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February 7th, 2022 00:00
Cannot load Intel Rapid Storage Technology (IRST) drivers during Windows 10 install.
I'm unable to do a clean install of Windows 10 64bit because my drive is not automatically detected and when I try to load Intel Rapid Storage Technology (IRST) drivers from a USB pen during install it says: "No signed device drivers were found".
The laptop is "Inspiron 13 5310" and has:
- 1TB of M.2 2280 Intel Optane Storage
- 11th Generation Intel Core i7-11370H processor.
What I've tried:
- Followed the official instructions for this: "Intel 11th Generation Processors, No Drives Can Be Found During Windows 10 and Windows 11 Installation".
- Both the Dell provided "Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver", and "Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Driver Installation Software with Intel® Optane™ Memory (10th and 11th Gen Platforms)".
- Older IRST driver versions, VMD and non-VMD versions.
- Windows 10 Home 64bit and Windows 10 Pro 64bit versions.
Also:
- In BIOS storage is set to "AHCI/NVMe".
- And Boot Configuration is set to "Enable Secure Boot: OFF".
Is there something else I can do/try?
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chiappa
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February 7th, 2022 05:00
The solution was to update the BIOS (from version 2.3.1 to 2.7.1).
No drivers were needed to get the drive to work.
I think this could have been mentioned in 'the article' which ended up being just misleading.
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February 7th, 2022 05:00
Can you tell what model of M.2 drive you have? Optane Memory is not the same as a M.2 SSD but I do see some available with the 32 GB+1TB configuration which may behave just like the older systems which had a 32 GB SSD for acceleration with an HDD.
This situation needs the Intel utility to control the process and it needs RAID to allow the array for that situation. Also, Win 11 needs UEFI and Secure Boot enabled.
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August 11th, 2023 04:59
@chiappa how do I update the bios when there is NO OS and no UPDATED BIOS available ?