Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #896

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Zitat von Majestic12 im Beitrag #895

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Will you mod the v14.8.17.1065 drivers?

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Yes, if you tell me the reason for your request.
Which chipset has your mainboard and which AHCI/RAID driver are you using now?

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@Fernando:
Yes, it works fine. Thanks for the mod!

@Fernando:
Any advances on that 13.44 driver, @Fernando ? I'd like to install it again. I am currently on Windows 10 17115.1 with my X58 + ICH10R + RAID-0 SSHDs and they ship a 15.44.x version there but the performance and stability are both pretty bad. That shipping driver still shows a problem when writing large files or doing a HDD benchmark run which should be a show stopper for these older systems.

I've reverted since to the 13.6.0.1001 driver which runs fine (albeit with lower 4K reads and writes than that 13.44 driver on my older Windows 10 build).

EDIT by Fernando: Quoted post replaced by directly addressing (to save space)

I have been setting up a couple Dell Precision t3610s and playing around with RAID drivers. I typically get SATAII speeds with all the drivers (~366MB/s), even though the GUI reports 6gbps on my mirrored SSD array. I tested performance with the 13.44.0.1026 C600 driver from Microsoft and for the first time ever saw a read performance over 1000MB/s!! I steadily am getting ~900MB/s on seq. read tests. I love this driver, but there is a problem... None of the RST GUI interfaces seem to recognize the controller, so I have no control or monitoring over my array within my Windows 10 x64 environment. I'm attaching an image and am hoping for some insight on how I might keep the driver, but still get some benefits of the RST GUI. Do you know of any web interface methods for the intel c600 RAID controller? Thanks for your time. Great work. Shame Intel doesn't make their content navigable.


UPDATE: I searched the forum a little deeper and saw your suggestion to try the Universal RST software without driver from v13.2.8.1002. It appears I have some positive results. I'm attaching an image. I has an error during install about battery state that I was allowed to "ignore". RST reports "unknown controller" but it appears to give all the correct info and options after a 20 second review of the GUI. I hope this helps anyone else trying to squeeze more functionality out of the 13.44.0.1026 bare bones drivers.


Jumped too soon... It shows the drives and an "unknown controller", but the Array is nowhere to be seen, so no index/verify/rebuild options. Darn. Hoping someone has more success.

Interested note. The GUI reports the Unknown Controller is AHCI, though clearly in RAID mode. Possible reading half the data simultaneously from each drive to achieve 1000MB/s speeds? I was taught RAID1 was supposed to do that, but never really saw it in practice.

RST opens properly and the array is visible if I simply revert my drivers to a version that Intel admits to creating. If I change back to the 13.44 driver everything continues to work properly, with the exception of the RST GUI. The only operational change is the incredibly high read speeds. I've owned and operated a small computer and networking service company for 19 years, so I would be very embarrassed if I was mistaken about creating the array, but I will send you everything I can. After about 5 hours of trying various combinations and researching why Intel ignores their role in making the 13.44.0.1026 drivers, I uninstalled all RST-related software, rebooted and installed "Intel RSTe Drivers & Software Set v5.3.1.1020 WHQL for Win7-10."
I get about 450MB/s read and write with these, which is what I was originally expecting. The 950MB/s kept me interested for a while. I did some simple tests, like copying a 1GB file and it indeed seemed twice as fast, but I needed the GUI and the 350MB/s write speed lessened the appeal somewhat.
In the 13.6.0.1002 release notes listing the supported RAID hardware, right under "Intel(R) 7 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI/RAID Controller" Intel includes the C600 Chipset SATA AHCI, but excludes the word RAID (unlike all above it). Here's the link: https://downloadmirror.intel.com/24779/eng/ReadMe.txt
When your universal RST actually opened and I hovered over the "unknown controller" a tool tip with AHCI popped up, which tells me the 13.44 driver installed by Windows Update might be more AHCI than RAID. It explains Intel's odd unwillingness to offer RST GUI integration and the fact that the version is NOWHERE on their download or support pages. A couple people asked the same questions I am on the community pages and were told, "Since the computer is using ICH10R chipset, most likely it will not be compatible with Windows® 10" even though they signed the driver and Windows Update installed it. Link here: https://communities.intel.com/thread/121144
I'm used to hardware manufacturers dumping support for old hardware and making excuses. I'm putting so much time into this only because I saw some fantastic results on CrystalDiskMark and the computer really felt that fast when navigating and copying.
I think the controller was dividing the work, reading 1/2 the data from each drive and doubling the throughput, like I always thought a RAID1 array should. I don't understand why all the other "supported" drivers manage only 50% the performance. I'm heading to my office shortly and will send the screen captures you requested. These are file servers for customers that I completed last night and are ready for delivery, so I'm not eager to reinstall the weird drivers I gave up on, but I'm curious enough to do so, if it helps us get to the bottom of it.
Did you notice in my first post screen shot of your RST GUI that the manufacturer of the "unknown controller" was listed as 8086?

I'm inserting all the images you requested plus one. In the hopes you don't need me to uninstall the good drivers and tangle with 13.44 again, I included the update driver "let me pick" screen. The top driver with deviant wording and structure from the others is 13.44.0.1026. I tried the others listed for performance and tested their associated RST GUIs with 13.44 to no avail. The RST opens, and even says, "you're system is configured for data protection, increased performance...and so on," but there is no drive or controller info displayed at all with the 13.44 driver. You're universal RST GUI at least showed drives and a controller, but no array.
Also, take note of the same 8086 and 2826 in the tool tip. They had no problem recognizing it this time. No change to the CTRL+i RAID configuration at any time during this process, as setting up a RAID is hard to get wrong the first time.

I'm eager to get your opinion, and please let me know if you need anything else. I have one more of these Dells boxed in inventory, so I can set it up, even after these two are delivered to customers.

One note of interest for you. This system is booting in UEFI mode and CTRL+i is disabled on Dell Precision Workstations in UEFI mode. You have to hit F12 during boot and select CONFIGURATION to access the Intel RAID utility. I thought it was strange, but they know best.

May I test the 13.44?
Intel ICH10R
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A22&SUBSYS_82D41043&REV_00

May I test the 13.44?
Intel ICH10R
VEN_8086&DEV_3A22&SUBSYS_82D41043&REV_00

Windows 10 64bit