missing ide Ata/ATAPI in device manager

[caveman2875]

there usually there but not on this machine. thanks in advance

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

Since your notebook has a NVMe drive and no optical drive, there would be no IDE Ata/ATAPI device manager category in the device manager.

NVMe drives use a totally different storage controller, which you will see listed under the Storage controllers device manager category.

[caveman2875]

Yes, I understand but in order for the Samsung magician to work for my drive I need that controller! where can I download it?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

There is no way to download it because the hardware doesn't exist.

I would not be concerned with the Samsung magician software.

Any of that 'AHCI not being enabled' is not applicable to your PC, and it only pertains to PC's with SATA SSD's, not NVMe.

I also don't understand what you mean by you need it to work your drive.

Your drive is working fine, and the software is not essential, unless you want to leave it installed to check for firmware updates for your NVMe SSD.

That's all it would be good for.

[caveman2875]

 ok 👍 thank you again

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.