nForce2 ATA CONTROLLER cant disable... [Archive]

SamFisher

13-12-2005, 09:29

This is my first post...
I have two starforce protected games: SCCT and POP:T2T
I have 3 optical drives on secondary ide, a cd-rom a cd-rw and a dvd-rom...
I can play SCCT by this way:
1) Normal install (using DT4)
2) Using sfn and disable: CD, node, sc Master, Sc slave
3) Mount
4) play!!!
But it does not work with POP:T2T. So i unplug all my optical drives, reinstalled POP using image and DT4, mount and play.. It worked for POP and SCCT (i dont need to use sfn that way)
But i've nforce2 chipset motherboard and nForce2 ATA CONTROLLER 2.6 installed.. I heard and seen some people can play all starforce games easily by disabling the nforce2 ATA controller on device manager...(ive also seen a screenshot of it) I want to use taha way but on device manager, nforce2 ATA controller selected, there is no disable button or something... i send a screenshot for it (my windows is turkish and im turkish sorry for bad english :D) HERE SCREENSHOT:
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/6121/problem0on.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Can somebody help me i dont want my drives unplugged :(

temp

13-12-2005, 09:49

No idea i can only read english and i have dissable option, is your HDD a SATA ?, if not i guess thats reason.

DABhand

13-12-2005, 09:52

ATA gives it away does it not? lol

What I mean is he has 3 opticals, there is a chance he has his HD is IDE.

But seeing as he has a scsi controller, there is a slim chance they are SATA.

If its SATA he is laughing as its easy to bypass SF with SATA drives.

SamFisher

13-12-2005, 11:21

i dont know anything about SATA :(
NOTE: when i try to disable ch2 from sfn, computer freeze and needs reset...

SamFisher

13-12-2005, 11:23

i can only read english
here i translated them:
surucuyu guncellestir: update driver
kaldır: Remove or delete
donanım degisikliklerini tara: Scan for hardware changes
ozellikler: properties
OK?

temp

13-12-2005, 12:02

Hmm SCSI could simply mean Daemon Tools or Alcohol drive, also ATA could simply be roms connected to it, i cant say from here, I think he has EIDE HDD and thats his problem he cant dissable the controler and starforce fooker or nightmare hangs my pc at times, i try to use in safe mode but its really a POS.

BarryB

13-12-2005, 13:51

The SCSI part could refer to an onboard RAID or PCI RAID controller, they show up as SCSI devices too.

nForce chipsets are a problem, a friend has a similar setup of 1 HDD and 3 Optical drives all connected to IDE1 and IDE2 on the motherboard, Starforce Nightmare will not disable all the optical drives and always leaves 1 enabled so he can't run any Starforce games he has using a mini image or self made full image, and it can lock his PC up as well!

So it's nForce chipsets that are the problem, not Starforce Nightmare or StarF*cker specifically.

SamFisher

14-12-2005, 04:26

The SCSI part could refer to an onboard RAID or PCI RAID controller, they show up as SCSI devices too.

nForce chipsets are a problem, a friend has a similar setup of 1 HDD and 3 Optical drives all connected to IDE1 and IDE2 on the motherboard, Starforce Nightmare will not disable all the optical drives and always leaves 1 enabled so he can't run any Starforce games he has using a mini image or self made full image, and it can lock his PC up as well!

So it's nForce chipsets that are the problem, not Starforce Nightmare or StarF*cker specifically.
ok then, my optical drives will stay unplugged :D

leezer3

14-12-2005, 05:53

The disable bit is inside the dialouge itself. Double-click on the item that you have the context menu for, and disable should be on the first page.

Cheers

-Leezer-

DABhand

14-12-2005, 05:58

When you click on a specific hardware it should have the icon show up also at the top to disable.

leezer3

14-12-2005, 07:15

Not for IDE etc. controllers ;)
Windoze considers those to be too important to have that icon there! (Have a look if you dont believe me!!)

Cheers

-Leezer-

Joe Forster/STA

14-12-2005, 07:22

The IDE controller is called "Intel(R) 82801DB Ultra ATA Controller" in my PC at my work place. Unlike in SamFisher's screenshot, I see the "Primary IDE Channel" and "Secondary IDE Channel" below it.

However, I can only disable the secondary channel (CD/DVD-ROM and hard disk rack) but not the primary channel (two built-in system disks). Perhaps, Windows - or the driver - doesn't allow disabling the channel(s) of the disk(s) of the system/swap partition(s)?

SamFisher

14-12-2005, 10:35

The IDE controller is called "Intel(R) 82801DB Ultra ATA Controller" in my PC at my work place. Unlike in SamFisher's screenshot, I see the "Primary IDE Channel" and "Secondary IDE Channel" below it.

However, I can only disable the secondary channel (CD/DVD-ROM and hard disk rack) but not the primary channel (two built-in system disks). Perhaps, Windows - or the driver - doesn't allow disabling the channel(s) of the disk(s) of the system/swap partition(s)?
yes, when i uninstall nforce ATA controller i see these primary ide channel and sc. ide channel. i can disable ch2 but not ch1 (from device manager). its the same as you... BUT i've seen a screenshot of a guys pc at other forums, he has the same nforce controller as mine, but there is a DISABLE button.. He says that he disable it and all sf games work with no problems. Why i cant disable it?

temp

14-12-2005, 13:15

Open side of case and get pair of plier and rip the EIDE controler off the MOBO :D, you can then keep this rig for playing starforce games, but will need usb rom drive to install future games :p

SamFisher

17-12-2005, 14:54

hey guys, i found something useful.. i said i have a cd-rom, a cd-rw and a dvd-rom.. i was playing starforce games by unplugging all that drives... i found that: Only dvd-rom must bu unplugged... unplugging cd-rom and cd-rw doesnt make any change... Now i have only dvd-rom unplugged (both ide and power cables unplugged, if i unplug only power cable, computer doesnt start and freeze after memory test, scanning for ide drives)