Windows 10: Locating IRST Drivers

Has anyone found IRST drivers that work in Windows 10? I attempted to install 14.5.0.1081 WHQL and 14.0.0.1143 WHQL but it said, "This platform is not supported." Recommendations?

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Last year, it was revealed the IRST Driver could be a likely culprit. IRST, which stands for Intel Rapid Storage Technology, is a storage driver developed by Intel for use with a variety of storage configurations; such as RAID (redundant array of inexpensive
disks) and SATA drives. Modern operating systems such as Windows 10 no longer require IRST driver and can manage such configurations out of the box.

AHCI which stands for Advance Host Controller Interface has been supported out of the box since Windows Vista. If you happen to have Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver installed, you can uninstall it to see if it improves stability. If there is a specific
reason you need to keep IRST, then you can try updating it using either the Intel Driver Update Utility or download the latest IRST driver manually and install it. You should check the manufacturers website for your computer model for the latest IRST.

How to uninstall IRST:

Press Windows key + X

Click Programs and Features

Scroll down then select Intel Rapid Storage Technology, right click it then click uninstall.

 

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Its possible the IRST Driver is the likely culprit. IRST, which stands for Intel Rapid Storage Technology, is a storage driver developed by Intel for use with a variety of storage configurations; such as RAID (redundant array of inexpensive disks) and
SATA drives. Modern operating systems such as Windows 10 no longer require IRST driver and can manage such configurations out of the box.

AHCI which stands for Advance Host Controller Interface has been supported out of the box since Windows Vista. If you happen to have Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver installed, you can uninstall it to see if it improves stability. If there is a specific
reason you need to keep IRST, then you can try updating it using either the Intel Driver Update Utility or download the latest IRST driver manually and install it. You should check the manufacturers website for your computer model for the latest IRST.

How to uninstall IRST:

Press Windows key + X

Click Apps & Features

Scroll down then select Intel Rapid Storage Technology, right click it then click uninstall.

With Windows 10 providing built in support for AHCI, there is no need to install or keep IRST. So, if you happen to be experiencing freezes on the Windows 10 , this is the first place to check.

 

i used for series 5 mobo and works

 

Intel Download Center this worked for me

 

These are for your motherboard: Intel Download Center

They are not made for Windows 10 so I'd recommend downloading the f6flpy-x64.zip then installing them manually through the Control Panel, if you don't know how to do so then just download the SetupRST.exe and make sure you run the file in compatibility mode for Windows 7/8/8.1 when installing.

 

OK. I got it installed by extracting the .exe to a folder. It worked and I got it installed. However, the service actually doesn't ever start. The program is actually running though.

Has anyone else actually gotten it to work?

 

That's fine as is, you don't need the service to be running for the driver to work with your SATA controller; if you want to check if the driver installed correctly go to Control Panel > Device Manager > IDE ATA/ATAPI Controller and it should say Intel xxx SATA Controller.

This is the reason why I recommended installing just the driver manually via Control Panel's Device Manager, since IRST the software itself isn't written to be Windows 10 compatible but the driver should work just the same.

You're good as is, don't worry anymore about IRST on your machine. Try and look for any other driver or software related problems with Windows 10 you can possibly find a fix for via this forum.

 

How do you install this via control panel?

Also, does it matter if I use the newest version with my older motherboard when it comes to IRST?

 

The newest version does not support your SATA chipset thus only that driver being the latest in the 13.x series works for your specific motherboard ATM.

Installing through Control Panel only installs the driver and not the IRST software which is not needed BTW, but since you went the second route of installing via Setup it works just the same only that you have the IRST software installed too that is not specifically written for Windows 10 thus the service is not starting but it's nothing to worry about since the driver installs through the Setup method too.

 

Well, I actually installed 14.x.x. So I should uninstall then right and get 13.x?

 

If 14.x worked and supports your chipset then that's all good, I don't actually own a Intel motherboard with the exact same chipset as your but I do own a Intel laptop and the general basis for installing the SATA chipset driver is the same.

Like said, the way to check if the driver actually installed in going into the Control Panel > Device Manager > IDE ATA/ATAPI Controller and it should say Intel xxx SATA Controller.

 

It said that prior to installing IRST. It said that after I installed the SATA drivers.

 

Can you take a screenshot of the Intel SATA Controller as shown in your Device Manager and upload onto the thread.

 

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