please use code tags grrrrr....
you have been given the answer
the device management has to be installed first.
"If you select AHCI for Serial ATA (SATA) in the BIOS Setup
Utility before installing Intel Matrix Storage Manager Driver,
your computer will not respond; it will only display a blue
screen."
you will have to preinstall the storage manager
this is probably why nLite works... it force installs the manager.
(whether it's needed or not - bloating the install)
DriverPacks uses the finisher to install managers and control panels and the like.
So they are only installed for hardware that EXISTS in the system
(we don't install garbage you don't need) DP_Finisher runs after the PE setup reboot from the gui.
So since the driver will fail to boot if the manager is not preinstalled
and driverpacks doesn't preinstall software for devices (the Finisher runs after PE reboots the machine)
It can not succeed.
either the machine must be installed as described by adam_w
or the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Driver must be preinstalled by whatever mechanism.
IE run from cmdlines.txt or detached program or...
The driver is broken... complain to Intel...
the device should work without its cute little control panel or the control panel should be installed by the primary device driver's inf.
I normally discourage the team from hacking INF's
(I need to see a darned good reason to break driver signing)
but sometimes an exception to this rule can / must be made.
The best solution would be to put the ball in Intels court and demand a fix.
no other controllers have this issue, so it seems to be them?