Hi All,
I have just built a new machine with Gigabyte motherboard and Windows is rejecting this board's 64-bit RAID driver. I understand support may take a week to respond which is not an option. I'm hoping someone here may have a clue as to the problem. Thanks for reading!
BACKGROUND
1. Installed 3 HDDs on connectors SATA3_0/1/2
2. Installed Blueray drive on connector SATA3_5
2. Configured SATA controller mode in BIOS according to manual (SATA Controller:Enabled, SATA Type:RAID, SATA Port4/5 Type: As SATA Type, SATA RAID5 Support:Enabled).
3. Used BIOS to configure a single 1.9TB RAID5 LD.
4. Changed BIOS setting SATA "Port4/5 Type" to "IDE" in order for Windows install to reach the "where do you want to install Windows" screen.
PROBLEM
Installing Win7 64-bit (via DVD created from disk image), I arrive at the "Where do you want to install Windows" screen which displays message "No drives were found. Click Load Driver to provide a mass storage driver for installation" at the bottom of the screen. I click the browse button and select path "BootDrv\SBxxxW7\RAID\W764A" from the MOBO support disk. A short time later, Windows displays message "Installing an unsigned 64-bit device driver is not supported and might result in an unusable Windows installation".
TROUBLESHOOTING
-inspection of driver signature file "ahcix64s.cat" indicates that the digital signature is "ok" and does not expire until February of 2012.
-BIOS data/time is correct
-the latest driver from the Gigabyte website is expired and attempting to load this driver via USB thumb drive has identical result
-all 3 HDDs are in the RAID and are functioning
SYSTEM
Motherboard : GA-990XA-UD3(rev. 1.0)
BIOS Ver : F3
VGA: Nvidia GEFORCE GT 430
CPU: AMD X6 1075T 3.0Ghz
Operation System : Win 7 64-bit
Memory: PATRIOT DDR3 4GB (x2) 1866MHz
Power Supply : 1200 W
HD: SEAGATE Barracuda 1TB (x3)
Blueray: LG WH12LS30