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[Dave76]

What driver do you have listed in device manager > IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers > Intel 5 Series SATA AHCI Controller, right click > properties > Driver tab?

 

[essenbe]

Either what Dave said or go to control panel-uninstall programs and see if intel rapid storage technology is listed. You can have IRST installed and use the msahci driver.

 

[Hopalong X]

Okay. Uninstalled Msahci drivers on reboot the Msahci reinstalled but I'm now showing the Intel AHCI installed also. See Snip.

Now I have no idea what driver the system is actually using.

The Msachi drivers do I disable them or is there a way to find what driver is actually being used or a setting somewhere to choose which to use.

The Intel could be the ones the system is using but I don't know how to find this out.

 

[essenbe]

If you havs AS SSD open it up. It will tell you in the top left corner what driver you are using. You don't have to run the test.

 

[essenbe]

Also, On that shot you showed, click the driver tab. It will tell which driver you are using.

 

[Dave76]

Both of essenbe's suggestions will work.

Okay. Uninstalled Msahci drivers on reboot the Msahci reinstalled but I'm now showing the Intel AHCI installed also. See Snip.

Now I have no idea what driver the system is actually using.

The Msachi drivers do I disable them or is there a way to find what driver is actually being used or a setting somewhere to choose which to use.

The Intel could be the ones the system is using but I don't know how to find this out.

What does the 'Driver' tab say?

 

[Hopalong X]

Msahci.

Here is the Intel tab with more info. It is the AHCI and was not my original driver.

 

[Dave76]

Ouch.......

That is a very old Intel matrix driver, with no Trim available, not good for a SSD.

Don't know why the new driver won't install, let me check some things, I'll get back to you.

The AS SSD is showing msachi driver, strange.

 

[essenbe]

Hopalong...
Click on the driver tab in device manager -properties of ata/atapi Same shot you showed You will see this


Click on the driver button and you will see this window

 

[Dave76]

Post a snip of the expanded IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers window.

Which port is the SSD plugged into?

 

[essenbe]

Try click on the update driver, select from my computer, let me choose Mahe sure the window is windows/system32/drivers and see if you have a more recent iastor driver.

 

[essenbe]

Dave do you think he has an older IRSt and that is why the newer one won't install? Maybe uninstall the old one and try to install the new one. But If that dosent work, we'll both be in trouble.

 

[Dave76]

Was thinking the same thing, and the trouble part.

His SSD is using the msachi driver, so may be it's in a different port, not intel port.


He might be able to install the

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager Driver V8.9.0.1023 driver from his mobo driver site.

Then install the intel RST 10.1.0.1008 driver.​

 

[Hopalong X]

All six ports are Intel.

I'm removing the old Intel AHCI driver. Then will try the new one you provided earlier Dave.

When I downloaded the newer Intel you posted I think I clicked the old one to install.

So it is gone and only the new one you posted is on the system.

Going to try installing it now. Then we can go from there.

 

[Dave76]

Your mobo driver site lists

Marvell 9123/9120 Controller Driver V1.0.0.1042, are the marvell ports there also?​

What is your BIOS version?

What other HDDs are plugged into the Intel ports?
CD/DVD drive?
One solution was to move the CD/DVD drive to a Marvell port, then the RST drivers installed.
Still looking for more info.

A search is giving a lot of problems installing the Intel RST drivers on your board.
Will post when I find a solution.

Is your BIOS set to ACHI or RAID?
Should be RAID.

 

[essenbe]

If this is your mobo, it lists drivers for the Marvel controller, J Micron controller drivers and Intel Sata controller V8.9.0.1023 for Windows 32/64bit XP & Windows 32/64bit Vista & 32/64bit Windows 7.(WHQL)

 

[essenbe]

Those seem to be old drivers. It lists NEC USB 3.0 drivers. NEC has been bought out by Renasus. They listed new drivers that are not on his download list.

 

[Dave76]

Have read that Asus isn't very good at keeping drivers up to date.

A problem with Pioneer DVR-216D and Intel RST drivers. Can't install the RST drivers with this connected, and the DVD crashes windows if plugged in.

 

[essenbe]

Have read that Asus isn't very good at keeping drivers up to date.

From some of the dates and drivers I saw, that seems to be true. But, any Intel driver for his chipset should work, shoudn't it?

 

[Hopalong X]

Marvell are 6.0

JMicron are eSata.

There are 6 Intel's and it is plugged into an Intel socket as well as the HDD's.

The new driver Dave posted so far will not install. The 2010 I posted earlier and below or the original Intel from Asus is all that will install so far.
Will work on it later have to go now.