Well, I now have a functioning Intel Rapid Storage Technology user interface (Intel RST).
(As far as I know, there was no way for you to have determined, in advance, that there were no "supported" drivers for these older chipsets, unless you knew in advance to even LOOK for such an issue for the issue to begin with. (You can determine what driver you are using via: Device Manager => (Look for Storage controllers and expand) => (Look for something with Intel and RAID in its name) => Double Click => Driver (Level is in Driver Version).
What I would suggest is that you determine what level of RAID driver you are using, download the corresponding Intel RST download, and try "SetupRST.exe -Nodrv" to install the relevant user interface. Please do make a backup of whatever you have under RAID before trying any of the install steps. There is a discussion there that you may find helpful, particularly since you are on the same X58 chipset that is in my machine. Suggest you have a look at my thread which in turn has links to some other threads with real, actionable, usable information: I hope you can answer my questions, above. I interpret this as the chipset is capable for Intel® RST to be able to expand capacity based on this reference Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R/DO/5 Series/3400 Series SATA RAID Controller html file titled "SupportAssist: System Information" shows under MotherBoard: My 'Disk Management' / 'OS (C:)' / 'Hardware' / 'Properties' / 'Driver' shows :Īn old (still on Windows7, don't remember source of this file, old Intel RST?). Intel(R) Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller My 'System' / 'Device Manager' / 'Storage Controllers' shows: I'm hoping a functioning Intel RST User Interface will give me the tools to finish the expansion. This is a fully functioning PC so, I don't want to start from scratch with empty hard drives. Although I changed from 2x 1TB drives to 2x 2TB drives, during boot up and any other way I have to look, the capacity still shows as only 1TB, just as it always has. The last two seem to have mirrored fine but the goal was to expand capacity. I've done 4 single hard drive replacements which, seem to have gone perfect each time until the last two.
(I believe I avoided upgrade to Window8 but precise memory currently fails me.) During this upgrade the Intel® RST User Interface vanished.
I have upgraded the operation system most recently to Windows 10 Pro (64bit).
I have a Dell Studio XPS 9100, with Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 930 2.80GHz, 8MB, BLM, D0, originally Windows7, that was originally equipped with a RAID 1 (mirrored) array and had a functioning Intel RST User Interface. What is proper procedure & "right" version to pick? In another thread it seems that there is a Nodrv option when running SetupRST.exe but my driver(s) do(es) not seem to match any of the available downloads at Intel. Can I install the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology User Interface without installing a new driver for my RAID Array?Ĭan I install Intel® Rapid Storage Technology, both Driver and User Interface, and then 'Roll Back Driver' to maintain my functioning RAID Array with the current Driver and get the benefit of the User Interface back? If so, what is proper procedure? Is there a "right" version to pick?