Hi Fernando and thank you for your reply.
I have set the idle timeout in Windows Power options at 1 min to test. I have the task manager (with diskperf -Y enabled) and there is no activity on the raid1 volume but thez don't spin-down after 30 minutes :-(
I have tested only 3 drivers because Asus give us only 3 versions :
- Version 4.6.0.1048
- Version 4.5.0.1234
- Version 4.3.0.1198

Which is the correspondance between these version and RST version (11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16) ?

So if there is no solution for this issue, I have to buy an x299 motherboard with the smallest CPU (i5 7640X) because I need 8 Intel SATA ports.
With X299 chipsets, could you confirm me that HDD in RAID1 can spin down with the latest drivers ? Which latest driver could I install on this platform ?

Thank you in advance for your answer.

OK Thank you Fernando,
the Device ID of C236 SATA Raid controller is DEV_2826 so there is not much drivers for this controller.
I run on Windows Server 2012 R2 STD
For the X299 I don't know the Device ID when it is in RAID mode :-(

Hello there I have a question regarding which of the following drivers I should use for the motherboard: Maximus VII Ranger (Z97):

13.1, 13.2, 14.6 or 14.8?

Thank you for the reply Fernando, I looked it up in the thread you linked and went with the v13.2.8.1002 for my z97 motherboard. I hope everything went right, when I check the drivers it shows the following:



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Hi Fernando,

It's been a while... :)

I am looking to update my work PC, which is an Asus P9X79 PRO (X79-chipset) motherboard.

I am planning to use a PCIe M.2 bracket with a M.2 SSD. I already followed to the tutorial (How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS) and applied it to the BIOS.
If I am not mistaken, I should be able to boot the M.2 SSD (in the PCIe-slot) with Windows 10 on it, right? Or am I wrong here? I never did this before, so I am kinda new to this.

My game PC at home does have a M.2 slot on the motherboard, however my work computer does not, but I want to use a M.2 SSD (through PCIe bracket) with a bootable Windows 10 on it (if possible ofcourse).



Furthermore; I still have 2 regular HDD's connected to my SATA connectors (all non-RAID). Are the recommended drivers still:

Zitat

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OROM IRST RAID for SATA - 13.1.0.2126
OROM IRSTe RAID for SATA - 3.8.0.1029
EFI IRST RAID for SATA - 13.1.0.2126

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Or are newer ones nowadays better suited for the X79-chipset?

If I followed your tutorial, I think the above drivers are still the best solution for this older chipset, rigth?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
HHawk

Hi!
I have MB ASUS X99-DELUXE-II with 2 SATA controllers - DEV_8D02 and DEV_8D62.
Info from UBU:
EFI IRST RAID for SATA - 14.8.0.2377
OROM IRST RAID for SATA - 13.1.0.2126
OROM IRST RAID for SATA - 14.8.0.2377
EFI AMI NVMe Driver present

I noticed that loading windows has become very long for my PC (Win7x64, i7-5820K 4GHz, 32GB RAM 3GHz, SSD KINGSTON SHSS37A240G). With the WPT I determined that the load to slow down the SATA-driver (+ about 40sec). I began to probe different drivers. Here are some of the results:

DEV_8D02 and DEV_8D62 - standart SATA driver (<1sec)

Hey @npyrhone,
Saw your PM - DUNNO.
if the issue is happening while in RAID and that device is somehow managed under the Intel RST:
in your BIOS change the ICH mode and delete the driver from the device manager. Windows 10 will boot in safe mode after 3 failed boot attempt.
In case you are installing back the RST software: before rebooting, find in regedit the VEN_8086&DEV_2822 under [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\PCI\
(The full path may be longer or different see this post)
seek the value "MessageNumberLimit"=dword:00000080 and change the DWORD to 00000008
(that value can also be changed from the .INF itself before installing the driver anyway..)
else,
if all of this is happening without the ICH RAID, see with a search engine "bootrec /fixboot" or install back windows10.

@Pacman Do you have version 15.9 of rstcli64.exe available?

v16.5.0.1027 dont work with Skylake right? Have z170 too.