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Woter1

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December 3rd, 2024 21:08

Windows 11 (24H2) fresh install: RAID driver issue (Intel Rapid Storage Technology (RST))

Hi,

TL;DR

I am trying to perform a totally fresh install of Windows 11 (24H2) Enterprise on a Precision 7670, but I don't seem to be able to get the right RAID (RST) drivers.

I've found a driver "Intel RST VMD Controller 467F" (f6vmdflpy-x64) that appears to work, before failing in a BSOD: 

Stop code: SYSTEM_SCAN_AT_RAISED_IRQL_CAUGHT_IMPROPER_DRIVER_UNLOADWhat failed: iaStorVD.sys

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I've replaced the single factory-installed SSD with two Samsung 990 Pro SSDs, selected RAID in the BIOS and configured a RAID 1 volume in the "F12" utility.

This model has three NVMe slots:

  1. SLOT 3
  2. SLOT 4
  3. SLOT 5

I cannot find documentation or internal labels identifying which slot is which, but I have installed one in the middle slot (SLOT 3) and one to the right of the battery (SLOT 4), based on the picture in this document (that doesn't seem to show the 3rd slot that is to the left of the one identified in the pictures.) According to the table on this page, I need to populate SLOT 3 & 4.

From reading various posts, the RAID drivers should be included in Intel's Rapid Storage Technology (RST) driver. I've tried drivers direct from Intel and Dell's own version. The version under this laptop's Service Tag doesn't seem to contain any of the right files. I've made more progress using Dell's WinPE driver pack.

I've created the SD card from the Windows ISO using Rufus. I've put the drivers on a USB stick and tried using NTLite to inject the drivers into Win PE and Windows Setup WIMs before cutting the SD card.

The laptop has the very latest BIOS as of today.

If anyone could help me resolve this issue, I'd be very grateful.

T, W.

Woter1

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December 7th, 2024 14:57

I finally solved it. In a nutshell, install from a USB device as opposed to the SD card.

I don't know the reason for it, but I was unable to install Windows 11 from the SD card. It would ask for drivers and even after giving it every driver available from Dell's website, it was still looking for something.

In acts of desperation, I used Dell's recovery tool. This tool didn't have an SD card option, forcing me to use a USB pen drive. As this worked, I tried my customised NTLite image from USB and it worked.

Notes

  1. If installing in AHCI/NVMe mode, Intel Rapid Storage Technology is irrelevant. Windows does not need the drivers to install Windows and attempting to install the app once Windows is installed doesn't work. Using the prescribed Dell version (19.x for my machine) throws an error asking one to upgrade. 20.x won't install as it's not compatible.
  2. NTLite gives a warning relating to Secure Boot. I carefully followed to steps in post #2 here. Even though the NTLite error went away, the machine complained, so I disabled secure boot, installed Windows and enabled it after installation.
  3. I ended up installing Windows 23H2. Mainly because I couldn't be bothered to spend several hours making a new NTLite image with 24H2. At least with 23H2, one can fix the Windows 11 start menu.
  4. Deploying to a RAID volume, Windows prompted for storage drivers. Pointing Windows to `iaStorVD.inf` from the Intel RST (19.2.x) download (F6\VMD\f6vmdflpy-x64) worked.

Chino de Oro

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December 4th, 2024 00:42

You basically need F6 driver for storage connected in RAID mode be visible to Windows.  This is the RST driver listed for your Dell Precision 7670  https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=mk0y4&oscode=wt64a&productcode=precision-16-7670-laptop

Download and extract it on a USB drive to load driver during installation.

Woter1

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December 4th, 2024 17:49

Thank you @Chino de Oro for your reply.

I had tried the RST driver from Dell listed under my device's service tag - with no luck. Noting the date, I tried a newer version from Dell and from Intel. No luck.

I have since found this article, which suggests that the version of RST is aligned with the CPU generation. For the 12th Gen (Alder Lake) CPU I need version 19.2.x - which is what I have downloaded.

I found an article from Microsoft where a few people suggested using a different USB key - which I have done, with no luck.

I have used DISM just in case NTLite was having difficulty injecting the drivers. I've injected the driver into the boot.wim for both indexes (WinPE + Setup).

Whilst on the "Install drive to show hardware" dialog, I did Shift+F10 to bring up the CLI and ran pnputil with the following results:

C:\RST_19.2.x\15063\Drivers\F6\VMD\f6vmdflpy-x64>pnputil /add-driver iaStorVD.inf /install
Microsoft PnP Utility

Adding driver package:  iaStorVD.inf
Driver package added successfully. (Already exists in the system)
Published Name:         oem0.inf
Driver package is up-to-date on device: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_467F&SUBSYS_0B2A1028&REV_00\3&11583659&0&70

Total driver packages:  1
Added driver packages:  0

C:\RST_19.2.x\15063\Drivers\F6\VMD\f6vmdflpy-x64>

C:\ is the USB key.

According to that, the drivers are present.

This ain't my first rodeo, but I am running out of ideas.

The SSDs are showing in the BIOS, (although they're list in `M.2 PCIe SSD-2` and `M.2 PCIe SSD-3`) and I was able to create the RAID volume, but if anyone could confirm which slot is which, that may help.

Thanks again.

W.

Woter1

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December 4th, 2024 20:51

I've had another look under the cover and found some very discreet labelling. (A good light helped).

I had the SSDs in slots 3 and 4. They're now in slots 2 and 3.

Although Windows still cannot find the SSDs, there seems to have been a change in the "Install drive to show hardware" dialogue. Drivers that didn't show with the "Hide drivers that are not compatible..." check box checked, are now showing.

  • 'f6vmdflpy-64' directory now shows "Intel RST VMD Managed Controller 09AB"
  • 'HsaExtension' directory now shows "Intel(R) Optane(TM) Memory and Storage Management Extension"

Selecting the first one and clicking Install results in "Error installing driver".

Selecting the second one and clicking Install produces a BSOD.

Thanks again.

Chino de Oro

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December 5th, 2024 00:02

You can test with Windows installation to a single drive to see if the linked driver is an issue or not.

Then, from the same link, install the RST application to set up your RAID.

crruiz0411

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March 7th, 2025 06:07

I have a Dell Vostro 7620 got the same issue when I tried an upgrade in place from Wiindows 11 23H2 to 24H2. I solved it updating controllers drivers via device manager with this driver version https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/ScopedViewInline.aspx?updateid=bac628e5-48e9-45ef-8f3c-fb6d57bde9f1, that is newer than Windows 11 24H2 install ISO. After that I was able to do upgrade in place, but I think that a fresh install with this driver version must function too. 

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