"Drew" wrote in message ...
On 2/29/2012 5:38 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:05:24 -0800,
wrote:

On my D975xbx2 motherboard system, I look in device manager under disk
drives and it lists 4 drives listed below

Intel SSDSA2CW120G3 AS MY C: DRIVE
Intel SSDSA2M040G2GC AS MY L: DRIVE
Seagate ST3160811AS ATA Device
Seagate ST3160811AS ATA Device

All these drives are showing with the same Microsoft driver version of
6.1.7600.16385 dated 6/21/2006.

Stupid question but is that normal or should I be using a Intel driver here?

The question is, what problem are you having? If the answer is none,
then close Device Manager. You're done. OTOH, if you're actually
having a problem, describe it and maybe someone will be able to help.
So far, I'm not seeing a problem.

Char. not necessarily a problem. It is just that so many times over the
years I have heard not to use Microsoft drivers and also I am trying to
squeeze as much horsepower out of this old box that I can. So the
question is still would I look for disk drive drivers or would I look
for chipset drivers or storage drivers? or does one set cover all 3? I
would definitely assume that a new 120gig ssd that is 70% clear would
score higher than a 7.2 and the secondary 40gig ssd at least the same.

I've an Intel and an OCZ SSD and they both use old Microsoft drivers.
If you haven't already got it there's an Intel SSD toolbox:
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Deta...&DwnldID=18455

And you may find this little program useful (there is a free and pro version):
http://www.ssd-life.com/eng/help/index.html