PC Drivers & Software

[kabamaru]

Hello everyone

I've got a new machine, with RAID 1 configured in the BIOS. The motherboard is ASUS B650-PLUS.

When I start RAIDXpert2, I get :

I click OK and the window below pops up:

I click OK and the RAIDXpert2 GUI pops up empty showing no RAID disks. 

I have seen similar posts and the solution is to download the RAID drivers and install them. I have downloaded the drivers from the ASUS website but there are no executables in the folders. 

How do I install these drivers?

Thank you for your support.

Kabamaru

[kabamaru · Accepted solution]

I just figured it out.

On Windows11, you have to click Install on the files that are type: setup information. 

I did that for all of them: rccfg, rcraid, rcbottom, restarted RAIDXpert2 and is working now.

Thank you

All the best

[kabamaru · Accepted solution]

I just figured it out.

On Windows11, you have to click Install on the files that are type: setup information. 

I did that for all of them: rccfg, rcraid, rcbottom, restarted RAIDXpert2 and is working now.

Thank you

All the best

[2bpdesign]

Hello, I have the same issue and clicking any of the raid file there is no option to install. Could some one plese clarify what I need to do.

[FunkZ]

As @kabamaru states, right-click on the .inf file "Setup information" and choose Install.

If you don't have an Install option from the file menu, you can likely still install the files from Device Manager.

[MickG1]

Hi there,

Hi there,

I have done exactly this-install reported:

"The operation was succesful"

I then re-start RaidXpert2 (run as administrator) and guess what?

"Unable to find rccfg driver..."

So, respectfully-not solved.

I am using RAID-AMD_v9.3.0.323

>RAID_SATA >rccfg

Windows 11 on an ASUS Sabretooth 990FX R.2

I have Windows 11 setup as a RAID 0, I would love to be able to configure it with raidXpert2.

Any further suggestions, please?

Thank you,

Mick

[FunkZ · Accepted solution]

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@MickG1 wrote:

Windows 11 on an ASUS Sabretooth 990FX R.2

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The 990FX chipset is not supported by Windows 11.

The 990FX chipset is not supported by RAIDXpert2.

The 990FX chipset IS supported by original RAIDXpert utility but that also does not support Windows 11.

https://drivers.amd.com/relnotes/amd-raidxpert2_user_guide_3.12.pdf

[MickG1]

Hi FunkZ,

Thank you for looking at this for me.

It sounds like I'm not going to get either version to work with this hardware.

I might have another go using 'compatibility mode' in case that helps?

Also-when the Linux RAID sata cables are plugged in W11 won't boot, but if I unplug the two linux drivers it does.

I might get somewhere by configuring  GRUB.

I'll try-it is a bit of a hobby project this one, I only really need Windows for nice old music software but it would be good to get the dual boot working.

Thanks again

[verrzyen]

i did what in your solution was written. windows 11 told me after installing rcraid and rcbottom each time i had to restart the PC but the error persists.

but my raid1 array still exists.

[verrzyen]

big problem. so 10th dec 2024 i updated all the updates to the newest from the webpage of my mainboard's producer

in every each folder i right clicked on .inf-file to install them and did at least one windows restart. after about 1 hour. the mouse moved with about 4 frames per second, very slowly and very laggy and nothing was clickable. i couldn't open task manager i could turn on and off the NUM-Lock LED. there was no sign about the NVMes, no activity, no blinking LED at my PC. so i restartet the PC and BOTH of my NVMes got Offline. please help. what can i do? windows is not starting. also you can't mount the partitions on the nvmes no matter what onboard of any mainboard or with an usb-c-nvme-adapter. it's like amd-raid1 is encrypted.

i think the problem occurred because of installing rcbottom.inf and then restarting.

[FunkZ]

Have any of the BIOS settings changed? Are the drives detected in BIOS? What version of RAID? RAID1? Go into the array manager in BIOS, does it detect the array? What status does it indicate? It should either be Healthy if both drives are functioning correctly, Degraded if only one drive of a RAID1 is working, but should still be bootable, or Failed if both drives unrecognized.

[verrzyen]

so far, nothing had been changed. ofc we looked through every aspect of the uefi-bios for a switch or changeable value but there was absolutely nothing which could have helped at least a little.

yes the drives are detected in bios: kingston nv2 250 gb <Serialnumber>. i think the raid-controller works like if "this specific nvme with this specific serial number" is recognized and also on the ban- or inhibit-list (offline drives list) then it won't be useable for the array or maybe also other arrays so far. i don't know if deleting the array which is only possible if i remove the 2nd nvme would allow me to rebuild a brand new system installed (the 1st nvme sometimes works and according to NVMe is offline and inaccessible after RAID Driver Update : r/AMDHelp https://www.reddit.com/r/AMDHelp/comments/1heuhv1/nvme_is_offline_and_inaccessible_after_raid/ it's a bit messed up with raid-driver version of 2nd nvme is 9.3.3.57 and the 1st nvme is 9.3.2.255).

raid-version 1 and in the bios there is also the number 9.3.2.255 probably set up by the last uefi-bios update (all of them got installed insanely good). if both drives are offline, array management section is inactive and greyed out. if the 1st nvme comes back online, i can select manage array properties and delete array. status critical because the 2nd nvme got it's raid driver updated and the raid-controller isn't accepting the nvme-drive not anymore (set it offline).  i couldn't find "degraded".

there is nothing bootable at all. sometimes the 1st nvme drive comes back online. putting any of these nvme's in the usb-c-nvme drive, nothing is mountable or readable just a big space of nothingness with an MBR which ofc isn't true. it should be 3 partitions (efi, c:/ and winRE) with GPT.