iastor (9.5,9.6) BSOD 0x7E

idata · ‎04-13-2010

I do have a massive problem with the new 9.x iastor driver

on machines that run on IDE mode instead of RAID or AHCI

Some machines lack the necessary BIOS setting!

I am talking about business here

HP dc7100, dc7600, dc7700, dc7800, dc7900 a view dc8000

and in the near future dc8100

chipsets are

7100 915G

7600 945G

7700 Q965

7800 Q35

7900 Q45

My job is to get Windows(x32) and software installed

I am using a bartpe (PXE) to start the setup

and here the troubles start

I had included iastor drivers 7.0 and 8.6 to setup my Desktops

and it worked as expected

but if i add the new 9.5 or 9.6 driver i earn a BSOD during the boot of my bartpe

0x7E (0xC0000005,0x80880211,0xF790C530,0xF790C22C)

on any machine that run in IDE mode

Normally the driver should not interfere on systems that run in IDE mode

but this driver does!

Even if i add only 9.x iastor

Even if i modify txtsetup.oem to run only on DEV_3B29 DEV_3B2F DEV_3B22 DEV_2822 DEV_282A

and use 8.9 on other devices

This driver only work on dc7900 in AHCI mode, dc7800 in RAID (2 HDD)

and a core7 lenovo X201s

The dc7800 model lack the AHCI BIOS option!

If i revert my bartpe to use 7.0 and 8.9 of iastor

i am able to boot and see the HDD on my systems as it should be

except the core7

But if a integrate the new iastor 9.x into XP (txtsetup.sif,dosnet.inf)

the system hang (0x7E) after loading the iastor driver during text setup of Xp

The text setup is only succesfull on dc7900 in AHCI mode, dc7800 RAID and the core7 system

idata · ‎04-13-2010

Great user name by the way...on a Intel site.

idata · ‎04-19-2010

I can now definitely say

that the iastor driver 9.5 and 9.6 crash with a BSOD

0x7E (0xC0000005,....)

If the machine is running on >>>IDE (compatibility) mode<<<

using bartpe or including the driver into a XP cd

In boh cases you'll got this BSOD

Even if you use a orinal XP/2003 cd and add the driver by hand using F6 (Setup is starting Windows->BSOD)

I know its creazy to add a sata driver if you run your HDD in ide mode

but the driver got loaded if you integrate it into your setup and than got loaded even its not useful

I run my test on a Lenovo L510 (Core2Duo), X201(Corei5), X201s(Corei7) next to mine HP7100-8000 machines

Always BSOD if the Sata controller is on IDE mode