide.sys was part of the SP2 distribution by microsoft.

make up you mind, if it's sp2 then go with it over previous versions

[techreactor]

Both are part of the SP's, the chipset utility is used just to point to it. See this .

[Chewy]

This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2.

that link was for XP original(no service packs)

[techreactor]

Yeah right!, but my system wasnt using intelide.sys even after SP2, so had to change it using the chipset utility.

[Chewy]

Just test, which does best?