[DRIVERS] Intel Chipset/MEI/SATA (1xx/2xx/3xx/4xx/5xx)


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Hi everyone,

- Intel Chipset Drivers :
Package : 10.1.19627.8423 WHQL [28/09/2023]​
Download : Link

Install/Update Process :

Launch "CHIPSET_Intel_vxx.x.xxxxx.xxxx.exe"

- Intel MEI Drivers (Drivers Only) :
Drivers : 2406.5.5.0 WHQL [08/02/2024]​
DAL SoftwareComponent Driver : 1.44.2023.710 WHQL [11/07/2023]
ICLS SoftwareComponent Driver : 1.71.99.0 WHQL [06/12/2023]
WMI SoftwareComponent Driver : 2353.5.2.0 WHQL [31/12/2023]
Download : Link

Install/Update Process :

Launch "Install.cmd" by right-click Run as admin > Automatic restart when install is done

- Intel SATA AHCI-RAID Drivers (Drivers Only) :
Drivers - 4xx/5xx : 18.37.7.1013 WHQL [06/02/2023]
Drivers - 2xx/3xx : 17.11.3.1010 WHQL [25/11/2022]
Drivers - 1xx : 16.8.5.1014 WHQL [13/12/2022]​
Download - 4xx/5xx : Link
Download - 2xx/3xx : Link
Download - 1xx : Link

Install/Update Process :

- Press Windows key + X > Device Manager > Right-click on your Intel SATA device > Update driver > Browse my computer for driver software
- Browse... > Select the extracted drivers folder (SATA_AHCI-RAID_Intel_v...) > Next


OS requirements : Windows 10 64 bit or more recent.
Hardware requirements : Motherboards with Intel 1xx/2xx/3xx/4xx/5xx series chipsets (except Intel X299 chipset).


TIPS :

If you want to manage the drivers (remove old/unused drivers for example) that you have in your Windows DriverStore
Use Driver Store Explorer (Right click on "Rapr.exe" > Run as administrator).

If you want better interrupts delivery latency
Enable MSI (Message Signaled-based Interrupts) mode on all your supported devices (see the column "supported modes") with
MSI Mode Utility (Right click on "MSI_Mode_Utility_v3.exe" > Run as administrator).
 
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Hey MokiCHu, delighted to see you here... created an account!
 

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Much appreciated, good to see you still posting drivers.

Thanks MoKiChU.
 

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Hi everyone,

As reminder, there are certain things to know since Intel 6xx series chipsets.

Before Intel 6xx series chipsets :

- SATA HDDs/SSDs in AHCI mode use Intel SATA AHCI Driver ("Intel(R) xxx Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller" in your Device Manager) or Microsoft built-in driver ("Standard SATA AHCI Controller" in your Device Manager).

- PCIe SSDs in NVMe mode use Microsoft built-in driver ("Standard NVM Express Controller" in your Device Manager, recommended for DirectStorage/RTX IO) or vendor specific NVMe Controller Driver (if there is one for your SSD).

- SATA HDDs/SSDs (& PCIe Intel Optane SSDs) in RAID mode (Intel Rapid Storage Technology enabled in your BIOS) use Intel SATA RAID Driver ("Intel(R) Chipset SATA/PCIe RST Premium Controller" in your Device Manager).​

Since Intel 6xx series chipsets :

VMD disabled in your BIOS :​

- SATA HDDs/SSDs in AHCI mode use Microsoft built-in driver ("Standard SATA AHCI Controller" in your Device Manager).

- PCIe SSDs in NVMe mode use Microsoft built-in driver ("Standard NVM Express Controller" in your Device Manager, recommended for DirectStorage/RTX IO) or vendor specific NVMe Controller Driver (if there is one for your SSD).​

VMD enabled in your BIOS (Default) :​

- SATA HDDs/SSDs in AHCI mode use Microsoft built-in driver ("Standard SATA AHCI Controller" in your Device Manager) + Intel VMD Driver for Intel VMD Controller device ("Intel RST VMD Controller xxxx" in your Device Manager).

- PCIe SSDs in NVMe mode use Microsoft built-in driver ("Standard NVM Express Controller" in your Device Manager, recommended for DirectStorage/RTX IO) or vendor specific NVMe Controller Driver (if there is one for your SSD) + Intel VMD Driver for Intel VMD Controller device ("Intel RST VMD Controller xxxx" in your Device Manager).

- SATA/PCIe HDDs/SSDs in RAID mode (Intel Rapid Storage Technology enabled in your BIOS) use Intel VMD Driver for Intel VMD Managed Controller & Intel VMD Controller devices (Respectively "Intel RST VMD Managed Controller xxxx" & "Intel RST VMD Controller xxxx" in your Device Manager).​

/!\ SATA Controller and/or PCIe SSDs need to be mapped under VMD to use RAID mode with SATA/PCIe HDDs/SSDs /!\
(this will automatically enable Intel Rapid Storage Technology / RAID mode if it wasn't already)​


You might wonder why ASUS has enabled VMD by default, and what is the point of enabling VMD if not using RAID ?

Because VMD provides certain features usable even without using RAID, like error isolation from the Host OS, hot-plug and surprise removal support, standardized LED Management ... (hence the fact that Intel advises OEMs to enable VMD by default when VMD is present).​
 
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Hi everyone,

As reminder, there are certain things to know since Intel 6xx series chipsets.

Before Intel 6xx series chipsets :

- SATA HDDs/SSDs in AHCI mode use Intel SATA AHCI Driver or Microsoft built-in "Standard SATA AHCI Controller" Driver.​
- PCIe SSDs in NVMe mode use Microsoft built-in "Standard NVM Express Controller" Driver (Recommended for DirectStorage/RTX IO) or vendor specific NVMe Controller Driver.​
- SATA HDDs/SSDs (& PCIe Intel Optane SSDs) in RAID mode use Intel SATA RAID Driver.​


Since Intel 6xx series chipsets :

VMD disabled in your BIOS :​

- SATA HDDs/SSDs in AHCI mode use Microsoft built-in "Standard SATA AHCI Controller" Driver.​
- PCIe SSDs in NVMe mode use Microsoft built-in "Standard NVM Express Controller" Driver (Recommended for DirectStorage/RTX IO) or vendor specific NVMe Controller Driver.​


VMD enabled in your BIOS (Default) :​

- SATA HDDs/SSDs in AHCI mode use Microsoft built-in "Standard SATA AHCI Controller" Driver + Intel VMD Driver for Intel VMD Controller device.​
- PCIe SSDs in NVMe mode use Microsoft built-in "Standard NVM Express Controller" Driver (Recommended for DirectStorage/RTX IO) or vendor specific NVMe Controller Driver + Intel VMD Driver for Intel VMD Controller device.​
- SATA/PCIe HDDs/SSDs in RAID mode use Intel VMD Driver for Intel VMD Managed Controller & Intel VMD Controller devices.​


/!\ SATA Controller and/or PCIe SSDs need to be mapped under VMD to use RAID mode with SATA/PCIe HDDs/SSDs /!\
(this will automatically enable Intel Rapid Storage Technology / RAID mode)

IHc7AMc.jpg


You might wonder why ASUS has enabled VMD by default, and what is the point of enabling VMD if not using RAID ?​
Because VMD provides certain features usable even without using RAID, like error isolation from the Host OS, hot-plug and surprise removal support, standardized LED Management ... (hence the fact that Intel advises OEMs to enable VMD by default when VMD is present).​
I have all 3 enabled, so I'm actually using the VMD instead of NVme and is that why my NVME doesn't show up as a NVME?
 

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I have all 3 enabled, so I'm actually using the VMD instead of NVme and is that why my NVME doesn't show up as a NVME?

Hi,

Right. I thought, with all the answers I gave you in your thread (IntelMEPro keeps shutting down my pc), that everything was now clear to you on this subject but obviously it is not the case if you ask again here, so I will rephrase for you to make it clear :

VMD in AHCI/NVMe mode :

BIOS > Advanced tab > System Agent (SA) Configuration > VMD setup menu :

- Enable VMD controller : Enabled
- Map PCIE Storage under VMD : Disabled
- Map SATA Controller under VMD : Disabled

- SATA HDDs/SSDs in AHCI mode use Microsoft built-in "Standard SATA AHCI Controller" Driver + Intel VMD Driver for Intel VMD Controller device.

- PCIe SSDs in NVMe mode use Microsoft built-in "Standard NVM Express Controller" Driver (Recommended for DirectStorage/RTX IO) or vendor specific NVMe Controller Driver + Intel VMD Driver for Intel VMD Controller device.​

VMD in RAID mode :

BIOS > Advanced tab > System Agent (SA) Configuration > VMD setup menu :

- Enable VMD controller : Enabled
- Map PCIE Storage under VMD : Enabled
- Map SATA Controller under VMD : Enabled

- SATA/PCIe HDDs/SSDs in RAID mode use Intel VMD Driver for Intel VMD Managed Controller & Intel VMD Controller devices.​
 

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Hi everyone,

As reminder, there are certain things to know since Intel 6xx series chipsets.

Before Intel 6xx series chipsets :

- SATA HDDs/SSDs in AHCI mode use Intel SATA AHCI Driver or Microsoft built-in "Standard SATA AHCI Controller" Driver.​
- PCIe SSDs in NVMe mode use Microsoft built-in "Standard NVM Express Controller" Driver (Recommended for DirectStorage/RTX IO) or vendor specific NVMe Controller Driver.​
- SATA HDDs/SSDs (& PCIe Intel Optane SSDs) in RAID mode use Intel SATA RAID Driver.​


Since Intel 6xx series chipsets :

VMD disabled in your BIOS :​

- SATA HDDs/SSDs in AHCI mode use Microsoft built-in "Standard SATA AHCI Controller" Driver.​
- PCIe SSDs in NVMe mode use Microsoft built-in "Standard NVM Express Controller" Driver (Recommended for DirectStorage/RTX IO) or vendor specific NVMe Controller Driver.​


VMD enabled in your BIOS (Default) :​

- SATA HDDs/SSDs in AHCI mode use Microsoft built-in "Standard SATA AHCI Controller" Driver + Intel VMD Driver for Intel VMD Controller device.​
- PCIe SSDs in NVMe mode use Microsoft built-in "Standard NVM Express Controller" Driver (Recommended for DirectStorage/RTX IO) or vendor specific NVMe Controller Driver + Intel VMD Driver for Intel VMD Controller device.​
- SATA/PCIe HDDs/SSDs in RAID mode use Intel VMD Driver for Intel VMD Managed Controller & Intel VMD Controller devices.​


/!\ SATA Controller and/or PCIe SSDs need to be mapped under VMD to use RAID mode with SATA/PCIe HDDs/SSDs /!\
(this will automatically enable Intel Rapid Storage Technology / RAID mode)

IHc7AMc.jpg


You might wonder why ASUS has enabled VMD by default, and what is the point of enabling VMD if not using RAID ?​
Because VMD provides certain features usable even without using RAID, like error isolation from the Host OS, hot-plug and surprise removal support, standardized LED Management ... (hence the fact that Intel advises OEMs to enable VMD by default when VMD is present).​
I have ASUS PRIME Z690-P and Firecuda 530 1TB NVME but I don't know what I should do based on this information. man I'm an amateur sometimes. lol
 

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Hi,

Right. I thought, with all the answers I gave you in your thread (IntelMEPro keeps shutting down my pc), that everything was now clear to you on this subject but obviously it is not the case if you ask again here, so I will rephrase for you to make it clear :

VMD in AHCI/NVMe mode :

BIOS > Advanced tab > System Agent (SA) Configuration > VMD setup menu :​
- Enable VMD controller : Enabled
- Map PCIE Storage under VMD : Disabled
- Map SATA Controller under VMD : Disabled


- SATA HDDs/SSDs in AHCI mode use Microsoft built-in "Standard SATA AHCI Controller" Driver + Intel VMD Driver for Intel VMD Controller device.​
- PCIe SSDs in NVMe mode use Microsoft built-in "Standard NVM Express Controller" Driver (Recommended for DirectStorage/RTX IO) or vendor specific NVMe Controller Driver + Intel VMD Driver for Intel VMD Controller device.​

VMD in RAID mode :

BIOS > Advanced tab > System Agent (SA) Configuration > VMD setup menu :​
- Enable VMD controller : Enabled
- Map PCIE Storage under VMD : Enabled
- Map SATA Controller under VMD : Enabled


- SATA/PCIe HDDs/SSDs in RAID mode use Intel VMD Driver for Intel VMD Managed Controller & Intel VMD Controller devices.​
No I got it but it's not in RAID but I can't disabled those last 2 the PC won't reboot
 

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No I got it but it's not in RAID but I can't disabled those last 2 the PC won't reboot

I have already answered you on this subject also in your thread :

This must be done in your BIOS before installing Windows, so :

- Either you clear CMOS your BIOS, then check that Map PCIE/SATA Storage under VMD is Disabled then clean install Windows with your new BIOS settings.
- Either you keep your current BIOS settings & your current Windows install as @geneo tells you, your SATA AHCI and PCIe NVMe drives will be managed by Intel VMD.​
 

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I have already answered you on this subject also in your thread :

Ok, I'll just leave but I copied everything in case I have to take it to the shop. I'll just put up with the black screen. Thanks for your help
 

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I have ASUS PRIME Z690-P and Firecuda 530 1TB NVME but I don't know what I should do based on this information. man I'm an amateur sometimes. lol

Hi,

You don't have to do anything, it's just for information, it's correctly configured by default in your BIOS except for those who have enabled Intel Rapid Storage Technology/RAID mode via BIOS EZ Mode or who have mapped their disks under VMD via BIOS Advanced Mode thinking they are doing the right thing.
 
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thanks MoKiChU.

I always wanted to get to understand SSD storage in general including the controllers and drivers. Never was able to get my head round this one lol.

Ok so yes in my bios I have these settings as default (never touched nor knew they existed is why lol and glad I haven't touched it):
Enable VMD controller : Enabled
- Map PCIE Storage under VMD : Disabled
- Map SATA Controller under VMD : Disabled

Now what does the part below mean? it seems relevant to my setup

PCIe SSDs in NVMe mode use Microsoft built-in "Standard NVM Express Controller" Driver (Recommended for DirectStorage/RTX IO) or vendor specific NVMe Controller Driver + Intel VMD Driver for Intel VMD Controller device.

That's what I understood whether I'm using the correct driver or not. In my device manager on the IDE ATA-ATAPI controllers section I have standard SATA AHCI controller listed.
I also have these 3 storage controllers listed. they are:

Intel RST VMD controller 467F
Microsoft storage spaces controller
Standard NVM Express controller

They all seem to be enabled currently. I only have one firecuda NVMe 1TB drive. So is this correct for my setup?

Oh another thing, I don't need to enable Intel Rapid Storage Technology? oh I always thought I should. deary me. I think its disabled I hope. Ill check in bios.
 

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thanks MoKiChU.

I always wanted to get to understand SSD storage in general including the controllers and drivers. Never was able to get my head round this one lol.

Ok so yes in my bios I have these settings as default (never touched nor knew they existed is why lol and glad I haven't touched it):
Enable VMD controller : Enabled
- Map PCIE Storage under VMD : Disabled
- Map SATA Controller under VMD : Disabled

Now what does the part below mean? it seems relevant to my setup

PCIe SSDs in NVMe mode use Microsoft built-in "Standard NVM Express Controller" Driver (Recommended for DirectStorage/RTX IO) or vendor specific NVMe Controller Driver + Intel VMD Driver for Intel VMD Controller device.

That's what I understood whether I'm using the correct driver or not. In my device manager on the IDE ATA-ATAPI controllers section I have standard SATA AHCI controller listed.
I also have these 3 storage controllers listed. they are:

Intel RST VMD controller 467F
Microsoft storage spaces controller
Standard NVM Express controller

They all seem to be enabled currently. I only have one firecuda NVMe 1TB drive. So is this correct for my setup?

Perfect. Your system is correctly configured.
 

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GREAT!!! thank you MoKiChU. I'm lucky could have easily slipped up. and i can confirm that the Intel Rapid Storage Technology is disabled. dont even know what it does but sounds cool which is why i wanted it enabled LOL

but sorry to see debgram2000 having difficulties :oops:. poor him. I do not like black screen at all...
 

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GREAT!!! thank you MoKiChU. I'm lucky could have easily slipped up. and i can confirm that the Intel Rapid Storage Technology is disabled. dont even know what it does but sounds cool which is why i wanted it enabled LOL

but sorry to see debgram2000 having difficulties :oops:. poor him

Before or since Intel 6xx series chipsets :

Intel Rapid Storage Technology Enabled in your BIOS = RAID mode (whatether a RAID is actually created or not).
 
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I only have one SSD NVMe storage drive and I don't like to use more than one physical SSD drive at any one time so I don't need RAID mode thankfully. RAID mode is too much complications for me haha.
 

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    Intel Core i5 12600KF
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    PRIME Z690-P
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    Corsair DDR5-5600
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    NVIDIA Geforce RTX 2060 SUPER
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    BenQ XL2420T
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    Seagate FireCuda 530 ZP1000GM30013
I have 2 of those but not the Standard NVM Express Controller, should I with my setup?

I retry to explain to you a last time in another way :

If your BIOS is configured like that (Default/Recommended) :

BIOS > Advanced tab > System Agent (SA) Configuration > VMD setup menu :

- Enable VMD controller : Enabled
- Map PCIE Storage under VMD : Disabled
- Map SATA Controller under VMD : Disabled

Your VMD is in AHCI/NVMe mode, so, your :

- SATA HDDs/SSDs in AHCI mode use Microsoft built-in "Standard SATA AHCI Controller" Driver + Intel VMD Driver for Intel VMD Controller device.

- PCIe SSDs in NVMe mode use Microsoft built-in "Standard NVM Express Controller" Driver (Recommended for DirectStorage/RTX IO) or vendor specific NVMe Controller Driver + Intel VMD Driver for Intel VMD Controller device.​

If your BIOS is configured like that :

BIOS > Advanced tab > System Agent (SA) Configuration > VMD setup menu :

- Enable VMD controller : Enabled
- Map PCIE Storage under VMD : Enabled
- Map SATA Controller under VMD : Enabled

Your VMD is in RAID mode (whatether you actually created a RAID or not), so, your :

- SATA/PCIe HDDs/SSDs in RAID mode use Intel VMD Driver for Intel VMD Managed Controller & Intel VMD Controller devices.​
 

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    AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
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    ASUS ROG Strix B650E-F Gaming WiFi
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    G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5 6000MHz CL30 - 32GB (2 x 16GB)
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    SSD Samsung 990 PRO 1TB
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