Where can i find SATA driver for Windows XP 64 RC2?

Question

I have a couple of 370´s that i want to install WinXP 64 on, but can't beacuse i can't find drivers for the onboard S-ATA controller.   Intel dosen't seem to have any drivers for WinXP 64 either.   This is very strange beacuse Microsoft is to release WinXP 64 GOLD version in April.   Is there anyone out there that has a clue ?   The must be drivers for it somewhere got damit :-)   Thanks Fredrik

Chipstone · Answer

Have you tried to install Windows x64, and is Windows not recognizing your SATA drives? Are the attached to the SATA controller or is the setup as SATA raid.

I have a SCSI card and the SATA drive is the boot drive and SCSI drives are additional storage drives. Windows x64 installs with native drives for the SCSI controller and the SATA drives.

So I believe that these basic drives come already with Windows x64 install disk otherwise I would get a yellow device driver mark in the hardware profile for the disk, and I am seeing the WD SATA drive installed.

Now if you are using the SATA raid, that’s another matter, I don’t believe there are any SATA/SCSI raid 64 bit drives available to date.

Will2710 · Answer

Chipstone, I read a post of yours in another thread regarding speed on SATA vs SCSI under Windows and I'm now wondering if I've made a mistake.  I currently have the 2 SATA drives configured as RAID 0 through the Host Raid adapter.  So not only can I not install Win XP x64 when it comes out (tomorrow?) but my current setup may actually be slower than if I just used SATA non-RAID?  If this is the case, then I would look into switching to non-RAID so that I could get x64 and not wait around til Adaptec works out a driver.   Thanks in advance Will

Chipstone · Answer

A raid 0 setup, if properly configured, will achieve a higher sustained read/write transfer rate that the sum of the individual disks; at the expense of loosing your data in case of a raid failure. Raid 0 does not provide any data loss protection.

Raids setups were/are really designed for super intensive video/3D applications and servers. In the past they made sense, due to lethargic speed of individual disk, but today’s SCSI & SATA drives will give some raids setup a run for their money.

I no longer use raids setups, they can be difficult to maintain, some can be complex, and I don’t like my critical data spread in pieces over multiple drives.

I have a drive dedicated to the operating system, programs, and work files, and another drive to backup my critical data. I also have a 15K drive in case I need to run an SQL query from a large database; that’s it.

It’s a personal choice, but if you are going to dismantle your raid and opt for individual drives, remember to backup your critical data to an external source, you will need to disable the SATA raid in BIOS, and you will need to install the operating system and programs from scratch on the boot drive, and later initialize and format the second drive.

If you are planning to upgrade to Windows XP x64 this will be a good time to make the change.

Message Edited by Chipstone on 03-29-2005 11:32 PM

Will2710 · Answer

The applications I use are both for intensive raster processing and 3D animation.  I'm looking to get the best configuration; would you say that SATA RAID 0 is it, or does it suffer from the same performance hit you spoke of here   http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=pw_raid&message.id=655   Thanks!   Will

Chipstone · Answer

The problem I was relating to as far as Raid 0 relates more to SCSI raids setup as opposed to SATA raids. Some SATA Raids 0 are faster than some SCSI raids due to the write-through or write-back cache configurations.

For your work, the SATA Raid 0 will yield the fastest response on read/write operations, at the expense of loosing all your data if the Raid 0 setup is compromised due to an unexpected, unforeseen event. Just make sure you have backup copies production files in another media other that the Raid drives.

The new SATA II drives coming out in a few months will double the speed of the current SATA drives.

I would also be surprised if the Retail version of Windows XP x64 does not have native support for raid controllers, the RC2 was for testing but Raids are used extensively, and I am betting the retail version will have raid drives.

Message Edited by Chipstone on 03-30-200509:46 AM

Message Edited by Chipstone on 03-30-2005 09:46 AM

Message Edited by Chipstone on 03-30-2005 09:47 AM

Will2710 · Answer

Chipstone,Great information!!  Thanks so much for all of your help. Will

chuck0801 · Answer

Found the beta x64 drivers for the Intel(R)82801FR SATA RAID Controller on the Intel Website   http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/cv2/cv2_drive.htm#XP64   RAID: Intel Application Accelerator - BETA¹ 5.0.0.1026 17.9 MB 18 Mar 2005 RAID: F6 Driver Disk (Optional) - BETA¹ 5.0.0.1026 396 KB 18 Mar 2005   My Precision 370 loaded up Windows XP Professional x64 edition with no problems.  Now time to see how all my apps work...   Good luck and hope this helps someone else, it took me several hours to find the drivers.

infool7 · Answer

Hey Chuck   I have XP64 running on a 370 also it kind of reminds me of when I moved from a 486 to the first Pentium, all of the windows seemed to snap open.   I haven't had any luck loading the creative labs sound drivers do you have any suggestions?   Patrick

leroygreen · Answer

Could you send me those drivers.  All of the links on Intels site for that driver are bad. Are they working ok? Perhaps Intel pulled them.

Chipstone · Answer

Dell posted the Windows x64 drives on the download website, including the SATA/SCSI drivers.

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Where can i find SATA driver for Windows XP 64 RC2?

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