Windows 10: Asus F751LN Intel Rapid Storage driver issues.

Hi guys,

Got this laptop (Asus F751LN) and it has a 24GB SSD (and a separate 1TB HDD) which I assume is used for data caching. Problem is I looked quite a bit over various threads and forums and didn't found an answer to my question. And that would be "What do I need to install in order to use the SSD as cache?".

Over at Intel's site they have a Windows 10 driver but it is named "Intel Rapid Storage Technology RAID Driver". My laptop doesn't have the option in the BIOS to turn the SATA mode to RAID. I have only AHCI. I assume there should be a way for the SSD to be used as cache in this mode because why would they include it in the laptop if it can't be used. Wouldn't make any sense.

One more thing, I run Windows 10 64 bit currently. Any help will be much appreciated.

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blue screen failure ASUS computer

Hi Ken, that error is caused by the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver

Go to the support page on the Asus Website for your device

Download and install the version of Intel Rapid Storage Technology that they recommend - you might need to uninstall the version that is causing issue first . . .

 

HDD won't spin down/sleep in Windows 10

I've been doing some digging into this. If you are running an Intel system that uses Intel Rapid Storage Technology (Intel RST) then please feel free to digest this conveniently locked thread on the Intel forums:

New RST 14.0.0.1143 doesn't allow HDDs to spin down (bug?)

In short the approved Windows 10 drivers from version 14 and above have a bug that prevents the standard HDD spin down in Windows 10 from functioning.

I have an Asus H97M-e motherboard and on the Asus website the official driver is 14.5.0.1081 and this prevents the drives from spinning down.

I have managed to resolve the issue on my machine by uninstalling Intel Rapid Storage Technology package from 'add remove programs' which also removes the driver. Windows will then install a default MS AHCI driver which will actually work fine and resolve
the issue. But as suggested on the Intel forum by another user I have installed RST driver version 13.6.0.1002 which is available from the Intel website here:

Download Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) User Interface and Driver

It is worth installing the earlier driver (Designed for Win 8.1 and below) as this allows the additional power saving features of the chipset.