Firmware Upgrade Truncated HDD Serial Numbers. RAID 5 Broken.
Hi All, I recently upgraded my ASROCK Z87E-ITX which included an update for the Intel Rapid Storage Raid Controller.It appears to have left my RAID 5 in a horrible state. I have a three (3) drive...
View Articleraid 0 showing as failed: both drives are fine
My intel onboard raid device is showing my raid 0 volume as failed, both drives pass all health checks from both SMART and Seagate's detail scan tool. When I press CTRL+M to enter the raid...
View ArticleChipset & VGA driver for XP-32bit and 64bit - Acer AO756
Please help me to find: CHIPSET VGA-driver SATA-driverfor WindowsXP 32bit (specially important!) and 64 bit.Acer has just drivers for Win7.Due to specific reasons I want to install as 2nd OS...
View ArticleWhat should be the POST (power-on self test) code for D945GCNL
Hello everyone, I am not sure if this is the right place to ask this but, I wanna know what should be the POST code after a motherboard (which is perfectly fine) boots correctly and loads the windows...
View ArticleAHCI mode for HM67
Hello! I have the notebook SONY VAIO VPCSE2V9 with chipset Intel(R) HM67 Express Chipset.I've installed SSD disk to my notebook but currently AHCI is disabled. Does this chipset support AHCI? Where can...
View ArticlePartition requirements for Rapid Start on Vaio Flip 13A?
What are the partition requirements for Rapid Start on Vaio Flip 13A? The machine is advertised as having Sony Rapid Wake + eco, which I understand to be Sony's name for Intel Rapid Start. I have done...
View ArticleSurface Pro (2) performance problems when iRST drivers are used
Hi, I have been doing deployments of Windos 8.1 RTM with Microsoft Surface Pro 1 and 2 tablets.What I've noticed is that when the iRST (hdc / iahcic) drivers are used in WinPE, and subsequently during...
View ArticleIntel Management Engine Interface Driver
Intel MEI Driver issueHi All,I am having a problem with my Intel Management Engine Interface Driver and need a little help to diagnose the problem. I have an Asus P8Z77-V motherboard and windows 8.1...
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Dell E6540 Southbridge Rev C1 or C2
Hi EveryoneMy laptop is Dell E6540I use CPU-Z to see that my southbridge version is still C1.I bought this recently so I think Intel already solve this USB issue and the version here should be C2.Is...
View Articlei925XE / ICH6R - Matrix Storage Manager for Windows 7 64bit
Hello, I'm using older Foxconn mainboard with Intel 925XE chipset, ICH6R north bridge. I was using it fine with Windows XP 64bit with RAID1 mirror from 2 disks. Recently I moved to Windows 7 64bit and...
View ArticleIntel Rapid Start Technology Problem
(Lenovo U410 touch - Windows 8.1)I started having trouble a week ago when my laptop crashed and on starting up, gave me an error message stating that'Intel Rapid Start Technology is not enabled'. The...
View ArticleRaid Question from Noob
Hello, I wanted to make a raid for the first time. I have got a P9X79 Asus motherboard. 2 harddisks, both 1 TB with 32 mb cache, one Western Digital, one Seagate. I also have a Kingston SSD which i use...
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Intel SRT Issues
Hi, I am about pulling my hair out trying to get Intel RST setup on my Dell laptop, I have tried lots of things and hope some experts on these forums can shine some light on it! The issue I am having...
View ArticleiRST Changes
Hi all, Just purchased a Dell XPS 8700 that has a small 32GB cached mSATA SSD for the main HDD. Originally installed with W8, but as I hate W8 removed it and installed W7 Prof x64. I'm trying to setup...
View Articlewhat is Memory Bank?
Hi, I would like to know what is Memory Bank, is there any technical document could describe memory bank as detail as possible on Intel site? thank you!
View ArticleMatrix Storage Mgr- Array size 100% but not in Windows
Recently updated two hard drives in a RAID 1 pc in our office. The following steps were taken: 1. Removed #2 (of 2) 146gb hard drive, installed new blank 1TB drive.2. Rebooted, correctly received...
View ArticleHard Disk Shutdown bug which drivers 12.x.x.xxxx in Z77
I'm getting a shutdown bug on a Z77 Chipset. (Gigabyte g1 sniper 3) Before my computer is shutting down i hear my harddrives just spinning on again before my PC is going off.They do not start...
View ArticleHelp "Switch to AHCI"
HII upgrade my pc's motherboard from Gigabyte EP41 to GA-H87 -HD3. But I can't run on it my hdd that windows xp installed on it before. I changed the AHCI mode to IDE in BIOS to try Install the AHCI...
View ArticleMultiple display support
Hi I'm looking to purchase this motherboard with the i3-4130. Will I be able to run two monitors over the VGA and DVI? Or will I run into limitations from the H87 and HD 4400 graphics? I'm getting...
View ArticleCan't reinstall Intel Rapid Storage Technology (RST) after flipping BIOS back...
Hi. I updated my Gigabyte Z68 motherboard's BIOS but I forgot to flip the SATA back to RAID mode because the motherboard defaults back to IDE after a BIOS update. (the RAID is for caching a hard disk...
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