I always wanted to get to understand SSD storage in general including the controllers and drivers. Never was able to get my head round this one lol.
Ok so yes in my bios I have these settings as default (never touched nor knew they existed is why lol and glad I haven't touched it):Enable VMD controller : Enabled- Map PCIE Storage under VMD : Disabled- Map SATA Controller under VMD : Disabled
Now what does the part below mean? it seems relevant to my setup
PCIe SSDs in NVMe mode use Microsoft built-in "Standard NVM Express Controller" Driver (Recommended for DirectStorage/RTX IO) or vendor specific NVMe Controller Driver + Intel VMD Driver for Intel VMD Controller device.
That's what I understood whether I'm using the correct driver or not. In my device manager on the IDE ATA-ATAPI controllers section I have standard SATA AHCI controller listed.I also have these 3 storage controllers listed. they are:
Intel RST VMD controller 467FMicrosoft storage spaces controllerStandard NVM Express controller
They all seem to be enabled currently. I only have one firecuda NVMe 1TB drive. So is this correct for my setup?
Oh another thing, I don't need to enable Intel Rapid Storage Technology? oh I always thought I should. deary me. I think its disabled I hope. Ill check in bios.