Fixed a few issues by using the drivers You've listed here! Thank you!

I tried a couple of recommended drivers on my X58 / ICH10R based motherboard. V11.2.0.1006 definitely work best for me!
Using a single Crucial MX300 275GB SSD @ AHCI SATA2. The slower results are V11.7.4.1001, faster one V11.2.0.1006.

Also, my Seagate ST1000DM003 HDD now does almost 220MB/s! :D

Hi Dieter,

First of all thanks so much for this forum. It's so helpful! Amazing how much information you have collected here.

My question [edit]:
I'm a little confused as to which driver I should use. I have my P9X79 BIOS setup in RAID mode with Intel RSTe. My ROM version is v3.5.0.1005. I can't seem to find which RSTe driver matches best. So,

- Which driver should I use?
- Is it recommended to update the BIOS ROM Module?
- If so, to which version should I update? As I'm on Windows 10, I would assume the best ROM Module version is v4.5.0.1012. However, that version is not available for the X79 chipset, right? Only for X99 according to the UBU tool.
- If I update the BIOS file with an updated RSTe module and flash it, would that mean I need to reinstall the OS as well? I have my RAID setup in RAID 5 with RSTe set in the BIOS settings.

Thanks so much for your advice!

An additional offtopic question: what advantage would it have if I also update the Intel LAN module of the BIOS with the UBU tool?

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My advice: Change the mode of your on-board Intel SATA Controller from "RSTe" to "RST" (your system will get a much better performance), look for the best matching Intel RAID driver at the bottom of the start post and make sure, that you have the best matching Intel RAID ROM module within the mainboard BIOS.

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I see. I'll do that. Would switching from RSTe to IRST require a OS reinstall? And flashing the updated BIOS?

Thanks! :)

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My advice: Change the mode of your on-board Intel SATA Controller from "RSTe" to "RST" (your system will get a much better performance), look for the best matching Intel RAID driver at the bottom of the start post and make sure, that you have the best matching Intel RAID ROM module within the mainboard BIOS.

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Forgive my ignorance, but as I'm reading the different versions on your site, I can't seem to find any official Windows 10 compatible driver matching any of the ROM Modules (even station-drivers doesn't seem to have a Windows 10 compatible driver for IRST with the P9X79 board)

Your recommendations for X79 states:
Intel RST v11.2.0.1006 WHQL (best performance) or
Intel RST(e) v13.1.0.1058 WHQL (much newer)

I can't find any Windows 10 compatible IRST driver in the 11.2 or 13.1 branch...?

Can you just advise me which BIOS Module version and matching IRST driver I should use for Windows 10? I'd be very grateful.

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Only disadvantage: You have to use this "classical" Intel RST driver from scratch. That means, that you have to do a clean install of Win10 using an ISO file, where you had removed the generic Win10 in-box Intel RAID driver from the BOOT.WIM and INSTALL.WIM and replaced it by the desired Intel RST driver according >this< guide.

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Awesome. I will do just that. Can't one just install the v11.2.0.1006 WHQL driver during Windows Setup? You know, the step where you can choose the install partition and load a Storage driver.

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #415

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Zitat von lobbie1978 im Beitrag #414

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Can't one just install the v11.2.0.1006 WHQL driver during Windows Setup?

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You can try it, but according to my own tests this may end with a BSOD at the first reboot. The latest Windows Operating Systems prefer to install the in-box Intel RAID driver and a later "downgrade" to the desired "classical" driver ends automaticly with a BSOD.

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So, I've been busy this morning installing everything and it doesn't go as I hoped.
I removed the stock Intel driver from the ISO with NTLite and integrated the Intel v11.2.0.1006 drivers.
I also modded the BIOS and updated the Intel module to v11.2 with the UBU tool and flashed the modded BIOS with the BIOS Flashback Function of my Asus P9X79 board. All went well. I then recreated the RAID volume and put all BIOS settings as I had them before (pretty standard, no overclocking or whatever)
Now, I've put the NTLite iso on a USB drive with Rufus and it boots to Windows Setup. I can select the RAID0 disk. The installation continues fine until the system reboots. It then goes into a BSOD with INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE.
I've re-run the setup and tried to manually load the v11.2.0.1006 drivers but Setup just takes a long time loading the driver only to come with a message that it cannot use the driver. When I come back to the partition selection screen, no drives are recognised after. I then tried to load your modified v11.2.0.1006 drivers, but the same message appears that Windows cannot use the driver.

So. what is happening here? I'm kinda getting the feeling the v11.2.0.1006 drivers don't work well with Windows 10. After all, it's a driver that dates back to 2012...

Any ideas Fernando?

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #419

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Zitat von lobbie1978 im Beitrag #418

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Any ideas Fernando?

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I am sorry about your Win10 installation failure. When I tried the related procedure the last time with my Z97 RAID0 system, everything worked fine.
Maybe your problem has been caused by the "Anniversary Update" of Windows 10, where Microsoft has changed a lot regarding the detection of RAID arrays (look >here<).
All I can do is to test it myself with my old Z79 Intel RAID0 system, but this will require some days, because currently I don't have the required time to do all the preparations.

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