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#811 | RE: Which are the "best" Intel AHCI/RAID drivers? datum

Sat Jul 18, 2020 10:35 am

@kyriacos:
Since the answer to your question can bei found within the start post of this thread, I have moved your post here.

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#812 | RE: Which are the "best" Intel AHCI/RAID drivers? datum

Sat Jul 18, 2020 10:48 am (Last edited: Sat Jul 18, 2020 1:03 pm)

@Fernando

Intel Chipset/Southbridge: Intel 8- and 9-Series Chipsets (like Z87 or Z97)
Recommended AHCI driver(s): Intel RST(e) v13.2.8.1002
Recommended RAID driver(s): Intel RST v11.2.0.1006 (if possible) or RST(e) v13.2.8.1002

Is this correct?

With the above installed all drives (HDD, SSD, optical) have SCSI in their device name and individual SATA channels are no longer displayed.

Is there an AHCI driver that still displays individual channels?

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#813 | RE: Which are the "best" Intel AHCI/RAID drivers? datum

Sat Jul 18, 2020 4:04 pm (Last edited: Sat Jul 18, 2020 8:33 pm)

@kyriacos:

Zitat von kyriacos im Beitrag #810
"Intel Chipset/Southbridge: Intel 8- and 9-Series Chipsets (like Z87 or Z97)
Recommended AHCI driver(s): Intel RST(e) v13.2.8.1002"
Is this correct?

Yes! If not, I wouldn't have written it into the start post.

Zitat von kyriacos im Beitrag #810
Is there an AHCI driver that still displays individual channels?

No, only the "Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller" has 2 Channels (as the name already indicates), but this requires, that the SATA Controller is running in IDE mode.
By the way: I don't see any disadvantage regarding the fact, that the Intel AHCI drivers see the Intel SATA Controller as SCSI device.
What is your prefered desire:
a) the best stability and performance of your system drive
or
b) 2 IDE channels shown within the Device Manager?

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#814 | RE: Which are the "best" Intel AHCI/RAID drivers? datum

Sat Jul 18, 2020 5:50 pm (Last edited: Sat Jul 18, 2020 5:51 pm)

@Fernando

Maybe it's not a disadvantage, but I would still prefer to have individual channels shown.

I don't know what are the criteria for the recommended AHCI driver, but I am having issues with v13.2.8.1002 on Z97.

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#815 | RE: Which are the "best" Intel AHCI/RAID drivers? datum

Sat Jul 18, 2020 8:44 pm

Zitat von kyriacos im Beitrag #812
I am having issues with v13.2.8.1002 on Z97.

Please describe your issues.
By the way: Are you sure, that the 2 IDE Channels disappeared from the "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers" section of the Device Manager after having replaced the AHCI driver? I suspect, that they are still there, but have nothing to do with the on-board Intel SATA Controller.

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#816 | RE: Which are the "best" Intel AHCI/RAID drivers? datum

Sat Jul 18, 2020 9:56 pm (Last edited: Sat Jul 18, 2020 11:03 pm)

@Fernando

I get SCSI status 0 and SCSI status 4 error messages with optical drives. There are no channels listed under "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers" in Device Manager after installing the AHCI driver.

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#817 | RE: Which are the "best" Intel AHCI/RAID drivers? datum

Sat Jul 18, 2020 10:44 pm (Last edited: Sat Jul 18, 2020 10:50 pm)

@kyriacos:

Zitat von kyriacos im Beitrag #814
I get SCSI status 0 and SCSI status 4 error messages with optical drives.

Some optical drives do generally not like to run in AHCI mode. That is why I connect my optical drive to a non-Intel SATA Controller, which is running in IDE mode.
Additional questions:
1. Does your mainboard offer a second SATA Controller (not from Intel)?
2. Which Storage driver from which manufacturer did you use before you updated the AHCI driver?
3. How did you update the AHCI driver?
4. Which was the name of the Controller you have updated and within which Device Manager section ("IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers" or "Storage Controllers") has it been listed?
5. Did you recently any change regarding the BIOS settings? If yes, which one(s)?

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#818 | RE: Which are the "best" Intel AHCI/RAID drivers? datum

Sat Jul 18, 2020 11:07 pm (Last edited: Sat Jul 18, 2020 11:09 pm)

@Fernando

I used to have a separate pcie controller too, but I removed it because of lack of space.

Does your mainboard offer a second SATA Controller (not from Intel)?
No

Which Storage driver from which manufacturer did you use before you updated the AHCI driver?
Microsoft 6.1.7601.23403 AHCI driver

How did you update the AHCI driver?
Manual update

Which was the name of the Controller you have updated and within which Device Manager section ("IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers" or "Storage Controllers") has it been listed?
Intel(R) 9 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Cpntroller within "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers"

Did you recently any change regarding the BIOS settings? If yes, which one(s)?
No

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#819 | RE: Which are the "best" Intel AHCI/RAID drivers? datum

Sat Jul 18, 2020 11:20 pm

@kyriacos:
Usually the Controller is named "Standard AHCI Controller", if the generic MS in-box AHCI driver is running. So I suspect, that the Controller name has been changed by installing the Intel Chipset Device Utility (by using the " -overall" suffix?).

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#820 | RE: Which are the "best" Intel AHCI/RAID drivers? datum

Sat Jul 18, 2020 11:32 pm (Last edited: Sun Jul 19, 2020 10:09 am)

@Fernando

The Intel Chipset Device Utility was run, but I don't think I used the suffix.

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#821 | RE: Which are the "best" Intel AHCI/RAID drivers? datum

Wed Aug 05, 2020 4:03 am (Last edited: Wed Aug 05, 2020 4:11 am)

Hi, Fernando， i can not find V13.2.8.1002 in Intel_RST(e)_r20 package, is there any new version to instead of?

Intel 8- and 9-Series Chipsets (like Z87 or Z97) Intel RST(e) v13.2.8.1002 Intel RST v11.2.0.1006 (if possible) or RST(e) v13.2.8.1002

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#822 | RE: Which are the "best" Intel AHCI/RAID drivers? datum

Wed Aug 05, 2020 8:57 am

@WestWind:
What is the "Intel_RST(e)_r20" package and where did you get it?
I have never offered such driverpack.

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#823 | RE: Which are the "best" Intel AHCI/RAID drivers? datum

Wed Aug 05, 2020 9:41 am (Last edited: Wed Aug 05, 2020 1:54 pm)

@Fernando:
I use the link https://mega.nz/folder/MSRDxSqR#5etS-te7...folder/EaARFQJI
from thread [Tool Guide+News] "UEFI BIOS Updater" (UBU)

Zitat von Fernando
This is the easiest way to do it:
Download the latest version of the 7z-archive beginning with "Intel_RST(e)" from >here< (developer's MEGA hoster) and unzip it somewhere outside the UBU tool folder.

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#824 | RE: Which are the "best" Intel AHCI/RAID drivers? datum

Wed Aug 05, 2020 1:53 pm

@WestWind: Meanwhile I understand what you were asking. The file named "Intel_RST(e)_r20" is offered by SoniX, the developer of the UBU tool.

Zitat von WestWind im Beitrag #819
Hi, Fernando， i can not find V13.2.8.1002 in Intel_RST(e)_r20 package, is there any new version to instead of?

No, the latest Intel RAID ROM module from the RST v13.2 development branch is v13.2.2.2224.
By the way - the in-use Intel RST drivers and RAID ROM modules should belong to the same developmen branch (here: v13.2), but must not have the same version number (you will not find any Intel driver/OROM combo with exactly the same version).

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#825 | RE: Which are the "best" Intel AHCI/RAID drivers? datum

Sat Sep 05, 2020 2:49 am

I am working on a buddy's pc tonite.Its a HP Pavilion 690-0039 small gaming PC. Intel Core i5-8400 Socket type: LGA1151_CFL..What would be the best Intel AHCI driver I should install.Right now in device manager it has v17.9.2.1013 installed..

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