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Rampage IV Extreme, AHCI drivers, and installing on XP HELP!

jblanc03
Level 7
Hello, I am installing WinXP pro 64bit

I want to install AHCI drivers so i can leave my Bios SATA Mode on AHCI

I downloaded and copied the Intel RST Raid/SCSI Drivers From ASUS Rampage IV extreme Downloads section.

I then extracted the 64bit drivers to a Floppy and pressed F6 to install when prompted by windows
I am at the F6 prompt to install third Party Raid/SCSI Drivers
The problem is which one do i choose?!

here are the selections:

Intel(R) C600 Series Chipset SATA RAID Controller
Intel(R) ICH7R/DH SATA RAID Controller
Intel(R) ICH7MDH SATA RAID Controller
Intel(R) Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller

Intel(R) C600 Series Chipset SATA AHCI Controller
Intel(R) 5 Series Chipset SATA AHCI Controller
Intel(R) ICH7R/DH SATA AHCI Controller
Intel(R) ICH7M/MDH SATA AHCI Controller
Intel(R) ICH9R/DO/DH SATA AHCI Controller

I just need to know which one to choose thanks
Case: TH10 Caselabs Black Aluminum with Extended Pedestal,Motherboard: Rampage IV Extreme, CPU: i73960x, RAM: 24GB Corsair Dominator GT 2133mhz, GPU: GTX 680 Classified Hydro Copper's x3 Tri-SLI, Soundcard: Sound Blaster Titanium HD, PSU: One EVGA 1500w and One Thermaltake 800w, 2x Samsung Pro SSD RAID 0 4x Intel 520 SSD Striped 1x Hitachi 1TB HD 3 separate Custom Water Cooling Loops, 40 Gentle Typhoon 120mm Fans and 4 radiators and 3 reservoirs, 5 MCP655 pumps total
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Necrosan
Level 12
If I recall correctly I believe Intel said they are not making AHCI drivers for XP for the C600 chipset.
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong or there is a way to do this.
MB: ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 (Cooled by Corsair H100i w/ Noctua NF-F12 fans)
RAM: 64GB G.SKILL RipjawsZ 1600 (10-10-10-30)
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan X Hybrid
TV Tuners: 2 * Hauppauge HVR-1800
Case: CoolerMaster Cosmos 2

Eustia
Level 7
Windows XP only allow IDE mode, wont run under AHCI

THis does not make sense as i downloaded this from the windows xp 64bit section of Asus Rampage IV extreme Driver downloads page!

cant i also just integrate it into a CD using Nlite?
Case: TH10 Caselabs Black Aluminum with Extended Pedestal,Motherboard: Rampage IV Extreme, CPU: i73960x, RAM: 24GB Corsair Dominator GT 2133mhz, GPU: GTX 680 Classified Hydro Copper's x3 Tri-SLI, Soundcard: Sound Blaster Titanium HD, PSU: One EVGA 1500w and One Thermaltake 800w, 2x Samsung Pro SSD RAID 0 4x Intel 520 SSD Striped 1x Hitachi 1TB HD 3 separate Custom Water Cooling Loops, 40 Gentle Typhoon 120mm Fans and 4 radiators and 3 reservoirs, 5 MCP655 pumps total

when i try to choose C600 Sata Chipset it keeps telling me that iaStor.inf is corrupt

Why would they put this on Asus Rampage IV Extreme motherboard driver download page and specifically say its for winxp64/win764/winVista64bit when its not?

explain
Case: TH10 Caselabs Black Aluminum with Extended Pedestal,Motherboard: Rampage IV Extreme, CPU: i73960x, RAM: 24GB Corsair Dominator GT 2133mhz, GPU: GTX 680 Classified Hydro Copper's x3 Tri-SLI, Soundcard: Sound Blaster Titanium HD, PSU: One EVGA 1500w and One Thermaltake 800w, 2x Samsung Pro SSD RAID 0 4x Intel 520 SSD Striped 1x Hitachi 1TB HD 3 separate Custom Water Cooling Loops, 40 Gentle Typhoon 120mm Fans and 4 radiators and 3 reservoirs, 5 MCP655 pumps total

when i try to choose C600 Sata Chipset it keeps telling me that iaStor.inf is corrupt

Why would they put this on Asus Rampage IV Extreme motherboard driver download page and specifically say its for winxp64/win764/winVista64bit when its not?

explain
Case: TH10 Caselabs Black Aluminum with Extended Pedestal,Motherboard: Rampage IV Extreme, CPU: i73960x, RAM: 24GB Corsair Dominator GT 2133mhz, GPU: GTX 680 Classified Hydro Copper's x3 Tri-SLI, Soundcard: Sound Blaster Titanium HD, PSU: One EVGA 1500w and One Thermaltake 800w, 2x Samsung Pro SSD RAID 0 4x Intel 520 SSD Striped 1x Hitachi 1TB HD 3 separate Custom Water Cooling Loops, 40 Gentle Typhoon 120mm Fans and 4 radiators and 3 reservoirs, 5 MCP655 pumps total

Necrosan
Level 12
No need to post that 2 times.
Someone will reply if they can help you.
MB: ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 (Cooled by Corsair H100i w/ Noctua NF-F12 fans)
RAM: 64GB G.SKILL RipjawsZ 1600 (10-10-10-30)
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan X Hybrid
TV Tuners: 2 * Hauppauge HVR-1800
Case: CoolerMaster Cosmos 2

can someone just please tell me which one from that list above am i supposed to use if i just want to install the AHCI drivers?
thanks
Case: TH10 Caselabs Black Aluminum with Extended Pedestal,Motherboard: Rampage IV Extreme, CPU: i73960x, RAM: 24GB Corsair Dominator GT 2133mhz, GPU: GTX 680 Classified Hydro Copper's x3 Tri-SLI, Soundcard: Sound Blaster Titanium HD, PSU: One EVGA 1500w and One Thermaltake 800w, 2x Samsung Pro SSD RAID 0 4x Intel 520 SSD Striped 1x Hitachi 1TB HD 3 separate Custom Water Cooling Loops, 40 Gentle Typhoon 120mm Fans and 4 radiators and 3 reservoirs, 5 MCP655 pumps total

ChiefZeke
Level 10
Device Manager > System Devices > Intel C600/X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 > 8

That's the one to select but,as mentioned above, Intel has refused to provide AHCI drivers for the 'obsolete' (their term) Windows XP (all versions) operating system.

I would assume the drivers you downloaded are NOT certified by Intel for XP.
Lian-Li PC-A77F Full Tower case
PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1200 ATX12V & EPS12V PSU
ASUS Rampage IV Extreme LGA 2011 X79
Intel Core i7-3960X 3.31 LGA 2011 CPU
Intel RTS2011LC Liquid Cooling Solution
Kingston KHX24C11T3K4/32X (quad 32Gb memory kit) 2 each
ASUS Radeon HD7970 DirectCUII 3Gb GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card (two in CrossfireX Mode)
Western Digital Cavier Black 2Tb SATA III 6.0GB/S
OCZ Technologies Vertex 4 SATAIII 6Gb/s 512Gb SSD

jblanc03
Level 7
Ok this is the weirdest, most annoying problem i have ever had after installing WinXP x64 on a system.

I have one hitachi HDD 1TB i have my bios configured as follows:

SATA configuration:

IDE mode

SATA-ATA Controller 0 (enabled)

SATA-ATA Controller 1 (enabled)


I did a fresh install of WindowsXP x64 on the 1TB HDD.
When asked to format the drive i did a full Format.(took 3 hours)

For some reason windows will not boot unless the damn windows XP x64 CD is in the cd-rom drive!
If i choose to boot from the HDD it always tells me to Choose a different type of media to boot from and press enter.
its like windows depends on a file on that CD in order for it to boot.

can anyone explain?

thanks
Case: TH10 Caselabs Black Aluminum with Extended Pedestal,Motherboard: Rampage IV Extreme, CPU: i73960x, RAM: 24GB Corsair Dominator GT 2133mhz, GPU: GTX 680 Classified Hydro Copper's x3 Tri-SLI, Soundcard: Sound Blaster Titanium HD, PSU: One EVGA 1500w and One Thermaltake 800w, 2x Samsung Pro SSD RAID 0 4x Intel 520 SSD Striped 1x Hitachi 1TB HD 3 separate Custom Water Cooling Loops, 40 Gentle Typhoon 120mm Fans and 4 radiators and 3 reservoirs, 5 MCP655 pumps total