New Win 7 Install after RAID SETUP- What Driver??

Alexpho · 02 Aug 2010

Hi there. I am pulling my hair out and hope someone can help me. I have an ASUS Motherboard M4A87TD EVO, got two new hard drives, and changed the BIOS settings to a RAID configuration.

After exiting BIOS, I loaded the WIN 7 (64 bit) installation disc, got thru the first few prompts of installation, and the pop up error menu shows up. " NO SIGNED DRIVER FOUND, PLEASE INSERT CD/DVD/ FLOPPY, bla bla bla ", and my RAID configuration does not appear in the box as a hard drive for Windows to be installed into.

After researching on the web and contacting ASUS, I still don't understand. From what I can gather, it is a driver that will make THE INSTALLATION PROCESS RECOGNIZE MY RAID configuration. Apparently, it must be downloaded onto a thumbdrive and installed
"during" the Windows installation.

Now...WHAT DRIVER??? WHERE??? WHO??? WHAT?? HOW?? Is it specific to this type of installation, or manufacturer specific? Asus or Windows? A third party??

Sorry, I am so aggravated. Please help.

Thanks

theog · 02 Aug 2010

ASUS Motherboard M4A87TD EVO. look under Utilities.
ASUSTeK Computer Inc. - Motherboards - M4A87TD EVO
RAID - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Good luck with your Raid.

Alexpho · 02 Aug 2010

Thanks Theog. However, I was on that same site and the list of downloads are scary. So I picked RAIDEXPERT, but apparently that was not it. Sorry, I am still lost. What driver???

grimreaper · 02 Aug 2010

Alexpho said:

Thanks Theog. However, I was on that same site and the list of downloads are scary. So I picked RAIDEXPERT, but apparently that was not it. Sorry, I am still lost. What driver???

I'm on ASUS site reading up info for your motherboard.

Model: M4A87TD EVO
OS: Windows 7 x64
2010/03/12 update
14.32 (MBytes)

ASUS Update Utility V7.17.17 for Windows 7 x64

I would have provided a direct link for you, but you have to enter a bunch of characters prior to downloading these file(s).

If you need any further help, I'll be here Alexpho