A question on IMSM for my DellXPS 410?

The driver that you have listed may be DELL OEM and not available on the Intel Site.  I posted what I could find. The LATEST RST will not work at all with your ICH8R.  Next to latest same, Earier Same.

You don't get to time travel and get 2015 features in a 2005 chipset.

You are asking for automated support for EOL system that did not ship with WINDOWS 7.

EDIT I did find 8.9.0.1023 its NOT RST

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/17882/Intel-Matrix-Storage-Manager

I do not know that ANY of the RST drivers work for your chipset from 2005.

I do know that version 13 12 11 are VERY LIKELY to not work at all.

You do not need IMSM or RST drivers to install windows 7 or 8 or 10.

The native microsoft driver for AHCI works.

Interactive support for the P965 chipsets and ICH ended more than 5 years ago.

I believe you have an

Intel P965 Broadwater MCH (memory control hub)

and ICH 8M (I/O controller hub).

Thank you for that quick reply.

My present one is v8.9.0.1023. This appear to be one later than what you've indicated(v8.8.01009). I may be wrong in understanding. What do you feel?

The one you've posted is not displayed to support Win 7 x64 (It has XP &Vista)

Can I install the Win 7 x64 and then go to Device Manager and look for the latest available IMSM and get an automatic update to a suitable (correct) one?

What do you think?

Regards

IMSM: Intel Matrix Storage Manager has higher and higher requirements.  The XPS410 is the Intel P965 Express CHIPSET.

Your system is too old to use the latest INTEL RST driver. With each successive version they drop support for ICH4 ICH5 ICH6 ICH7 etc.

You may not be able to use Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) RAID Driver version 13.6.0.1002 OR 12.xx OR 11.xx OR 10.xx or 9.xx (Versions earlier than 10.1.x.xxxx do not support Drives larger than 2TB.)

 Legacy software
The following I/O controller hubs (ICH)

Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Supports SATA RAID 5/10 on specific desktop platforms, SATA RAID 0/1, AHCI, and matrix RAID on specific desktop and mobile platforms OS: Windows Server 2003 *, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition*, Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition*, Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition*, Windows Server 2008 *, ...more

3/13/2009

8.8.0.1009 (Previously released)

Software Archives

 This driver provides support for high-capacity & fault-tolerant Serial ATA (SATA) RAID 5 arrays and high-performance & fault-tolerant SATA RAID 10 arrays on select Intel® 4 Series, 3 Series, 965, 975X, 955X and 945 chipset-based platforms. It provides support for high-performance SATA RAID 0 arrays & redundant SATA RAID 1 arrays on select Intel® 4 Series, 3 Series, 965, 975X, 955X, 945, 925, 915 chipset-based platforms. It also provides AHCI support on select Intel® 4 Series, 3 Series, 965, 975X, 955X, 945, 925 and 915 chipset-based platforms, as well as on Mobile Intel® 915/910 chipset-based platforms.

Note: Intel® RAID Technology requires the Intel® ICH9R/ICH9M-E/ICH10R SATA RAID controller hub, Intel® 82801HR I/O controller hub (ICH8R), Intel® 631xESB/632xESB I/O controller hub, Intel® 82801GR/GH I/O controller hub (ICH7R/DH), Intel® 82801FR I/O controller hub (ICH6R).

For example:

11.2.0.1006 Device ID's from iaStor.inf:

11.6.0.1030 Device ID's from iaStorAC.inf:

In general INTEL RST Version 10,11,12,13  ICH8

PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2682&CC_0104.DeviceDesc    = "Intel(R) ESB2 SATA RAID Controller"
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C3&CC_0104.DeviceDesc    = "Intel(R) ICH7R/DH SATA RAID Controller"
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C6&CC_0104.DeviceDesc    = "Intel(R) ICH7MDH SATA RAID Controller"
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2822&CC_0104.DeviceDesc    = "Intel(R) ICH8R/DO/PCH SATA RAID Controller"
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_282A&CC_0104.DeviceDesc    = "Intel(R) ICH8M-E/PCHM SATA RAID Controller"

Not supported

Request denied.

End of story.

IMSM = Earlier Version of the Driver.

IMSM is NOT EQUAL to INTEL RST

Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) version 9.6 and newer supports 4k sector disks if the device supports 512 byte emulation (512e). Intel® RST does not support 4k native sector size devices.

What happens if I try to use an older version of the driver?

If you try to install the operating system on a 512e disk with a driver older than Intel® RST version 9.6, the install process might not complete.  This driver is not validated with your XPS and may not work at all. There will be ZERO support for this if its not working.  INSTALLING THIS DRIVER if its not working can lead to 100 percent loss of all data.  Do so at your own RISK.

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/15251/RAID-Intel-Rapid-Storage-Technology-Driver-for-Intel-Desktop-Boards

If the operating system does install, do not try to upgrade to Intel® RST version 9.6 without reinstalling your operating system.

 As the versions go up the support for earlier ICH Goes Down aka not supported.

You do not have any of the following

• Intel® PCHM SATA RAID/AHCI controller hub
• Intel® PCH SATA RAID/AHCI controller hub
• Intel® ICH10R/DO SATA RAID/AHCI controller hub
• Intel® ICH10D SATA AHCI controller hub
• Intel® ICH9M-E SATA AHCI/RAID controller hub
• Intel® ICH9M AHCI controller hub
• Intel® 82801IR/IO controller hub (ICH9R/DO) - RAID and AHCI

	Title	Date	Version (Status)	Type
	Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) RAID Driver Installs the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) RAID Driver version 13.6.0.1002. OS: Windows 7 *, Windows 8*, Windows 8.1*, Windows Server 2008 R2*, Windows Server 2012 R2*, ...more	12/10/2014	13.6.0.1002 (Latest)	Drivers
	Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) RAID Driver Installs the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (RAID) driver version 12.8.0.1016. OS: Windows Server 2008 *, Windows 7 *, Windows 8*, Windows 8.1*, Windows Server 2012*	8/8/2013	12.8.0.1016 (Previously released)	Drivers
	Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) RAID Driver Installs the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (RAID) driver version 12.9.0.1001. OS: Windows Server 2008 *, Windows 7 *, Windows 8*, Windows 8.1*, Windows Server 2008 R2*, ...more	12/12/2013	12.9.0.1001 (Previously released)	Drivers
	Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) RAID Driver Installs the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (RAID) driver version 13.1.0.1058. OS: Windows 7 *, Windows 8*, Windows 8.1*, Windows Server 2008 R2*, Windows Server 2012 R2*, ...more	5/27/2014	13.1.0.1058 (Previously released)	Drivers
	Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) RAID Driver Installs the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) RAID Driver version 13.2.4.1000. OS: Windows Server 2008 *, Windows 7 *, Windows 8*, Windows 8.1*, Windows Server 2008 R2*, ...more	8/1/2014	13.2.4.1000 (Previously released)	Drivers
	Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) RAID Driver Installs the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (RAID) driver version 12.5.0.1066. OS: Windows Server 2008 *, Windows 7 *, Windows 8*, Windows Server 2008 R2*	3/22/2013	12.5.0.1066 (Previously released)	Drivers
	Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) RAID Driver Installs the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (RAID) driver version 12.0.0.1083. OS: Windows Server 2008 *, Windows 7 *, Windows 8*, Windows Server 2008 R2*	2/1/2013	12.0.0.1083 (Previously released)	Drivers
	Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) RAID Driver Installs the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (RAID) driver version 11.7.0.1013. OS: Windows Server 2008 *, Windows 7 *, Windows 8*, Windows Server 2008 R2*	12/3/2012	11.7.0.1013 (Previously released)	Drivers
	Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Supports SATA RAID 5/10 on specific desktop platforms, SATA RAID 0/1, AHCI, and matrix RAID on specific desktop and mobile platforms OS: Windows Server 2003 *, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition*, Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition*, Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition*, Windows Server 2008 *, ...more	7/17/2009	8.9.0.1023 (Previously released)	Software Archives