Intel 82801ER SATA RAID Controller Vista Compatibility
I have updated the drivers for the Intel 82801ER SATA RAID Controller to
5.5.0.1035. I simply cannot get Vista Ultimate to install- it keeps telling me that the drivers are incompatible. From what I can tell, people using the beta versions and RC1 could get it to work, but here in the final retail version I cannot get it to work. Anybody else having this problem? I do not want to risk a clean install as I don't want to end up with a paperweight. If it matters, I'm using a basically stock Dell XPS Gen 2. |
Intel 82801ER SATA RAID Controller Vista Compatibility
I decided in early December to download RC1. I tried to do a clean
install and I could never get VISTA RC1 to recogonize any 82801ER driver I threw at it booting from the DVD disk. VISTA could recognize I had the RAID controller but refused to accept a couple I found. I had the OEM driver that came on the ASUS CD with my motherboard and two others that were later versions but none would work. I found a post from someone that claimed they used a version number I could find nowhere. I worked for three afternoons maybe a total of seven hours attempting to install, finally I gave up and did an upgrade from within Windows XP. I have always believed in a clean install of any new MS operating system but it looks like for ease of installation and price I am going to risk it and buy a VISTA Ultimate Upgrade version. I know I have a different motherboard from yous so we possibly can't compare and figure out how to do a clean install but here is some of the information on my system: ASUS P4C800E Deluxe (Purchased about three years ago) 875P Chipset 1GB DDR400 2 WD Raptor 36 GB DRives running RAID 0 My current version of Windows XP Ser Pack 2 Device Manager Reports the following information under SCSI and RAID Controllers: Intel 82801ER SATA RAID Controller Driver: Intel Ver 3.5.0.2568 6/17/2003 Device Manager Reports the following information under Disk Drives: RAID 0 Volume Under Driver Tab: Driver Provider: Microsoft Driver Date: 6/17/2003 Driver Version: 5.1.2535.0 Aparrently if I upgrade, VISTA can use my Intel RAID boot drivers to start on but it cannot use them for a clean install? On Jan 30, 11:06 pm, ChronoT52 wrote: I have updated the drivers for the Intel82801ERSATARAID Controller to 5.5.0.1035. I simply cannot get Vista Ultimate to install- it keeps telling me that the drivers are incompatible. From what I can tell, people using the beta versions and RC1 could get it to work, but here in the final retail version I cannot get it to work. Anybody else having this problem? I do not want to risk a clean install as I don't want to end up with a paperweight. If it matters, I'm using a basically stock Dell XPS Gen 2. |
Intel 82801ER SATA RAID Controller Vista Compatibility
I had a tough time with the controller too. I never did get it to
work(It me fits with my Wester Digital Raptor 16k cache drives). I ended up using the Onboard SIL3112 SATA controller, to install a fresh copy. One thing to keep in mind is that for Windows to install and not give you a message that "Windows cannot find a suitable system volume for installation" message, the drive you are installing to must be the first drive. I found this out after pulling my hair out, trying to get Vista installed. Once I finally did get it installed, I was able to get the Intel drivers loaded, using the Intel Intel® Matrix Storage Manager install. The software would fail on install, however, the drivers would install and have been working fine. I don't know what version these are, as I'm no on my Vista machine, at the moment. I don't know if this was the best way to go, but it's working. On Jan 31, 12:06 am, ChronoT52 wrote: I have updated the drivers for theIntel82801ERSATA RAID Controller to 5.5.0.1035. I simply cannot get Vista Ultimate to install- it keeps telling me that the drivers are incompatible. From what I can tell, people using the beta versions and RC1 could get it to work, but here in the final retail version I cannot get it to work. Anybody else having this problem? I do not want to risk a clean install as I don't want to end up with a paperweight. If it matters, I'm using a basically stock Dell XPS Gen 2. |
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