http://communities.intel.com/thread/12479
I do have a massive problem with the new 9.x iastor driver
on machines that run on IDE mode instead of RAID or AHCI
Some machines lack the necessary BIOS setting!
I am talking about business here
HP dc7100, dc7600, dc7700, dc7800, dc7900 a view dc8000
and in the near future dc8100
chipsets are
7100 915G
7600 945G
7700 Q965
7800 Q35
7900 Q45
My job is to get Windows(x32) and software installed
I am using a bartpe (PXE) to start the setup
and here the troubles start
I had included iastor drivers 7.0 and 8.6 to setup my Desktops
and it worked as expected
but if i add the new 9.5 or 9.6 driver i earn a BSOD during the boot of my bartpe
0x7E (0xC0000005,0x80880211,0xF790C530,0xF790C22C)
on any machine that run in IDE mode
Normally the driver should not interfere on systems that run in IDE mode
but this driver does!
Even if i add only 9.x iastor
Even if i modify txtsetup.oem to run only on DEV_3B29 DEV_3B2F DEV_3B22 DEV_2822 DEV_282A
and use 8.9 on other devices
This driver only work on dc7900 in AHCI mode, dc7800 in RAID (2 HDD)
and a core7 lenovo X201s
The dc7800 model lack the AHCI BIOS option!
If i revert my bartpe to use 7.0 and 8.9 of iastor
i am able to boot and see the HDD on my systems as it should be
except the core7
But if a integrate the new iastor 9.x into XP (txtsetup.sif,dosnet.inf)
the system hang (0x7E) after loading the iastor driver during text setup of Xp
The text setup is only succesfull on dc7900 in AHCI mode, dc7800 RAID and the core7 system
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I can now definitely say
that the iastor driver 9.5 and 9.6 crash with a BSOD
0x7E (0xC0000005,....)
If the machine is running on >>>IDE (compatibility) mode<<<
using bartpe or including the driver into a XP cd
In boh cases you'll got this BSOD
Even if you use a orinal XP/2003 cd and add the driver by hand using F6 (Setup is starting Windows->BSOD)
I know its creazy to add a sata driver if you run your HDD in ide mode
but the driver got loaded if you integrate it into your setup and than got loaded even its not useful
I run my test on a Lenovo L510 (Core2Duo), X201(Corei5), X201s(Corei7) next to mine HP7100-8000 machines
Always BSOD if the Sata controller is on IDE mode