Quote Originally Posted by norain
There are two Serial ATA controllers on the board. There's the Gigabyte SATA controller, and there's the Intel SATA controller. The intel connections are yellow and the Gigabyte connections are a dark violet I believe. They use completely different drivers. The question would be is the IDE port you're connected to controlled by the Intel controller or the Gigabyte controller?
There is a separate IDE (PATA) connection which shouldn't be controlled by either I would imagine.