RST in Win 10x64 with i7-3770K enable repair mode in scheduler

[RobinH]

I am using a "gaming" computer I built years ago. It still works for me as I do not do a lot of gaming and it functions very well for the apps I frequently run.

It's an MSI p67a-g43 (b3) motherboard with 24G of RAM. I have an Intel i7-3770K processor in it and I am running a 3 disk RAID 5 array using Intel Rapid Storage Technology. Everything is working OK except I cannot enable the repair option if it finds issues while verifying the array. 

I found another ticket where someone was having a similar issue and it was suggested they use an earlier version of RST which apparently worked for them. I would be OK with using an earlier version if I knew which version to use and where/how to download it. 

Can anyone point me to the installer for the latest version of RST that will work with my hardware setup?  I want to upgrade the size of the disks in my array but I would REALLY like to get the errors in the array fixed first. 

Thanks in advance! 

[n_scott_pearson · Accepted solution]

The Intel RST drivers for a particular platform are provided by the platform manufacturer. For your motherboard, the package (v10.5.0.1027) can be downloaded from here: https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/P67AG43_B3/support#driver.

Hope this helps,

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[RobinH]

Boy do I feel dumb.  I've downloaded everything but that from that page.  Thanks for the sanity check! 

[n_scott_pearson]

I always use the I-am-an-idiot approach: What's the stupidest thing that I could possibly have done? Eliminate that as a possibility. Then, what's the next stupidest thing that I could possibly have done? Repeat until I find the stupid thing that I actually did.

I can't help but apply this approach when I am helping people. My rationale is I don't know these people and thus can't make any assumptions about what they are capable of, what they have tried or what stupid things are (thus) possible. Sometimes I encounter thinned-skinned people that are insulted by this approach. Too bad. Those people will have to fix their problems without my help.

Let me ask you: How many times have you solved your own problem just explaining what's going on, what you've done, etc. to someone else? As a software engineer, I have found *many* (remember that idiot part?) problems in my own code just giving an overview of what I have done in a (for example) formal code review. Same goes for debugging; it's amazing how many times a bug is staring me in the face and I just don't see it until someone asks me a simple - perhaps completely unrelated - question about the problem/symptoms.

You can have fun doing anything - even criticizing yourself.     ;^)

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[RobinH]

Oh, many, many times. I too am a developer and have learned that just talking through a problem like I'm explaining it to someone else will help me find a solution the majority of the time. I used to work with my best friend and we would call each other in situations like that. I think it's better with someone else though because they will ask questions about assumptions.  

BTW, I did finally get the old version working. At first I wasn't sure it was going to work, but it seems like it is working now.  I just have to wait for it to finish verifying in order to see if there are "repair" options because the scheduling tab is not there in this version. From a couple of searches, it seems like if I run the "verify" process it should pop up a dialog with an option to select "fix errors" although that seems like I may have to run the entire verify function again, but worth it if it fixes the errors. 

Thanks for helping!