The HighPoint Rocket 100 Controller (HPT370/370A) is a two channel and cost efficient IDE controller device that was designed for application with the ATA100 type of hard disk drives. It has an ATA channel with a dual parallel operation design for an improved performance in data retrieval and storage. HighPoint 7500 Series NVMe RAID controllers will automatically recognize new NVMe SSD’s as single drives- no configuration necessary. In addition, our comprehensive NVMe RAID stack enables each controller to support RAID multiple RAID 0, 1 or 10 arrays, or mixed configurations of single disks and RAID storage.

Compatible Hard Disk Controllers, RAID Controllers

The following list contains the list of hard disk controllers tested and compatible with the Windows version of Hard Disk Sentinel. Under DOS or Linux some hard disk controllers may provide more or less information.

If you experience non-detected hard disk drives, the issue is most likely causing by a driver of the hard disk controller, as described on No hard disk temperature/health displayed. What is wrong? Please check for updated driver(s) first from Driver Zone page and make sure you use the latest version of Hard Disk Sentinel. It is possible that an updated driver set supports the detection, especially under newer Windows releases (Vista, Windows 7, Server 2008).

(1) - To get all disk status, a driver update may be required for this controller. Visit the Driver Zone for recommended driver.
(2) - Supported of this controller is enhanced in version 2.90
(3) - Fully supported from version 2.70, recommended driver: 5.10.2600.692 (10-18-2006)
(4) - Supported in IDE mode only, NOT in AHCI mode
(5) - Supported by using ITE 8212F ATA/ATAPI BIOS (not RAID BIOS). Support enhanced in version 2.90
(6) - Supported, but compatibility problems may occur, especially in AHCI mode. Recommended to connect only up to one device and disable AHCI mode. Recommended driver: WHQL 1.17.50.2 (8-11-2009)
(7) - the RAID controller provides information about only one device per array, after installing the driver from Driver Zone. This is a limitation of the RAID controller, not a bug / limitation of Hard Disk Sentinel software.
(8) - required newer drivers for the NVRAID controller, recommended: 11.1.0.30, 6-30-2009
(9) - HP SMART Array RAID controllers provide error-counters only, so the actual health and S.M.A.R.T. data displayed based on them. Hard Disk Sentinel shows a notification that 'The status information and possible error(s) provided by the hard disk (RAID) controller. This may be different from the status of the physical drive.'

Disks connected to RAID controllers (other than the listed under RAID Controllers section) should be configured as standalone disks. Detection of information about RAID arrays is possible only if a controller supports the special commands (like the controllers listed above). So using a such controller allows Hard Disk Sentinel to detect full information about SATA disks in RAID arrays. This feature is missing from the rest of the controllers (for example some older Adaptec, Promise, etc.) that's why the detection of hard disk information is not possible about disks configured as RAID arrays and connected to such controllers.

Category: System controller
Manufacturer: VIA Technologies
Caution Level: Safe
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Windows device driver information for HighPoint Rocket 100 Controller (HPT370/370A)

Highpoint Hard Disk Controller Driver Manual

The HighPoint Rocket 100 Controller (HPT370/370A) is a two channel and cost efficient IDE controller device that was designed for application with the ATA100 type of hard disk drives. It has an ATA channel with a dual parallel operation design for an improved performance in data retrieval and storage. The HighPoint Rocket 100 Controller (HPT370/370A) supports high speeds of data transfer reaching as high as 100 megabytes per second. Additionally, the device provides good access to its two independent parallel ATA channels. The HighPoint Rocket 100 Controller (HPT370/370A) uses the two ATA channels in combination with it ability to support as many as four hard disk storage drives. The device supports hard disks of very high capacity by cracking the current interface limitation standard incorporated in most hard disks, thus enabling it to support as much as 137 GB of memory.

Outdated Drivers?

Unless you update your drivers regularly you may face hardware performance issues.

To check your drivers you should manually verify every device on your system for driver updates

Highpoint Hard Disk Controller Driver Updater

The HighPoint Rocket 100 Controller (HPT370/370A) offers multiple support features and is compatible with all the versions of Windows operating systems as well as the Turbo, Caldera, SuSE and Red Hat versions of Linux. The versatility of the HighPoint Rocket 100 Controller (HPT370/370A) makes it one of the most dedicated sound and control chips offering the highest degree of sound clarity and other features of similar devices in the computer accessory market. Its display properties include a high resolution with a high sampling frequency in the range between 96 kHz and 192 kHz. The HighPoint Rocket 100 Controller (HPT370/370A) also has a unique audio solution facilitated by an eight-channel surround capability in all compatible computers. The controller is thus suitable for use in multimedia, hi-fi audio, entertainment, and gaming. With the versatile applications, users of the Highpoint Rocket 100 Controller (HPT370/370A) can enjoy multitasking and multiprogramming. It is highly recommended you run a free registry scan for Windows and HighPoint Rocket 100 Controller (HPT370/370A) errors before installing any driver updates.