Dear Fernando

regarding your recommended 13.2.4.1000 there is a problem that i experience on 3 different desktop an one laptop it make system very slow an even unbootable , i surprised no one here have such problem with this version as my systems all was brand new and with clean OS even in process of installing win7 when load f6 driver problem start ....... you can see in this link https://communities.intel.com/thread/56103?start=0&tstart=0 maybe user here don't use DVD drive anymore.

so if problem is on my side instead of 13.2.4.1000 and v13.1.0.1058 what about latest in 13.x like 13.6.3.1001 from station Driver ? i have 8 an 9 desktop chip single HDD in AHCI mode.

Thank for your great work and sorry for my English.

Hello Fernando.

I was directed to this forum to try older drivers in my effort to troubleshoot/fix an issue I've had with the game Diablo 3 for a long time now. I'll try to be brief. The graphics in the game stutter intermittently and sound effects sometimes are distorted. I've had this issue on Windows 7, 8.1, and now 10 Home. Windows 10 is updated via Windows Update and drivers from the motherboard manufacturer for Windows 10 are installed. Here is my system:

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 bios v2.80
Memory: Patriot Intel Extreme Master, Limited Ed 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Storage: OCZ Vertex 4 128GB SSD
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB running a r9 280x bios and 15.8 drivers.
PSU: SeaSonic G Series SSR-550RM 550W
Windows 10 Home x64
Microsoft Sidewinder X4 keyboard and a CM Storm Xornet mouse, both USB.
Sentey GS-4540 usb headset.
Acer S231HL monitor (main display) and Acer X223W secondary.

Nothing is overclocked. The on-board sound is disabled as well as the integrated graphics.

I understand this is a bit off-topic, but I wanted to provide as much information as possible as to why I'm looking at these drivers. I haven't had any luck troubleshooting this.

I was going to try the v13.1.0.1058 drivers however the download link to mega says the link is bad or the file was removed.

Thanks in advance if you have any troubleshooting tips or can provide a working link for me to try.

Thanks, the link worked for me now.

I agree that this driver will unlikely fix the problem, but it's worth a shot. Regarding analyzing the hardware, I've done what I know how to do. I've stress tested the CPU and graphics card and tested the SSD read/write rates. Everything seems ok, and other programs and games run just fine.

Regarding the drivers, I'm a bit confused. I'm new to Windows 10 and trying to find the device in Device Manager to manually change the driver. I don't see an Intel SATA/AHCI controller anywhere. Please see the attached screenshot.

Thanks.

Hey guys,

i'm currtently using with my Z77 SSD Raid0 System (WIN10) 11.2.
My question is if i can upgrade my 11.2 driver to 13.1? The downgrade is still not recommend as far as i know

((hope thats's the right post where i ask)) ;)

greetings!!

13.1.0.1058 WHQL

Check my benchmark - well it's on AHCI but I suppose on RAID it will be also good: Which are the "best" Intel AHCI/RAID drivers? (13)

Thank you for your reply..

but what i mean is to upgrade the driver with a running win10-system without to format ;)

@Fernando

This is an example of a storage configuration handled by Intel X99 chipset on my PC:

Intel X99 Express Chipset manages:
1 x SATA Express Port (compatible with 2 x SATA 6.0 Gb ports)
8 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s (4 x managed by 'controller 1', and 4 x managed by 'controller 2').

ASUS documentation states that "due to chipset behavior, the 4 x SATA 6G ports under 'controller 2' do not support IRST including RAID.

So, I have in this test this configuration:



Do you have the same kind of SATA 6G ports restrictions on your machine ?

Do you recommend to move the storage devices (SAMSUNG HM500LI and WDC 2002 in my case) under 'controller 2' to 'controller 1' to get the 'best' performances provided by iRST drivers ?

I assume iRST AHCI drivers are 'better' than native MS W10 x64 AHCI drivers. Am I right ?

(nota: for SM951 AHCI you already replied me we have no possibility to 'force' the iRST driver usage instead of MS native driver).

@Fernando,
Here are the HWINFO screens.
I see sSATA and SATA items.
Seems controller 2 is named sSATA and Controller 1 is named SATA if i refer to the drivers infos reported:
Controller 1:



Controller 2: (only one HDD SATA 3Gb/s capable connected on this controler when shooting this screen)



Configuration test:

@Fernando,
Thanks for the clarification.
So, sSATA 6 Gb/s ports have less capabilities (no iRST driver support, no RAID support) than SATA 6 Gb/s ports sor all X99 motherboards whatever the manufacturer is.
Currently, I use for SATA ports v 14.6.1.1030 iRST driver, is it 'the' good choice ? or do you recommend to use the v 4 iRST(e) branch driver to get better performances ?