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R4BE and Windows 11

vennacher
Level 7
I think this can work. I've ground my way through about 20 reinstalls, hours of hardware troubleshooting, trying different drivers, etc. and believe I've got a successful stable install of Windows 11. (at least for 24 hours running) In the end I needed 3 elements:


  • A TPM card - I got the Super Micro AOM-TPM-9655V. Adds TPM 1.2, must be enabled in the bios under "advanced" then "trusted computing". With this I got zero warnings about my system not meeting the minimum requirements.
  • A copy of Windows 11 - used the media creation tool with a thumb drive
  • RST drivers version 13.1.0.1058 - these must be installed during the setup where you select your boot drive, MUST, MUST, MUST


The biggest problems with the install were

  • System hangs during the install process
  • Blue screens during the install process
  • And system hangs after a seemingly successful install as I attempted to install updates, current gfx drivers, install my apps


I ultimately isolated my problems to RAID vs no RAID. Windows 11 installs with a v15 of the RST driver. v15 was also a problem for me with Windows 10, where I've been using a v17 driver. I tried the v17 to no avail. The fix was to return to the last version of the RST driver that was written for the x79 platform, v13. Fernando on win-raid recommends the 13.1.0.1058.

Should you give this a go, don't be surprised to reset your way through mulitple blue screens just getting to the hard disk select screen. But once you get there, install the v13 drivers. Once I got past this the install completed without issue, all updates installed without issue, all apps reinstalled without issue, and I've sat through several hours of "teams" meetings without any hangs.
MB : Rampage IV BE. - Bios 0801
CPU : i7 3970x @ 4500 MHz, Offset +0.030v, Regular LLC, Fixed Frequency 750, C1E Enabled, C3/C6/C7 Disabled
CPU VCCSA: Manual 1.150v, Regular LLC, Fixed Frequency 500
RAM : Corsair Vengeance @ 1866 MHz - 64GB
Disks : Raid0 2x Intel 520 480GB; 2x Seagate 2TB
GFX : EVGA GTX690
Audio : Creative X-FI Titanium HD
PSU : Corsair AX1200i
Optic BD\DVD : Lite-On Blu-Ray; Samsung DVDRW
Cooler\Case : Corsair H100i v2 2; Silverstone TJ07
OS : Win10 Pro 64
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vennacher
Level 7
A few days in. computer appears stable so I decide to stress test it. Running about 5 degrees hotter Windows 11 vs. Windows 10. Either my Corsair cooling system is losing its mojo, or Windows 11 with the virtual machine and security overhead is demanding more of the CPU. Guessing the latter. No time for further testing, so have backed my OC from 4.5GHz to 4.3 to play it safe.
MB : Rampage IV BE. - Bios 0801
CPU : i7 3970x @ 4500 MHz, Offset +0.030v, Regular LLC, Fixed Frequency 750, C1E Enabled, C3/C6/C7 Disabled
CPU VCCSA: Manual 1.150v, Regular LLC, Fixed Frequency 500
RAM : Corsair Vengeance @ 1866 MHz - 64GB
Disks : Raid0 2x Intel 520 480GB; 2x Seagate 2TB
GFX : EVGA GTX690
Audio : Creative X-FI Titanium HD
PSU : Corsair AX1200i
Optic BD\DVD : Lite-On Blu-Ray; Samsung DVDRW
Cooler\Case : Corsair H100i v2 2; Silverstone TJ07
OS : Win10 Pro 64