I apologize if the question has already been asked. I read everything on the first page of the thread, but I'm not very experienced.

I wanted to know which version of rst is recommended for an i7 4790k mounted on asus z97-p motherboard and windows 10 64. The hd is in bios in ahci mode and no raid. Thank you if anyone will respond and I apologize if I have broken any rules.

Thank you very much for the very fast response, Fernando, and sorry for the stupid request: i checked and it should be the RST (e) v13.2.8.1002. I tried to do the manual update, but it tells me that the driver I have is newer. Forcing the list, two inf files come out. I proceed to install v13.2.8.1002? And which of the two .inf is the one to install? Iastor or iaAHCI? Thanks again for your help and availability.

Thanks so much for your help, Fernando. My controller was INTEL 9 series chipset family sata ahci controller with driver from 2017. I manually selected the iaAHCIC.inf file from your archive and found the same controller among the compatibles, I went on and installed your 2015 version. That,i think, has automatically installed the necessary files from your rar package. Everything works regularly, but I don't know if the procedure was correct and if I have all the rar files installed; if I go to the properties of the INTEL 9 series chipset family sata ahci controller only one driver installed appears, iastorA.sys. Thanks again for everything.

Thank you very much for your help and availability.

Hi Fernando.

Thanks for your guide, but Im a bit confused.
Have HP Z420 with Intel C600/X79 chipset
and
Dell T5810 with C610/X99 chipset
Both with Win 7 Pro x64

For HP best choiсe is Intel RSTe drivers v4.7.0.1098 WHQL dated 11/24/2017
For Dell - Intel RSTe drivers v5.5.4.1036 WHQL dated 04/09/2019
Since Im not plannin' to make RAID, better install drivers from Device Manager (do not install drivers for raid).
Im right?

This is my first experience with server motherboards.
Since T5810 work fine, with HP Z420 I have a problem (with HDDs) and biggest problem is I dont understand why.
For Intel 600 chipset you recommend v4.7.0.1098 WHQL dated 11/24/2017, but from the table v13.1.0.1058 WHQL. Which one is better?

Ok, understood. I will try.
Thank you.

Very confused on Z97 - the ROM is 13.5.0.2164 (which I could UBU to something else if better)
Looks like the 13.2 are the recommended (why not the later 13.x).

The motherboard site offers 13.6 for Win7/8 and 14.5 for Win10
Are the earlier ones 100% ok for Win10?
Can I run higher driver than OROM, lower driver than OROM, well I guess the driver can certainly be higher as they offer 14.5

As you say, the variation in AHCI is small, even including the MS standard driver - though some tools don't like it as it sports a date of 21/06/2006 - while it is presumably updated as needed for later Windows

Fernando

What is the latest and greatest recommendation for AHCI drivers for the Intel 500 series chipsets these days?

I am setting up a new HTPC this weekend featuring an ASUS Prime H510M-A board with the H510 chipset.

Will be running a single standard Samsung SSD (not NMVe).

Any suggestions would be helpful.

Cheers

Sonic.