Thanks Fernando!

Ok so I think I see why I was confused. Since I've had this computer it has been in RAID mode. Since it only has 1 activated storage slot I thought it would be better to run in AHCI. Since switching and installing the 950 pro with clean windows 10 install, adding your recommended drivers was the 1st time I really got to notice the IDE ATA/ATAPI. Looking on the XPS 9550(which is RAID) there is no IDE ATA/ATAPI section in device manager. Before switching the Latitude into AHCI it didn't have the IDE ATA/ATAPI either. So I just got confused that there were 2 "Controller" sections.

Now that I think I have that figured out, Id like to know if there is a difference in the 2 sections. So the "Storage Controllers" (bottom of list) is the section that identifies as "NVME controller" has what now is the newest Samsung driver. It also has under location "PCI Slot 12 (PCI bus 3, device 0, function 0)"
Now the IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers has the "Intel(R) 6th Generation Core Processor Family Platform I/O SATA AHCI Controller" and the location as "PCI bus 0, device 23, function 0"

So my questions are..... a.)why does it have these 2 different controllers? b.) I realize that 1 is for SATA and the other for Raid, maybe? Just not sure how come if the IDE ATA/ATAPI controller doesn't show up on Raid mode why when in AHCI it shows the "Storage controllers". c.)on a computer like this Latitude e7470 that only has 1 active storage slot and that slot is M.2 PCIe and in that slot is a NVMe should it go in the "Storage controller" slot that has the PCIe "location" & the NVMe listed?
d.) If it doesn't matter at all, which one of the 2 Controller spots it(Intel driver v14.8.12.1059)goes should I remove that Samsung driver out of the "Storage Controller" section?

I've attached some images of the actual latitude screens device manager, with the 2 Controller listings in question, also their properties. This is to make sure there is no confusion brought by my ignorance to this subject.

Again...Many Thanks!
Erik

Ok thanks you.

I understand it all now. Basically leave the NVMe controller alone because the best driver for that chipset 100 series is the Intel driver v14.8.12.1059 as per recommended in the start page of this forum. I appreciate the help and patience.

Cheers!
Erik

I jus picked up a little system for my girlfriend. It has a Gigabyte GA-X150M-PLUS WS motherboard Kaby lake 1151 LGA socket I5 7500 cpu 3.4 Ghz, Chipset 232.Just wondering what's the best AHCI driver for this little beast. I have v14.8.12.1059 installed now... Thanks

Hello , i have a Dell XPS 8900 which has an Intel i7 6700 processor and i run Win 7 SP 1 professional 64 bit .
I have chipset driver version 14.8.9. 1053 installed now and i am not sure which of the 3 choices below would be the appropriate one . Can someone give me their opinion ?
Thank you so much

Intel RST e
14.8.12 1059
15.2.7.1042
15.2.10.1044

I hope the below screenshots help .

Thank you so much.

I went through all of that info , there does not seem to be one overwhelming choice , thats why i was confused about the 3 separate versions i posted . When looking at it again it looks like the 15.2 etc... is the appropriate driver.

What about the chipset driver lol, it takes me forever to figure out just this one driver , chipset driver i have no idea at this point .

Instead of me continuing to guess and spending hours on here reading everything and still being as confused as ever whats the chance i could get some assistance? Some of us really do have severe learning disabilities and are not just lazy individuals who want someone else to do everything for them .

There are plenty of those types of people out there but i happen to not be one of them , when i say i really need help it means i really need help . Questions like the below are not helpful since it's apparent that i'm not even sure i got the ACHI driver version correct , how about providing info as to what chipset version you would recommend ?

Zitat

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What about your "chipset driver"?

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So you recommend trying all 3 and decide for myself . Can you advise me on the chipset specific driver please .

Thank you