[DRIVERS] Intel Chipset/MEI/SATA (1xx/2xx/3xx/4xx/5xx)

[MoKiChU]

Hi everyone,

- Intel Chipset Drivers :

Package : 10.1.19502.8391 WHQL [25/05/2023]

Download : Link

Install/Update Process :

Launch "CHIPSET_Intel_vxx.x.xxxxx.xxxx.exe"

- Intel MEI Drivers (Drivers Only) :

Drivers : 2316.5.0.0 WHQL [18/04/2023]

DAL SoftwareComponent Driver : 1.44.2023.710 WHQL [11/07/2023]
ICLS SoftwareComponent Driver : 1.67.548.0 WHQL [05/06/2023]
WMI SoftwareComponent Driver : 2318.4.3.0 WHQL [04/05/2023]

Download : Link

Install/Update Process :

Launch "Install.cmd" by right-click Run as admin > Automatic restart when install is done

- Intel SATA AHCI-RAID Drivers (Drivers Only) :

Drivers - 4xx/5xx : 18.37.7.1013 WHQL [06/02/2023]
Drivers - 2xx/3xx : 17.11.3.1010 WHQL [25/11/2022]
Drivers - 1xx : 16.8.5.1014 WHQL [13/12/2022]
Download - 4xx/5xx : Link
Download - 2xx/3xx : Link
Download - 1xx : Link

Install/Update Process :

- Press Windows key + X > Device Manager > Right-click on your Intel SATA device > Update driver > Browse my computer for driver software
- Browse... > Select the extracted drivers folder (SATA_AHCI-RAID_Intel_v...) > Next

OS requirements : Windows 10 64 bit or more recent.
Hardware requirements : Motherboards with Intel 1xx/2xx/3xx/4xx/5xx series chipsets (except Intel X299 chipset).

TIPS :

If you want to manage the drivers (remove old/unused drivers for example) that you have in your Windows DriverStore
Use Driver Store Explorer (Right click on "Rapr.exe" > Run as administrator).

If you want better interrupts delivery latency
Enable MSI (Message Signaled-based Interrupts) mode on all your supported devices (see the column "supported modes") with
MSI Mode Utility (Right click on "MSI_Mode_Utility_v3.exe" > Run as administrator).

[EncodeGR]

I installed the SATA AHCI Drivers on Maximus XIII Hero (z590) with a 980 Pro M.2 Nvme PCIe 4.0.
That thing messed up my computer, introdusing stuttering every 1-2 seconds. Went back to the Windows Standard Driver and problem is gone.

Not sure if i did something wrong, but this drive doesn't like anything else except Windows / Samsung stuff.

[MoKiChU]

Hi everyone,

I receive a lot of PMs from people telling me that, contrary to what is written in the thread, they can install the SATA drivers from the branch above.

I've explained things a few times about this before, but in order to remove any ambiguity and avoid this kind of PM, I edited the thread and SATA posts to clarify this :

Drivers - 2xx*/3xx*/4xx/5xx : 18.xx.x.xxxx
Drivers - 1xx*/2xx*/3xx : 17.9.x.xxxx
Drivers - 1xx/2xx : 17.7.x.xxxx

* Only some chipsets from the series are supported.

[Cezarycezary777]

Hi MoKiChU.
Just one more question about SATA drivers. (Drivers - 2xx*/3xx*/4xx/5xx : 18.31.5.1038 WHQL [05/02/2021] ) which chipset does this drivers support, I mean 2xx series exactly? I have Z270 and X299. Thanks

[MoKiChU]

Cezarycezary777 wrote:
Hi MoKiChU.
Just one more question about SATA drivers. (Drivers - 2xx*/3xx*/4xx/5xx : 18.31.5.1038 WHQL [05/02/2021] ) which chipset does this drivers support, I mean 2xx series exactly? I have Z270 and X299. Thanks

Hi,

Because the compatibility depends on the Hardware Id of your SATA controller.

The simplest method to adopt, is to install the drivers branch without asterisk for your chipset series (17.7), and to try to go up to the drivers branch above (17.9), if you can install it, try to go up to the drivers branch above (18.3x) and so on ...

Concrete example : the Hardware ID of my Z370 SATA AHCI controller is compatible with the 18.3x drivers branch while the Hardware ID of my friend Z390 SATA AHCI controller is not compatible.

[SteverinoLA]

MoKiChU wrote:
Hi,

Because the compatibility depends on the Hardware Id of your SATA controller.

The simplest method to adopt, is to install the drivers branch without asterisk for your chipset series (17.7), and to try to go up to the drivers branch above (17.9), if you can install it, try to go up to the drivers branch above (18.3x) and so on ...

Concrete example : the Hardware ID of my Z370 SATA AHCI controller is compatible with the 18.3x drivers branch while the Hardware ID of my friend Z390 SATA AHCI controller is not compatible.

Same for my Z390 Rog Strix. The v17 drivers work fine but not go on the v18. I didn't try actually installing them via the cmd, but unzipped and then tried updating via Browse for Updated Drivers. It said I already the best ones installed, ie. v17

[Cezarycezary777]

Thanks MoKiChU. That's makes sense. I already have it installed 17.9.xxx I will try 18.3xxx.
Regards

[piratino]

MoKiChU wrote:
Hi,

Because the compatibility depends on the Hardware Id of your SATA controller.

The simplest method to adopt, is to install the drivers branch without asterisk for your chipset series (17.7), and to try to go up to the drivers branch above (17.9), if you can install it, try to go up to the drivers branch above (18.3x) and so on ...

Concrete example : the Hardware ID of my Z370 SATA AHCI controller is compatible with the 18.3x drivers branch while the Hardware ID of my friend Z390 SATA AHCI controller is not compatible.

Hello there and thank you very much for this new update.

Does this case of mine means that my controller is compatible? (see attached image)

Eventually, can I delete the old drivers? Drive Store Explorer didn't recognized any old drivers so in case I should select them manually.


Thank you very much!

[MoKiChU]

piratino wrote:
Hello there and thank you very much for this new update.

Does this case of mine means that my controller is compatible? (see attached image)

Hi,

Yes, your SATA controller is compatible.

piratino wrote:
Eventually, can I delete the old drivers? Drive Store Explorer didn't recognized any old drivers so in case I should select them manually.

Thank you very much!

Yes, you can.

However, I would like to draw everyone's attention to the fact that in a standard and most common configuration, only the SATA AHCI drivers need to be installed. SATA RAID drivers should only be installed if you have configured a RAID (RST Premium) in your BIOS (using Intel Optane or not) or for Intel NVMe SSD.

To avoid any risk of conflict, install only what you need. Here are the drivers you must use depending on the case :

- SATA HDD/SSHD/SSD in AHCI mode : You need Intel SATA AHCI drivers.
- SATA HDD/SSHD/SSD (with/without Intel Optane) in RAID/RST Premium mode : You need Intel SATA RAID/Optane drivers.
- Intel Optane or others Intel NVMe SSD : You need Intel SATA RAID/Optane drivers (used in NVMe mode).
- Samsung NVMe PCIe 3.0 SSD : You need Samsung NVMe drivers : [DRIVERS] Samsung NVMe.
- Samsung NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD & all others brands NVMe PCIe 3.0/4.0 SSD : You don't need any drivers, Microsoft NVMe built-in drivers will be used.

[MoKiChU]

piratino wrote:
Hello there and thank you very much for this new update.

Does this case of mine means that my controller is compatible? (see attached image)

Hi,

Yes, your SATA controller is compatible with 18.3x drivers branch, but not officially.

piratino wrote:
Eventually, can I delete the old drivers? Drive Store Explorer didn't recognized any old drivers so in case I should select them manually.

Thank you very much!

Yes, you can.

However, I would like to draw everyone's attention to the fact that in a standard and most common configuration, only the SATA AHCI drivers need to be installed. SATA RAID drivers should only be installed if you have configured a RAID (RST Premium) in your BIOS (using Intel Optane or not) or for Intel NVMe SSD.

To avoid any risk of conflict, install only what you need. Here are the drivers you must use depending on the case :

- SATA HDD/SSHD/SSD in AHCI mode : You need Intel SATA AHCI drivers.
- SATA HDD/SSHD/SSD (with/without Intel Optane) in RAID/RST Premium mode : You need Intel SATA RAID/Optane drivers.
- Intel Optane or others Intel NVMe SSD : You need Intel SATA RAID/Optane drivers (used in NVMe mode).
- Samsung NVMe PCIe 3.0 SSD : You need Samsung NVMe drivers : [DRIVERS] Samsung NVMe.
- Samsung NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD & all others brands NVMe PCIe 3.0/4.0 SSD : You don't need any drivers, Microsoft NVMe built-in drivers will be used.

[piratino]

MoKiChU wrote:
Hi,

Yes, your SATA controller is compatible with 18.3x drivers branch.



Yes, you can.

However, I would like to draw everyone's attention to the fact that in a standard and most common configuration, only the SATA AHCI drivers need to be installed. SATA RAID drivers should only be installed if you have configured a RAID (RST Premium) in your BIOS (using Intel Optane or not) or for Intel NVMe SSD.

To avoid any risk of conflict, install only what you need. Here are the drivers you must use depending on the case :

- SATA HDD/SSHD/SSD in AHCI mode : You need Intel SATA AHCI drivers.
- SATA HDD/SSHD/SSD (with/without Intel Optane) in RAID/RST Premium mode : You need Intel SATA RAID/Optane drivers.
- Intel Optane or others Intel NVMe SSD : You need Intel SATA RAID/Optane drivers (used in NVMe mode).
- Samsung NVMe PCIe 3.0 SSD : You need Samsung NVMe drivers : [DRIVERS] Samsung NVMe.
- Samsung NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD & all others brands NVMe PCIe 3.0/4.0 SSD : You don't need any drivers, Microsoft NVMe built-in drivers will be used.

Thank you very much for your reply and thank you for the exhaustive explanation.

I have a following question regarding your instructions:

As I do not have any internal raid with NVMe or any kind of other raid inside my computer, can I simply remove both the SATA drivers up here that are shown as installed in my system?
In case, will Windows then substitute them with its internal standard SATA driver?
Will this be ok?

I have an Intel NVMe SSD as my C: drive with Windows on it, and I'm just getting now an extra NVMe from Seagate, model FireCuda 520 NVMe PCIe 4.0, or the FireCuda 510 NVMe PCIe 3.0, still deciding, to place it next to the Intel NVMe just for increasing my overall storage.
Should I install also the SATA driver as I have an Intel NVMe?
Buy what if I will go then for a PCIe 4.0 NVMe? As you mention, not one driver should be installed. What to do?


Thank you.