Intel Rapid Storage Technology (RST) version 14.6.1.1030 WHQL


http://www.station-drivers.com/index.php...mid=171&lang=fr

Did you know that you can force the latest drivers, such as 14.6.1.1030 WHQL onto Z77 motherboards?

To install 14.6.1.1030 WHQL drivers on Z77 motherboards, follow instructions below:
- Go to Device Manager
- Double-Click on the Intel ACHI driver
- Click driver tab, then 'Update Driver'
- Click 'Browse my computer for driver software'
- Click 'Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer'
- Click 'Have Disk'
- Click 'Browse'
- Navigate to the driver location
- Open 'iaAHCIC.inf'
- Click 'OK'
- Select 'Intel(R) 8 Series/C220 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller'
- Click 'Next'
- Click 'Yes' when the compatibility mismatch error message appears
- Click 'OK'.
- Click 'Close'
- Reboot

It works because Device Manager says that device is working properly. If these drivers were truly incompatible, then Device Manager would report a problem for the device. I got it working on Windows 10 Pro x64.

Has anyone tried that with the latest Intel RST RAID Firmware? I have no need for that for now, but I might later on. I installed the latest 14.x.x.xxxx Intel RST RAID Firmware anyway to test it later.

Yo Fernando,

I'm in quite a pickle here. I'd like to install either the RST or the RSTe driver on my X99 platform.
Now, since I have HDDs that are affected by the HDD clicking/head parking bug ( https://communities.intel.com/thread/533...rt=135&tstart=0 ), I would like to avoid the newest RST drivers since these still exhibit that bug, although X99 chipset may not be concerned. Let's just say I do not want to subject my HDDs to potential breakdown.

According to the last poster on the Intel forum thread, RSTe drivers work flawlessly. Are there major performance differences between the RST and RSTe drivers? Which RSTe driver would you recommend for an X99 motherboard? Just the newest one?

Appreciate any help.

I've got an ASUS P9X79 LE motherboard that I recently updated to Windows 10 (x64). I've read Fernando's first post and while I have not updated the Option ROM on the motherboard, I'm guessing I should still choose the RSTe driver that specifically says it's compatible Windows 10. That's the one that currently says "C. Intel RSTe drivers v3.x/v4.x and their RSTe Software (only for C600/C600+ Series Chipsets like X79 and X99): (Note: These real "Enterprise Edition" RST Drivers contain an additional SCSI Filter Driver as well, but are just designed for Intel C600/C600+ Series Chipsets like X79 and X99!)".

Under that section, I assume I should select the 4.3 branch - even though I'm sure I have an older option ROM (is that still the correct term for the controller firmware?).

I'm not doing anything too fancy. On the 6 SATA ports I have an SSD with the OS (AHCI), 2 drives in a RAID 1 and the other ports set up as AHCI hot swappable so I can occasionally hook up an external SATA drive.

Is there anything else I'd need to do? Should I be modifying the option ROM to get proper functionality or better performance?

About the Intel RSTe Console: I see it is not recommended except if we want to enable the write back cache. Is that because it doesn't work well in Windows 10? Will enabling the write back cache in my case help?

@Fernando,

What do you mean with 'Enterprise Edition' chipset such as X79 or X99 ?
My ASUS Sabertooth X99 is a Consumer motherboard and use the MEI 1,5 Mb Consumer firmware. So, i am a little confused about what is an 'Enterprise Edition'..

Hello Fernando,
Maybe i'm missing something :
Just fresh installed Windows 10 Entreprise N LTSB_x64 on old Dell dimension 9200 (intel P965 express chipset), and Windows install by default 13.2.0.1022 AHCI driver!!!!
Could you help me to understand that, because 12.x branches seems to be the latest one for this MOBO.

Thanks.
Ghostearth.

Yes, thanks for your detailed answer, i'm going to integrate-it to the iso image.

Ghostearth.

Hi Fernando. IRST was running great on my Dell Inspiron 15z (500GB HD, 32 GB SSD) until the HD died and was replaced back in March. After that, the Accelerate tab and option disappeared in IRST and everything got dog slow. I’ve been reading this Forum for a couple months and it’s extremely informative but I’ve never determined exactly how to fix my specific problem, so today I figured I’d ask for help.

IRST mode has always been enabled in BIOS. New HD was Win8.1, now Win10, but IRST hasn't worked on either. I think I formatted the SSD based on a thread somewhere so it is empty and unallocated. And I uninstalled IRST and then installed v14.6.1.1030.

Could you tell me if a fresh OS install the only way to get IRST working again or is it possible to fix it with my current OS install? If that is possible, would you mind giving me some advice? I’m at my wits end now and ready to wipe my machine, but I want to ensure that I have to first.

Thanks!