DigeratiPrime Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Intel does not (suprisingly) support Windows 7 yet, but I figure the Vista x86 and x64 drivers should work the same on Windows 7.http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Product_Fi...01〈=engThe problem is the drivers in Windows 7 RC are 8.6.2.1012 4/8/2009The latest package on Intel's site are 8.8.0.1009 3/13/2009 It is odd that the drivers shipped with 7 RC are dated newer but a lower version number, something is wrong.Anyway, I am not really interested in having the latest drivers, but rather just want at least the Matrix Storage Console so I can monitor the status of my drives.I am not sure if I should run the installer, because I am not sure if it is going to install bad drivers and cause problems. Ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeFiend Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 One could try the -n or -nodrv switches to prevent driver installation, or even just copy the installed files over... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigeratiPrime Posted July 11, 2009 Author Share Posted July 11, 2009 No kidding, I should have tried a /? or looked into the readme further. I tried -n and it worked, no reboot, just the console. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizban2 Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Intel does not (suprisingly) support Windows 7 yet, but I figure the Vista x86 and x64 drivers should work the same on Windows 7.http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Product_Fi...01〈=engThe problem is the drivers in Windows 7 RC are 8.6.2.1012 4/8/2009The latest package on Intel's site are 8.8.0.1009 3/13/2009 It is odd that the drivers shipped with 7 RC are dated newer but a lower version number, something is wrong.Anyway, I am not really interested in having the latest drivers, but rather just want at least the Matrix Storage Console so I can monitor the status of my drives.I am not sure if I should run the installer, because I am not sure if it is going to install bad drivers and cause problems. Ideas?i am running 8.8.1009 on win 7 64 bit without issue, it should install fine for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigeratiPrime Posted July 15, 2009 Author Share Posted July 15, 2009 Thanks for the confirmation fizban2 I have decided to hold off though as I came across some people are having problems with 8.8.0.1009 and 8.9.0.1023 here:http://communities.intel.com/message/25868 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizban2 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 nope, i have 4 seagate drives and have had 0 issues with any build of windows 7, the early beta builds if i lost power unexpectedly would cause a rebuild of the array frequently but since RC had not had that issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigeratiPrime Posted July 25, 2009 Author Share Posted July 25, 2009 Apparently a couple days after the last post here, Intel added drivers with official support for Windows 7 RC1 x86 and x64, interesting Server 2008 R2 is not 'supported' yet.Note: The actual setup file is the same for both and contains drivers for both architectures.x86 http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filter_res...mp;submit=Go%21x64 http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filter_res...mp;submit=Go%21readme http://downloadmirror.intel.com/17882/eng/readme.txtrelease notes http://downloadmirror.intel.com/17882/eng/releasenotes.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Access Denied Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Apparently a couple days after the last post here, Intel added drivers with official support for Windows 7 RC1 x86 and x64, interesting Server 2008 R2 is not 'supported' yet.Note: The actual setup file is the same for both and contains drivers for both architectures.x86 http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filter_res...mp;submit=Go%21x64 http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filter_res...mp;submit=Go%21readme http://downloadmirror.intel.com/17882/eng/readme.txtrelease notes http://downloadmirror.intel.com/17882/eng/releasenotes.htmThank you sir. I was waiting on that download to appear and forgot to check for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Access Denied Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 (edited) edit: not the exact software I thought it was. My mistake Edited July 26, 2009 by Access Denied Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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