Dell Precision 5820 Installing Windows

Question

hi guys i have the above dell system and it has the NVMe drive in the flexbay but ive no idea what driver i need to get windows 11 to install on my blank NVMe drive ??? anybody know what i can try or use ???? thanks for any help.

mazzinia_ · Accepted Answer

@jasongoldworthy​ Try using this one https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER04996856M/4/Intel-Rapid-Storage-Technology-enterprise-F6-Driver_558DN_WIN_5.3.1.1031_A05_02.EXE

Chino de Oro · Answer

You can download and extract this Intel VROC driver to a USB drive.  When the Windows installer gets to the screen to select intend boot drive, select load driver, browse to extracted folder and install it.  NVMe SSD from flexbay will be visible.

jasongoldworthy · Answer

@Chino de Oro​ hi thanks for the reply I have already tried this and I can't seem to get it to detect the drive even then. I will try it again later just incase I did it wrong thanks for the reply cheers Jason

jasongoldworthy · Answer

@Chino de Oro​ hi again another update I tried this driver you linked to and I get this BSOD from the windows installer

jasongoldworthy · Answer

@mazzinia_​ hi thanks for the reply ill try this tomorrow and post back my findings. thanks

Chino de Oro · Answer

After downloading the driver to a working computer, double click to run and select extract instead of install. In the extracted folder, open F6 folder and copy only the second file IntelVROC_f6_iaVROC_win10_64 to the USB drive. During Windows installation, select load driver then browse to that iaVROC driver to install.

kenact71875e · Answer

I had a similar problem on my Precision T7920. The only way I was able to get around it was to install the OS on a 2.5' SSD , then clone that drive to the NVMe M.2 drive.

jasongoldworthy · Answer

@Chino de Oro​ ive tried his and same issue persists it wont load the driver and then i get the same BSOD

jasongoldworthy · Answer

@kenact71875e​ im starting to think this may be the only option to use a 2.5inch ssd and clone it over

jasongoldworthy · Answer

@mazzinia_​  hi again this worked flawlessly and then I updated it to the latest version and now it’s running perfectly. thank you for your help..

mazzinia_ · Answer

@jasongoldworthy​ glad it worked. By the way, did you install 23h2 or 24h2 ?

jasongoldworthy · Answer

@mazzinia_​ it was the 24h2 that worked no problem with a windows 7 driver I couldn’t get the windows 10 driver to work..

clay_cowgill · Answer

Most of the links here are resolving to a driver package that contains Win7 and Win8 drivers that would not work with the Win10 install I was attempting. I was successful doing a clean install to an unused/unformatted NVMe drive in a FlexBay on a Precision 5820 using this driver direct from Intel: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/777584/intel-virtual-raid-on-cpu-intel-vroc-windows-driver-for-intel-server-boards-and-systems-based-on-intel-741-chipset.html

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