Unable to install Intel RST

[RClem3]

I get fatal error during installation while trying to install 15.5.016 on an H270 on Windows 10 x64.

An earlier version screwed up and I was never able to update, stuck in a new board hoping the fresh drivers would fix things up but looks like this issue from an earlier version is still preventing this install.

Thanks.

[idata]

Hi Ryan Clemens,

I understand you getting some problems when trying to install Intel® Rapid Storage version 15.5. Let me help you on this matter.Have you tried Intel® Rapid Storage version 15.9?https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/27400/Intel-Rapid-Storage-Technology-Intel-RST-?product=55005 https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/27400/Intel-Rapid-Storage-Technology-Intel-RST-?product=55005Please let me know your findings.Regards,Allan J.

[JJaeg]

I had this "Fatal Error" thing with a couple of releases - but I am using an older mobo with an X58 chipset, ICH10R. It seems that it chokes trying to install both the drivers and the user interface on my system. But it isn't really fatal...

1. Is your system still running? (Probably, and that is good good. If not, check out [I had that crash after the Fall Creators update installed, and fell back to 1703. I also had it trying to install drivers version 14.8.16.1062]

2. Open Device Manager, and expand "Storage Controllers". If your system is in RAID mode, you should see an entry for the Intel SATA RAID controller (exact wording seems to vary based on release and the specific chipset) [If it isn't in RAID mode, maybe you don't need RST?]

3. Double click on that entry for the Intel SATA RAID controller. Click on the Driver tab. Click on the Driver Details button. Look at the "File Version". If it is 15.5.0.16, your drivers are installed.

4. If the drivers are installed, find the SetupRST.exe file you used for the install (assuming you don't have Optane), and run that again with the -Nodrv option, and the UI should install:

SetupRST.exe -Nodrv

[RClem3]

Hi Alan, 15.9 fails in the same way as 15.5.

System is running fine with standard SATA AHCI controller, no BSODS.

Not running in RAID mode, previous releases installed fine when not in RAID mode, it updated the SATA controller driver, or config and offered better performance I believe?I've always installed it regardless of running in RAID.

[idata]

Hi Ryan Clemens,

Thank you for the information. I was trying to replicate this issue but I did not get same results. The latest Intel® Rapid Storage 15.9 installed correctly. It seems to be a Windows® registry problem on your end.Regards,Allan J

[RClem3]

I would suspect it being the registry, anyone got any ideas on where it goes wrong or keys I can delete to get it working?

[RClem3]

I'd like to clean up whatever is left over from previous RST installation if that's what it is preventing this from installing. Does the log provide any info on what's going wrong?

[JJaeg]

Short summary: I saw a lot of error 1612 in your logs, indicating that you may have a corrupt installation package.

(Disclaimer: I am not an Intel Denizen. Just another community member trying to help out a little someone who is having troubles with RST, like I am).

I had a look at your logs, out of curiosity, to compare them with what I am seeing to see if we are experiencing something similar. Aside from the erorr message itself, it does not look like it. (I ignored the ME (management engine) logs - I have no familiarity with that at all, and do not appear in my log directories.)

In your IntelRST.log I saw two things of interest:

First (I think NOT fatal, was this sequence. I wonder what they mean by "banned application").

2018:01:31 21:10:27:213: CheckBannedApplications: Start

2018:01:31 21:10:27:213: Registry key of banned installed application SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{fca73a1d-2062-4ba7-9951-8bd39116b154}

2018:01:31 21:10:27:213: E ReadRegStringValue: Start, key: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{fca73a1d-2062-4ba7-9951-8bd39116b154}, value: DisplayName

2018:01:31 21:10:27:213: E ReadRegStringValue: Could not open registry key SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{fca73a1d-2062-4ba7-9951-8bd39116b154} with samDesired option 131097, result code: 2

2018:01:31 21:10:27:213: E ReadRegStringValue: Start, key: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{fca73a1d-2062-4ba7-9951-8bd39116b154}, value: DisplayName

2018:01:31 21:10:27:213: E ReadRegStringValue: Could not open registry key SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{fca73a1d-2062-4ba7-9951-8bd39116b154} with samDesired option 131609, result code: 2

2018:01:31 21:10:27:213: E ReadRegStringValue: Start, key: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{fca73a1d-2062-4ba7-9951-8bd39116b154}, value: DisplayName

2018:01:31 21:10:27:213: E ReadRegStringValue: Could not open registry key SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{fca73a1d-2062-4ba7-9951-8bd39116b154} with samDesired option 131353, result code: 2

(My IntelRST log had this same thing, with the very same registry keys).

In the log MSI logs I saw this - but it was tricky to interpret, because some of the log entries seem to relate to a failed cleanup. So I picked the *first* such transaction.

(So, one thing you might do is rename your logs, and try the install or uninstall again, so that they relate to just one attempt).

2018:01:31 21:10:38:478: Installing 'RST_x64.msi'

2018:01:31 21:10:38:478: Checking if OS 10.0 SP0 is greater-equal than 10.0 SP0

2018:01:31 21:10:38:478: Windows 10 or above detected

2018:01:31 21:10:38:478: Properties 'PRODUCTFOLDER="C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology" REBOOT=ReallySuppress IIF_HASBATTERY=0 IIF_ISWIN10ORLATER=1 ADDLOCAL=DriverFeature,ServiceFeature,UIFeature,TrayFeature'

2018:01:31 21:10:38:478: Setting MSI log file to 'IntelRST_MSI.log'. Verbosity level is 4096

2018:01:31 21:10:39:024: Return code: 1603 <<<<< This causes the "Fatal Error" message (Googled it).

2018:01:31 21:10:39:024: W Aborting install

Looking at the MSI log this referenced, during this timeframe, I saw this:

MSI (s) (E4:48) [21:10:38:758]: SOURCEMGMT: Looking for sourcelist for product {93F692D4-0C4D-4EED-9BFE-657C1D5959FE}

MSI (s) (E4:48) [21:10:38:758]: SOURCEMGMT: Adding {93F692D4-0C4D-4EED-9BFE-657C1D5959FE}; to potential sourcelist list (pcode;disk;relpath).

MSI (s) (E4:48) [21:10:38:758]: SOURCEMGMT: Now checking product {93F692D4-0C4D-4EED-9BFE-657C1D5959FE}

MSI (s) (E4:48) [21:10:38:758]: SOURCEMGMT: Attempting to use LastUsedSource from source list.

MSI (s) (E4:48) [21:10:38:758]: SOURCEMGMT: Processing net source list.

MSI (s) (E4:48) [21:10:38:758]: Note: 1: 1706 2: -2147483647 3: RST_x64.msi

MSI (s) (E4:48) [21:10:38:758]: SOURCEMGMT: Processing media source list.

MSI (s) (E4:48) [21:10:38:758]: SOURCEMGMT: Trying media source F:\.

MSI (s) (E4:48) [21:10:38:758]: Note: 1: 2203 2: F:\RST_x64.msi 3: -2147287038

MSI (s) (E4:48) [21:10:38:758]: SOURCEMGMT: Source is invalid due to missing/inaccessible package.

MSI (s) (E4:48) [21:10:38:758]: Note: 1: 1706 2: -2147483647 3: RST_x64.msi

MSI (s) (E4:48) [21:10:38:758]: SOURCEMGMT: Processing URL source list.

MSI (s) (E4:48) [21:10:38:758]: Note: 1: 1402 2: UNKNOWN\URL 3: 2

MSI (s) (E4:48) [21:10:38:758]: Note: 1: 1706 2: -2147483647 3: RST_x64.msi

MSI (s) (E4:48) [21:10:38:758]: Note: 1: 1706 2: 3: RST_x64.msi

MSI (s) (E4:48) [21:10:38:758]: SOURCEMGMT: Now checking product {93F692D4-0C4D-4EED-9BFE-657C1D5959FE}

MSI (s) (E4:48) [21:10:38:758]: SOURCEMGMT: Attempting to use LastUsedSource from source list.

MSI (s) (E4:48) [21:10:38:758]: Note: 1: 1706 2: 3: RST_x64.msi

MSI (s) (E4:48) [21:10:38:758]: SOURCEMGMT: Failed to resolve source

MSI (s) (E4:4C) [21:10:38:758]: Note: 1: 1714 2: Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology 3: 1612

MSI (s) (E4:4C) [21:10:38:758]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: Error

MSI (s) (E4:4C) [21:10:38:758]: Note: 1: 2228 2: 3: Error 4: SELECT `Message` FROM `Error` WHERE `Error` = 1714

CustomAction returned actual error code 1612 (note this may not be 100% accurate if translation happened inside sandbox)

MSI (s) (E4:4C) [21:10:38:758]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: Error

MSI (s) (E4:4C) [21:10:38:758]: Note: 1: 2228 2: 3: Error 4: SELECT `Message` FROM `Error` WHERE `Error` = 1709

MSI (s) (E4:4C) [21:10:38:758]: Product: Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology -- Error 1714. The older version of Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology cannot be removed. Contact your technical support group. System Error 1612.

[Note, code 1612 is documented at https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/229683 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/229683 and might be worth googling. I saw it many many times in your logs. You might want to try renaming your existing logs, and trying one more time, to make sure that this isn't just "noise".]

MSI (s) (E4:4C) [21:10:38:758]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: Error

MSI (s) (E4:4C) [21:10:38:758]: Note: 1: 2228 2: 3: Error 4: SELECT `Message` FROM `Error` WHERE `Error` = 16

MSI (s) (E4:4C) [21:10:38:758]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: Error

MSI (s) (E4:4C) [21:10:38:758]: Note: 1: 2228 2: 3: Error 4: SELECT `Message` FROM `Error` WHERE `Error` = 21

Action ended 21:10:38: RemoveExistingProducts. Return value 3.

Action ended 21:10:38: INSTALL. Return value 3.

MSI (s) (E4:4C) [21:10:38:758]: Windows Installer installed the product. Product Name: Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology. Product Version: 15.5.0.1051. Product Language: 1033. Manufacturer: Intel Corporation. Installation success or error status: 1603.

MSI (s) (E4:4C) [21:10:39:024]: Deferring clean up of packages/files, if any exist

MSI (s) (E4:4C) [21:10:39:024]: MainEngineThread is returning 1603

=== Logging stopped: 31-Jan-18 21:10:38 ===

I also looked at my logs. (note the DriverFeature - this was without -Nodrv -- a full install). I did the -Nodrv install at 09:44, apparently, from my logs, so this would be the install that said "Fatal Error"

2018:01:31 09:30:22:679: Beginning transaction ID=1

2018:01:31 09:30:22:679: Installing 'RST_x64.msi'

2018:01:31 09:30:22:679: Properties 'PRODUCTFOLDER="C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) ...

[RClem3]

Managed to fix this by simply deleting the corresponding registry entry under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\products\

Also managed to resolve an issue with my system experiencing crashes with Heciserver.exe related to the Intel trusted connect service not being up to date? and failing to install with the Management Engine prompting me to look for an inf near the end of the installation process by deleting it's corresponding entry also which was a surprise..

Honestly Intel, how bad are your installers if a invalid registry key screws them up? Shouldn't 'repair' fix this mess? Bad.