I'm assuming that if the HWID's aren't in there, then they haven't been included.

running a linux rescue disk, I see these HWID's on the hardware

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: ATI Technologies Inc RX780/RX790 Chipset Host Bridge [1002:5957]
00:02.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RD790 PCI to PCI bridge (external gfx0 port A) [1002:5978]
00:09.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RD790 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port E) [1002:597e]
00:0a.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RD790 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port F) [1002:597f]
00:11.0 SATA controller [0106]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [IDE mode] [1002:4390] (rev 40)
00:12.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397]
00:12.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396]
00:13.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397]
00:13.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396]
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller [1002:4385] (rev 41)
00:14.1 IDE interface [0101]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 IDE Controller [1002:439c] (rev 40)
00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) [1002:4383] (rev 40)
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller [1002:439d] (rev 40)
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge [1002:4384] (rev 40)
00:14.5 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI2 Controller [1002:4399]
00:15.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc Device [1002:43a0]
00:15.1 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc Device [1002:43a1]
00:15.2 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc Device [1002:43a2]
00:15.3 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc Device [1002:43a3]
00:16.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397]
00:16.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396]
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration [1022:1200]
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Address Map [1022:1201]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] DRAM Controller [1022:1202]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control [1022:1203]
00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Link Control [1022:1204]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc RV710 [Radeon HD 4350] [1002:954f]
01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc R700 Audio Device [Radeon HD 4000 Series] [1002:aa38]
02:00.0 USB Controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation Device [1033:0194] (rev 03)
03:00.0 SATA controller [0106]: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB362/JMB363 AHCI Controller [197b:2363] (rev 03)
03:00.1 IDE interface [0101]: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB362/JMB363 AHCI Controller [197b:2363] (rev 03)
04:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments TSB43AB23 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) [104c:8024]
05:00.0 SATA controller [0106]: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB362/JMB363 AHCI Controller [197b:2363] (rev 02)
05:00.1 IDE interface [0101]: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB362/JMB363 AHCI Controller [197b:2363] (rev 02)
06:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 03)

The specific jmicron HWIDS 197b:2363 are absent from the ini file as well as the ATI smbus HWID's 1002:4385.

not sure if a new driver required or if the old ones just don't have the HWID's included.

I have the bios configured for native ide rather than raid or AHCI.

Any thoughts? I'd hate to have to move to Windows 7. yuch.