Question to Intel VMD when moving Win11 install from Z590 zo Z790?

[rogfangirl]

Hello to all!

In few days, I move with my Win11 installation from an Z590 Apex mainboard to a new Z790 hero.
My question is regarding Intel VMD driver:

Do I get a boot problem because on the Win11 is no VMD drvier pre-installed?
On Z590 it was only the old AHCI driver.

[MoKiChU]

Hi,

No, no worries, you will anyway use Microsoft built-in "Standard SATA AHCI Controller" Driver.

Please refer to this post for more information : https://rog-forum.asus.com/t5/intel-700-600-series/drivers-intel-chipset-mei-vmd-6xx-7xx/m-p/892949/...

[rogfangirl]

MoKiChU wrote:
Hi,

No, no worries, you will anyway use Microsoft built-in "Standard SATA AHCI Controller" Driver.

Please refer to this post for more information : https://rog.asus.com/forum/showpost.php?postid=855820.

Many THX!!
So far I understood right: Recommand usage is let VMD controller enabled and map SATA devices to VMD?
For first setup: Start windows without any mappings and install the driver then go back to bios and map SATA device to VMD?

[MoKiChU]

rogfangirl wrote:
Many THX!!

You're welcome 😉

rogfangirl wrote:
So far I understood right: Recommand usage is let VMD controller enabled and map SATA devices to VMD?

Default/Recommended usage is VMD enabled and no disk mapped at all under VMD, neither SATA nor PCIE.

rogfangirl wrote:
For first setup: Start windows without any mappings and install the driver then go back to bios and map SATA device to VMD?

No need to map any disk under VMD, mapped the disks is only necessary if you want to do a RAID (as I explain in the post I linked to you).

[rogfangirl]

This was the information which I have to know.
Thank you!