Quote Originally Posted by Buggalugs View Post
To get rid of the "unknown device" in device manager put the Asus motherboard DVD in the drive. When autoplay pops up click run the cd. The Asus driver gui will appear and the unknown device disappears in the device manager. No need to install any driver manually it will disappear once the Asus screen appears. (Have the device manager open at the same time).

I thought everyone knew that, it works on any Asus board, ive been doing it that way for a few years on X58/X38/P35 and even my AMD780 board. Works on Gigabyte too at least an x38 board i had.

With the Marvell thing the motherboard has ports for marvell and Intel. On the P6T standard the marvell ports are a different color. (2 Marvell 6 Intel)

Just plug in to the intel ports and disable marvell in the bios that way you dont have the marvel screen during bootup. No need for Marvel drivers.
I don't want the drivers from the Asus CD because they are out of date. And the ones on their website are usually out of date as well. Typically, motherboard "specific" drivers are really not specific at all, and are just out dated repackaged drivers from the manufacturer of the component in question.

I would like to know who actually makes the "unknown device" component and where the latest driver can always be obtained.

Also, regarding the Intel vs Marvell SATA ports on the P6T Deluxe... would I be correct to assume that the two vertical ports are on the Marvell controller and the horizontal ones are on the Intel controller (other than the Marvell SAS ports)?