BSOD when running maintenance

Just something to try. Use SATA II reset your bios properly and see what happens. What worked for me might not work for you.

If you had Intel Rapid Storage manager driver installed then your system was in AHCI or RAID mode (which are basically the same thing) or it would have crashed.

This tutorial explains how to check if you are in IDE or AHCI/RAID and how to change from IDE to AHCI/RAID.
AHCI : Enable in Windows 7 after OS install

If you don't have the Intel SATA III ports, they are likely Marvell SATA III ports, you will get better performance from the Intel SATA II ports.
You can test your SSD with a benchmark like AS SSD and see which port performs better.

Also don't recommend any Intel RST driver after v11.2.0.1006, there have been a lot of stability issues, but not for all systems.

ASUS - - ASUS MAXIMUS IV EXTREME-Z

Intel® Z68 chipset : *1
2 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s), red
4 x SATA 3Gb/s port(s), gray
Support Raid 0, 1, 5, 10
Support Intel® Smart Response Technology on 2nd generation Intel® Core™ processor family

Marvell® PCIe 9182 controller : *1
2 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s), red

JMicron® JMB362 controller : *1
2 x eSATA 3Gb/s port(s), red

*1: These SATA ports are for data hard drivers only. ATAPI devices are not supported.

Ok, thanks - sometimes uninstalling drivers ask to remove software. This causes Windows to install generic drivers on the next boot. Windows Updates finds most of the device specific drivers, but you might have to visit the mobo or device support site for a driver.

It's also not certain that IRST will provide additional benefits.

Per the mobo specs, Dave is correct. Your board has
2 Marvell Sata III ports (6GB-red),
2 Jmicron Sata II ports (3GB-grey), and
2 Intel Sata II ports (3GB-grey)

Which ports are the drives connected?

Dave76 said:

If you don't have the Intel SATA III ports, they are likely Marvell SATA III ports, you will get better performance from the Intel SATA II ports.
You can test your SSD with a benchmark like AS SSD and see which port performs better.
Also don't recommend any Intel RST driver after v11.2.0.1006, there have been a lot of stability issues, but not for all systems.

Dave's a sharp cookie, why not benchmark on the Marvell port and then reconnect the drive to the Intel port and run another benchmark.

I know, I know, you're looking for the best performance and SATA III is twice the throughput..... but throughput might not be the only consideration for best performance. See what you get when you benchmark.

Bill
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Like I stated in my previous posts try SATA II Intel ports. It cost nothing to try. A benchmark will show a little better but in the normal use of my computer I see or feel no difference. I went trhough the Marvell SATA III hell with my Asus board. They might of fixed the problem but for me it's not worth the trouble mucking with it again. If your system works well with Intel SATA II then you know what the problem is and can tinker with Marvell if you care to.

Thanks Bill

The Marvell SATA III port drivers have always been poor performance wise, there are a lot of people hoping they will improve but, they haven't.
This is the reason I don't recommend getting a PCI SATA III card, all the ones I've found are Marvell chips and drivers.

@ AlexRD, which Intel RST driver version do you have?
There are a lot of people experiencing stability issues with versions after v11.2.0.1006.
Four computers in my house won't run stable with the versions after v11.2.0.1006.