Problems to get Win10 installed in UEFI mode onto an Intel 6-Series chipset laptop

#1 | Problems to get Win10 installed in UEFI mode onto an Intel 6-Series chipset laptop datum

Wed Sep 16, 2020 12:41 am

Hi.

I thank you for this fine forum and all its wonderful contents.

I have used its information for several years, but this is the first time I find myself in need of asking for help.

I have an old laptop, Asus zenbook UX31e, and i would like to install windows to it in UEFI mode.
So I using a ubuntu usb stick i made the drive GPT, and set the bios to boot in UEFI.

Windows 10 64bit setup boots from the stick, but then it needs a f6 driver to install.

I have tried a few different of your modded drivers: v8.9.8.1005, v11.2.0.1006, v12.9.4.1000 but have come up empty.
Setup locates the driver, but when it loads it windows allways BSODs.
"Page fault in non paged area"

The laptop has a intel qs67 chipset and uses SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)

Can someone please advice wich AHCI f6 driver could be suitable, if any?

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#2 | Problems to get Win10 installed in UEFI mode onto an Intel 6-Series chipset laptop datum

Wed Sep 16, 2020 1:01 am (Last edited: Thu Sep 17, 2020 12:27 pm)

@technot:
Welcome to the Win-RAID Forum as well!
Only WHQL certified storage drivers are accepted as F6 driver during the installation of Win10.
Furthermore it is very unlikely, that the "missing" F6 driver is an Intel AHCI one. Reason: Win10 has a generic AHCI driver in-the-box, which supports all AHCI Controllers from all manufacturers.
I suspect, that another storage driver type is missing. Onto which HDD/SSD do you want to install the OS? Who is the manufacturer and which is the model?

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#3 | Problems to get Win10 installed in UEFI mode onto an Intel 6-Series chipset laptop datum

Wed Sep 16, 2020 1:06 am

@fernando

It is a mSATA drive: SanDisk U100 128GB SSD

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#4 | Problems to get Win10 installed in UEFI mode onto an Intel 6-Series chipset laptop datum

Wed Sep 16, 2020 12:05 pm

@technot:
How is the mSATA SSD connected and which driver did you use for its SATA/mSATA Controller until now?
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#5 | Problems to get Win10 installed in UEFI mode onto an Intel 6-Series chipset laptop datum

Wed Sep 16, 2020 2:35 pm

@Fernando

It is connected in the laptops mSATA slot. Its a ultrabook, so I cant really open it up easily to look closer.
I have not previously used a driver, I havent used UEFI boot before. With legacy bios, there was no need for additional driver during windows install.

Right now I am using ubuntu on it, which is working flawlessly booting in UEFI mode(not CMS mode), and from the looks of it Ubuntu is using the default AHCI kernel module.

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#6 | Problems to get Win10 installed in UEFI mode onto an Intel 6-Series chipset laptop datum

Wed Sep 16, 2020 4:03 pm

@technot:
Since I suspect, that your on-board SATA Controller is running in AHCI mode, I have no idea about which F6 driver the Win10 Setup is missing.
Which are your BIOS settings regarding the SATA Controller?
How did you create the USB flashdrive having the OS image on it? Did you boot off it in UEFI mode?

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#7 | Problems to get Win10 installed in UEFI mode onto an Intel 6-Series chipset laptop datum

Wed Sep 16, 2020 4:54 pm (Last edited: Wed Sep 16, 2020 4:55 pm)

@Fernando

I created the usb flash by first using diskpart to create a GPT table, then format it as fat32. After that I used rufus to install the win10 iso image to it.
Yes I am booting of it in UEFI mode, to boot i click ESC during POST to get a bootmenu, where i choose UEFI: Corsair usb stick.

SATA controller settings in the bios i as you suspect set to AHCI, there are not much more settings regarding SATA. I can switch it to IDE, but there are no IDE devices so I dont think that would help.

Boot settings is set to UEFI BOOT enabled, FAST BOOT off, and PCI ROM Priority set to EFI Compatible ROM (other option is legacy rom). But as I am trying to install UEFI, I assume EFI roms should be priority.

This computer is old, 2011-ish. And came preinstalled without UEFI enabled. Could it be the bios is missing the UEFI rom for ACHI/SATA ?
(I guess not, since ubuntu 20.04 is working flawlessly in UEFI mode)

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#8 | Problems to get Win10 installed in UEFI mode onto an Intel 6-Series chipset laptop datum

Wed Sep 16, 2020 5:14 pm

@technot:
Your problem has nothing to do with the topic of this thread, because the Win10 in-box generic MS AHCI driver named storahci.sys supports all AHCI Controllers from scratch.

Zitat von technot im Beitrag #2303
I created the usb flash by first using diskpart to create a GPT table, then format it as fat32. After that I used rufus to install the win10 iso image to it.

The first extra steps were not necessary, because the tool Rufus lets you choose them and will create the desired configuration automaticly.

Zitat von technot im Beitrag #2303
Could it be the bios is missing the UEFI rom for ACHI/SATA?

No, the UEFI BIOSes neither need nor use such EFI modules.
The only EFI module, which may be missing, is the GopDriver for your in-use graphics adapter, but this should be no problem unless you had disabled CSM in the BIOS.

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#9 | Problems to get Win10 installed in UEFI mode onto an Intel 6-Series chipset laptop datum

Wed Sep 16, 2020 5:55 pm

@Fernando
Ok, please delete these posts then I will take this problem up in another suitable thread.
I am at a loss as to why windows10 fails to detect my disk, and asks for a driver.

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#10 | Problems to get Win10 installed in UEFI mode onto an Intel 6-Series chipset laptop datum

Wed Sep 16, 2020 6:10 pm

@technot:
Maybe it is the old on-board USB Controller, which cannot be handled by the Win10 Setup.
Has your system an Optical Drive? If yes, try to boot off the Win10 DVD.

Zitat von technot im Beitrag #2305
Ok, please delete these posts then I will take this problem up in another suitable thread.

As soon as we have found the origin of your issue, I will move our discussion into a better matching Sub-forum.

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#11 | Problems to get Win10 installed in UEFI mode onto an Intel 6-Series chipset laptop datum

Wed Sep 16, 2020 6:42 pm

@Fernando

USB works fine, as I can see all the contents of the usb drive i boot from, and I have also used a second usb drive in another usb port when I tried to install the modded drivers. So windows 10 is infact loading drivers for both my USB2 and USB3 port
I dont have a Optical Drive on this ultrabook Im afraid.

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#12 | Problems to get Win10 installed in UEFI mode onto an Intel 6-Series chipset laptop datum

Wed Sep 16, 2020 7:33 pm

@technot:
Only WHQL certified storage drivers are accepted as "F6 drivers" at the beginning of the Win10 installation. That is why it doesn't make much sense to load any of my mod+signed drivers.
By the way - which are the HardwareIDs of your on-board Intel SATA AHCI Controller?
At the moment I see only 2 possible reasons for your issue:
a) Your on-board Intel SATA AHCI Controller doesn't support bootng in UEFI mode. You can easily verify it by trying to install the OS in Legacy mode using the Master Boot Record.
b) Any of your on-board IDE or Storage Controllers is not detected by the Win10 Setup. To find out which one it is, you may try to install an older Windows OS like Win7 (if available), open the Device Manager and tell us the names and HardwareIDs of all Controllers, which are listed within the "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers" and "Storage Controllers" sections.

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#13 | Problems to get Win10 installed in UEFI mode onto an Intel 6-Series chipset laptop datum

Wed Sep 16, 2020 7:59 pm

@Fernando

The hardware ID for my Intel SATA AHCI is: 8086:1c03

a) We can rule this option out, as I have a working ubuntu install in UEFI mode booting perfectly.

b) I can install windows in legacy mode and check that, but I allready know the answer. This laptop only has one SATA controller. And that is this:
Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)

I have attached a file called lspci.txt that lists all pci on the system with hardwareIDs.
You can safely assume windows 7 will not detect more pci devices then Linux.

But if you want, I will install windows in legacy mode to check the device IDs as well

technot has attached files to this post

lspci.txt

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#14 | Problems to get Win10 installed in UEFI mode onto an Intel 6-Series chipset laptop datum

Wed Sep 16, 2020 9:38 pm

@technot:
By doing a Google search for "mSATA SSD not detected by Win10" I found >this< discussion and the solution.
Hopefully it will help to solve your problem as well.

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#15 | Problems to get Win10 installed in UEFI mode onto an Intel 6-Series chipset laptop datum

Wed Sep 16, 2020 9:48 pm

Well, afraid not. That discussion is regarding someone who can see his drive during setup, but not after installing windows.
Also his problem was solved by repartitioning the drive.

I allready tried repartitioning the drive, multiple times. But setup doesnt detect a drive at all.

Thanks tho. I guess this laptop just isnt meant to UEFI boot windows 10

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