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Ahci Driver Windows 7 64 Bit Rating: 5,7/10 3994 votes
Hi folks hope somebody can help me- pulling my hair out here! I've read the threads of how to install the AHCI drivers for Windows XP after it has been installed.and need to do that from the device manager.
Trying to install Windows 7 Ultimate x64 on an ASUS M5A97 mobo with AMD SB850 RAID, two WD 750GB drives configured as RAID 0. No drives are recognized by W7 install, so I choose Load Drivers.
I put the drivers on a USB stick. Install finds the drivers there, starts loading them, then comes back with 'Installing an unsigned 64 bit driver is not supported and may result in an unstable Windows installation.' Round and round she goes. I downloaded the latest drivers from ASUS website. I'm willing to take the chance on loading an unsigned driver Bill Gates! I saw other posts on here that recommend clicking Repair instead of Install, but I don't see where that option is.
All I am given as options is Upgrade or Install. Choosing upgrade tells me to boot Windows first. But this is a brand new install so.
I see this problem has been ongoing for at least the last 18 months; surely someone has a solution that actually works? ETA: I just found the disk for Windows 7 Ultimate x64 with Service Pack 1. I was hoping this obvious Microsoft issue might have been fixed but (drum roll please) - NO!!! BTW the ASUS drivers are WHQL.
GhislainG/RetiredChief - I did download those drivers on the AMD site; unfortunately, those are post-install drivers. They don't have a method of e.g. Putting them on a USB stick and having the OS installer load them from there. RetiredChief - The message is not a warning that can be bypassed, otherwise I would have gladly 'taken the chance'. But it is apparently a fatal error.
I also tried using F8 during boot of the install and chose 'Disable Signed Driver Requirement' as my boot option, but that didn't work either (same result). So I decided on a new course. I changed the BIOS back to the default mode of AHCI. W7 didn't even ask me for a driver!
And it 'sees' both disks! It appears that the AHCI and RAID drivers are identical, so I'm going ahead with the install, then I will use Clonezilla to image the install, set the BIOS back to RAID, and restore the image. I'm hoping that will work (fingers crossed).
If not, I'll be calling Microsoft support, which means ponying up my credit card until they finally admit it is their issue and refund it.;-(. I found a solution to this problem that will hopefully work for most.
Some skill is necessary since it is a bit complicated. The component to make this work is an extra harddrive not essential to setting up the RAID array.
I assume that you have a bootable Windows 7 x64 install, if not, do a fresh install to a single harddrive and follow these instructions: 1. Opisj pozharnogo schita obrazec. Install the Windows 7 x64 RAID driver for your motherboard and re-boot.
Install the harddrives to be used for the RAID array. Set the desired RAID array (0/1/5/10) up in your BIOS. Boot into Windows 7 x64, making sure the RAID array is recognised. Clone the bootable Windows 7 x64 harddrive to the RAID array.
Re-boot making sure you select the RAID array as boot device. You now should have a bootable Windows 7 x64 RAID (0/1/5/10) array. Add the original hard-drive to the RAID array if desired. Enjoy The problem with doing a fresh install of Windows 7 x64 to a RAID array is the driver signing required by Microsoft for the x64 RAID driver install.
This is not present for the x86 RAID driver install, which can be done with ease. The Windows 7 x64 driver can be installed without a problem once Windows 7 x64 have been installed to a single hard-drive. Now you just have to clone this bootable hard-drive to the RAID array! Hope this helps. I found a solution to this problem that will hopefully work for most. Some skill is necessary since it is a bit complicated.
Ahci Driver Windows 7 64 Bit Rating: 5,7/10 3994 votes
Hi folks hope somebody can help me- pulling my hair out here! I've read the threads of how to install the AHCI drivers for Windows XP after it has been installed.and need to do that from the device manager.
Trying to install Windows 7 Ultimate x64 on an ASUS M5A97 mobo with AMD SB850 RAID, two WD 750GB drives configured as RAID 0. No drives are recognized by W7 install, so I choose Load Drivers.
I put the drivers on a USB stick. Install finds the drivers there, starts loading them, then comes back with 'Installing an unsigned 64 bit driver is not supported and may result in an unstable Windows installation.' Round and round she goes. I downloaded the latest drivers from ASUS website. I'm willing to take the chance on loading an unsigned driver Bill Gates! I saw other posts on here that recommend clicking Repair instead of Install, but I don't see where that option is.
All I am given as options is Upgrade or Install. Choosing upgrade tells me to boot Windows first. But this is a brand new install so.
I see this problem has been ongoing for at least the last 18 months; surely someone has a solution that actually works? ETA: I just found the disk for Windows 7 Ultimate x64 with Service Pack 1. I was hoping this obvious Microsoft issue might have been fixed but (drum roll please) - NO!!! BTW the ASUS drivers are WHQL.
GhislainG/RetiredChief - I did download those drivers on the AMD site; unfortunately, those are post-install drivers. They don't have a method of e.g. Putting them on a USB stick and having the OS installer load them from there. RetiredChief - The message is not a warning that can be bypassed, otherwise I would have gladly 'taken the chance'. But it is apparently a fatal error.
I also tried using F8 during boot of the install and chose 'Disable Signed Driver Requirement' as my boot option, but that didn't work either (same result). So I decided on a new course. I changed the BIOS back to the default mode of AHCI. W7 didn't even ask me for a driver!
And it 'sees' both disks! It appears that the AHCI and RAID drivers are identical, so I'm going ahead with the install, then I will use Clonezilla to image the install, set the BIOS back to RAID, and restore the image. I'm hoping that will work (fingers crossed).
If not, I'll be calling Microsoft support, which means ponying up my credit card until they finally admit it is their issue and refund it.;-(. I found a solution to this problem that will hopefully work for most.
Some skill is necessary since it is a bit complicated. The component to make this work is an extra harddrive not essential to setting up the RAID array.
I assume that you have a bootable Windows 7 x64 install, if not, do a fresh install to a single harddrive and follow these instructions: 1. Opisj pozharnogo schita obrazec. Install the Windows 7 x64 RAID driver for your motherboard and re-boot.
Install the harddrives to be used for the RAID array. Set the desired RAID array (0/1/5/10) up in your BIOS. Boot into Windows 7 x64, making sure the RAID array is recognised. Clone the bootable Windows 7 x64 harddrive to the RAID array.
Re-boot making sure you select the RAID array as boot device. You now should have a bootable Windows 7 x64 RAID (0/1/5/10) array. Add the original hard-drive to the RAID array if desired. Enjoy The problem with doing a fresh install of Windows 7 x64 to a RAID array is the driver signing required by Microsoft for the x64 RAID driver install.
This is not present for the x86 RAID driver install, which can be done with ease. The Windows 7 x64 driver can be installed without a problem once Windows 7 x64 have been installed to a single hard-drive. Now you just have to clone this bootable hard-drive to the RAID array! Hope this helps. I found a solution to this problem that will hopefully work for most. Some skill is necessary since it is a bit complicated.