Once you have completed that task you will be notified that your system requires a reboot to finish the uninstall, at least I believe you will. Use Windows Apps and Features to perform this task.
You will need to uninstall the IRST application on your system before you run the exe file you downloaded above to install the new software and updated driver.
zip files are only the driver files and do not include the application.
You must use this file as it contains an updated driver and the IRST application for Windows. Once you are on the download page above look at the left side of the page for a download link for the file named setuprst.exe. You can get the latest driver for your machine HERE Having said that you need to understand that the driver used is an Intel driver and in your case it IS the IDE/ATAPI driver as this is the storage controller driver for your Intel 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family. The remedy to that issue is to uninstall the present driver and install a new driver. Reports are in the Intel support Forum pages that 1803 breaks Intel Smart Response Technology and makes the software configuration stop to function as intended. If I am not correct in my understanding of your system configuration as stated above then the rest of this post does not apply to your situation.įirst, I see that you are running WindOS. This is an older technology that is a hybrid SSD/HDD software configuration for the storage devices you have installed in your system. Given what you have said so far I believe your system actually uses Intel Smart Response Technology to in effect use your mSATA drive as a cache for data held on your HDD. The other hard drives are SATA Disk - 2,795 GB and SATA Disk - 1,863 GB.
So there is some performance degradation. My system is sluggish on boot up and slow to respond to simple file I/O commands. It appears this SSD was used to cache data for either of two other hard drives that are performing without a problem. SSD is Samsung SSD PM830 mSATA 32GB, firmware CXM12D1Q.
Intel responded to another user who had the same problem with the following message: "Based on the information on the, the SATA mode is set to AHCI, so, what we need to do will be to change the SATA mode to RAID, then re-install Windows from scratch and after that enable the Intel SMART Response Technology on Intel RST, to optimize performance." They also indicated a low level format of the SSD would be possible but the mode would still be AHCI. In short I'm trying to force-disable the removability of the SATA connected device, so it doesn't show up in the SystemTray as an icon, without using the BIOS/UEFI settings (because they are not available).Īny information would be greatly appreciated.I get the following message from the Intel Rapid Storage Technology interface which reports "SATA SSD on Controller 0, Port 1: Incomplete. HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\iaStorA\Parameters\Device
However, since I am using Intel RST drivers (iaStorA), how/where do I create the "TreatAsInternalPort" key? I have tried here: (supposedly for Windows 8, 8.1 and 10) This would be if I was using the Standard Windows SATA/AHCI drivers.
HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\storahci\Parameters\Device So, I am trying to create and use the "TreatAsInternalPort" key in the following locations. IĪm unable to disable HotPlug in the BIOS/UEFI for this particular port (otherwise this would be a non-issue). Upon installing the drivers I see that the USB "safely remove device" icon shows up in the system tray for the boot drive (C:\).
I am installing these drivers for AHCI operation on an Asus Q87M motherboard in Windows 10 LTSB 1607.