9th Nov 2007 release: Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Ver 7.8.0.1012 [Archive]

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bing

11-11-07, 07:39 PM

Linky -> HERE (http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df-external/Product_Filter.aspx?ProductID=2101)

Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Production Version 7.8.0.1012
October 18, 2007
Release Notes

Supported Operating Systems

Microsoft Windows Vista*
Microsoft Windows Vista x64 Edition*
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition*
Microsoft Windows XP Professional*
Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition*
Microsoft Windows Server 2003* ++
Microsoft Windows Media Center Edition*

Known Issues in Production Version 7.8.0.1012

Reference No, Description ,Affected OS's

2549694 eSATA hard drive not visible in the "safely remove" operating system's system tray icon, Windows Vista/Windows Vista64/Windows XP/Windows XP64

2549948 Creation of a RAID0 volume fails when the disk used for creation is a spanned or dynamic disk, Windows Vista

2519034 Intel® Matrix Storage Console may stop responding during heavy I/O operations, Windows Vista/Windows Vista64

2550497 Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Events not being logged in Event Viewer, Windows XP/Windows Vista

2519242 eSATA hot plug may cause system to freeze during hard drive spin up, Windows Vista

2518659 Blue screen observed when installing Diskeeper 2007*, Windows Vista

2518139 Basic mode displays unknown port when 2 disks have smart errors, Windows XP

2199152 Creating recovery volumes in the option ROM while resuming from hibernation causes driver to hang, All OS’s

2287959 Creating volumes from blank disks in the option ROM while resuming from hibernation causes driver to hang, All OS’s

2158365 DB: Intel® Matrix Storage Console crashes when more than 16 localized character are entered for a recovery volume name, Windows XP

2198213 Both disks marked as recovery drive when only two disks are in the system, Windows XP

2444310 Blue screen may be observed when using the F6 install method on a platform with an Intel® 82801FBM I/O controller hub (ICH6M), Windows XP

2449502 Intel® Matrix Storage Console does not allow creation of a matrix RAID configuration when the second volume is over 2TB, Windows Vista64

2442477 Installation performed by an Unprivileged User produces move data error, Windows XP/ Windows XP64

2448268 Installer generates error message that states "file copying not successful", Windows Vista

2516044 Driver incorrectly marks Intel® Rapid Recover Technology volume as initialized, resulting in verification errors, Windows XP

Issues Resolved in Production Version 7.8.0.1012

Reference No, Description ,Affected OS's

2519007 RAID volume larger than 2TB is not seen in Microsoft Windows XP, User Interface, Windows XP

2518935 System CPU usage is high when running Intel® Matrix Storage Manager with RAID0 and RAID1 and a card reader, Middleware, Windows Vista

2518133 Driver BSOD when running Futuremark PCMark05*, Driver, Windows Vista/ Windows XP

2485864 No option to mark a hot spare on systems with an Intel® 631xESB/632xESB I/O controller hub, User Interface, Windows Vista

2516205 Blue screen may be observed on entering S4 with >2 drives, Driver, Windows Vista 64

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woz101

11-11-07, 07:56 PM

Thanks, Bing, for the heads up!

Just downloaded it and will install it later.

I don't know if you saw this thread I posted here:

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=534810

I know you don't have Vista, let alone 64 bit, but I hope someone in the know can shed some light on the mystery: the install of Vista(32 and 64 bit) won't proceed the first time, but on the second attempt, no problem!

Update on my Matrix: I have just loaded Vista Ultimate 64 bit on my setup. This time, I created an 80GB Raid 0 instead of the 90 GB that I tried the first time. Did not do any benchmarking this time around. But system w/ the Matrix Raid 0 is noticeably more responsive than one w/o the Matrix Raid 0!

Thanks very much again for the wonderful idea you have seeded there in that gigantic thread! :D

Also, I have backed up my OS installs(Vista 64 bit and 32 bit) with DriveImage XML. With Vista 64 bit, I simply used the BartPE bootdisk with the DiX plugin embedded. So far, I have created two backup jobs this way. No problem experienced!

I shouldn't think the restore of the backed up images will be any problem!

Thanks!

bing

11-11-07, 08:15 PM

woz101

11-11-07, 08:21 PM

NP, and yes I saw your thread there too.

The only possibility that I could think of is update the mobo to latest bios and also when installing the Vista, don't use the built-in driver, if I'm not mistaken, Intel was rushing the Matrix Driver when MS was going to release the final Vista, could be that driver still has some bugs in there.

Use the latest one from that Intel site above, download the Floppy installation and put them in USB thumb drive. When it comes to os install, skip the built in OS driver and use the one in the thumb drive.

Thanks for the reply, Bing!:)

I am really enjoying the Matrix Raid a lot!!! :beer::beer::beer:

Using the floppy driver on a USB thumb drive is a good suggestion. If I have to do a fresh install of Vista(64 or 32) again, will definitely try that.

However, my mobo's BIOS is the latest official version--503. There are two beta BIOS's for my board. Them being beta, I really don't want to try my luck with them! :D

Thanks again for all the help and info!

Learned a lot from you from this Tont0!

eye of the hawk

11-12-07, 09:15 AM

Anyone have a link that explains what exactly this is?

aja

11-12-07, 09:33 AM

Anyone have a link that explains what exactly this is?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-standard_RAID_levels#Intel_Matrix_RAID

This is the software that controls matrix raid, as explained in the article