Hello from Bulgaria 
I made a build with a ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe Mobo nforce 570 SLI and MCP55.
Basically the last existing nVidia SATA drivers are crap (win7 64bit).In ATTO on a 1TB TOSHIBA DT01ACA100 there is very jumpy behaviour with them reaching peak write transfer speed of a 134MB/sec at 16KB size and then dropping and being unable to go beyond 60MB/s the read is ok it is reaching the maximum speed of the HDD 208~209MB/sec at 32KB size and stays consistend.On a modern SATA3 Mobo the HDD is reaching consistend 190MB/sec writing and 210MB/sec reading.
So now to the drivers listed here that i tried.
With the Special 64 bit pack the drive is in SATA I mode marked in the driver details of the SATA controller but it is behaving as smoothly reaching at 32KB size 110MB/sec writing and 125MB/sec reading keeping this speeds with any larger chunks pretty consistent.
The system feels much more responsive despite the obvious lower max speed of the SATA I mode.
With the latest 64 bit pack the picture is not very different compared to the original nVidia drivers i downloaded from nVidia.With the difference that i believe it is again in SATA I cause the max read is unable to get beyond 127MB/sec and the write speed tops at 16KB chunks 84MB/sec and then droping to the already upsurd 48~55MB/sec no matter the size from here on.
The system feels slugish and slow.
So now my question Is there any way with the Special 64bit driver pack to force SATA II mode ? Iām not using RAID.
@DARK :
Welcome at Win-RAID Forum and thanks for your feedback!
No, but you can try to install the attached 64bit nForce SATA driver v6.99 WHQL manually from within the Device Manager.
You have to update the driver software of the NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller and to force the installation ("Let me pickā¦" > "Have Disk").
Please report here about the result of your test.
Regards
Dieter (alias Fernando)
Yeees.
I nstalled it for all the IDE/SATA controllers and works perfectly.The HDD is corectly put in SATA II mode with all Rad/Write Caching and Command queuing Enabled.In ATTO it is able to pull out maximum speed at 64KB chunks 180MB/sec write and 200MB/sec read keeping around that speeds with larger chunks.Still system kinda feels lagy compared to the Special 64bit RAID driver pack but there is no way for me to measure that so it might be just a feel Thank you
@DARK :
Thanks for your report, which will be interesting for many other nForce users, who want a better performance.
It is absolutely surprising, that this old nForce SATA driver, which had been designed by NVIDIA for Windows XP, obviously runs better even with the latest Windows Operating Systems than all the newer NVIDIA and MS ones.
As a consequence of your test results I am thinking about the presentation of an additional nForce driverpack, which contains the nForce SATA_IDE and SATARAID drivers v6.99 and will be usable with all MCP51/55/61 systems.
hello
so i m new here ,my english was be terrible :_(
i m usung win 10 and nforce 680sli ausus stiker extrem,so i ave the problem the download speed max 1,5-1,7 mbit lan kabel or wlan ,i dont now what i can do?
thx
@demetria :
Welcome at Win-RAID Forum!
Unfortunately the support of nForce chipsets by the latest Windows Operating Systems is horrible and NVIDIA doesnāt develop and release updated nForce drivers since 2010.
The only thing you may try is to replace the Win10 in-box Network Controller driver by an nForce Ethernet driver, which you can find within all nForce driverpacks, which I am offering within the start post of this thread.
Good luck!
Dieter (alias Fernando)
so i mean ist not the network driver who slow down,i testet with w lan stick the same speed
Maybe your internet connection is bad or has a very low bandwidth.
Oo not realy ist the only pc is so slow all another hast 80-90 mbit
In this case you should check your Network settings.
Hello Fernando,
I have some problems with nforce drivers on Windows 10. I have an ASUS p5n32e sli plus with NVIDIA Dual X16 SLI (C55+MCP55P; a.k.a. nForceĀ®650i SLI & nForceĀ®570 SLI). I have installed āSpecial nForce RAID Driverpacks for Win7-10ā with SATARAID Driver (v9.99.09) and I get random bluescreens (mostly when Iām playing, but also whe the computer is leaved alone).
My configuration is:
CPU: Intel Q6600
RAM: 4 x 2GB Kingmax
HDD:
- 1 SSD conected in Sata_1
- 1 HDD conected in Sata_2
- 4 x HDD conected in Sata_3 - Sata_6 in RAID 0
Video: ATI HD6970
With Windwos 7/8/8.1 everything run smoothly without problems. In Windows 10 I recived random bluescreen, like I said before.
What driverpack you recomand me to use? As I read in this forum, I saw another user that have the same problem, with windows 10, and RAID array.
Thank you,
Mihnea Theodor TUDOR
@m1hn3a :
Hello Mihnea Theodor,
welcome at Win-RAID Forum!
Yes, the available NVIDIA nForce drivers were developed for being used with Windows XP and Vista, but not with Windows 10. Vice versa Win10 doesnāt fully support old NVIDIA nForce chipsets.
Since your system obviously has problems with the nForce SATRAID drivers v9.99.09, you may manually install the nForce SATARAID drivers v11.1.0.43, which are within my "Latest nForce Driverpacks". You can find the exact procedure within >this< post. Most important: Donāt reboot unless you have verified, that all related NVIDIA nForce SATA and RAID devices (even the usually hidden ones) have been updated.
If you should not be satisfied with the latest available nForce SATARAID drivers v11.1.0.43, you can try to get the much older nForce SATARAID drivers v6.99 WHQL installed. Although these drivers have been designed by NVIDIA for being used with Windows XP, they definitively work with the newer Windows Operating Systems as well. If you want to try them, please let me know the architecture of your Win10 (32bit or 64bit) and I will attach the related SATARAID driver folder.
Good luck!
Dieter (alias Fernando)
@Fernando
Hello,
In first place I want to thank you verry much for this forum, for answers and for your work
I have the same problems with nForce SATARAID drivers v11.1.0.43. I think Windows 10 just donāt want to work with nforce BIOS RAID, so I will disable RAID form bios and I will try with software raid from Windows(I think there should bo no problems), but I nedd some advices:
1. What do you recomand me to use: RAID from Disk Management or Storage Spaces from Windows 10, and why? I read SS does a good job.
2. What driver recomand to use for sata controller (that I will not use nforce RAID): v9.99.09/v11.1.0.43/Windows default (that is v10.something)/Standard IDE (that I use for SSD - port Sata_1.0 and Sata_1.1).
Thank you again!
Mihnea Theodor TUDOR
It is not enough to switch the SATA mode from "RAID" to "IDE" mode from within the BIOS.
These are the required steps:
1. Do a backup of your RAID0 array data.
2. Enter the NVIDIA nForce RAID Utility (MediaShield) and delete the existing RAID array. Note: All existing data of the array will be lost.
3. Enter the BIOS and set the NVIDIA nForce SATA Controller to "IDE" (non-RAID) mode.
4. Create the desired Software RAID.
5. Optional: Restore your old RAID0 data.
Since I donāt have any own experience with both Software RAID options, I cannot answer this question seriously, but I probably would prefer the "Storage Space" one, because it seems to be easier and better supported by Win10. >Here< is a guide.
For nForce chipset systems, which are running Win10 in IDE mode, I recommend to avoid any nForce SATA driver and to use the generic Win10 in-box IDE driver named PCIIDE.SYS.
Hello again,
I have backup for all data from RAID Array. I will try with Storage Space and Standard IDE drives, I will test to see if I have BSODās, and I will post again after.
Thank you!!!
Hi Fernando,
you helped me a lot before.
Now I have a little problem with a Foxconn 940 board (nforce 2200 + nforce 2050) and Windows XP64 or Seven 64, with RAID-0.
I am not able to install the operative system, it is not able to identify the Raid-0 Array, no matter what driver I use, it always sees two distinct HD (but the array is up and functional for the raid bios).
You mention a guide but the link is dead.
Can you point me in the right direction?
Thank you.
It would be very helpful, if you would be able to post the HardwareIDs of the on-board NVIDIA nForce RAID Controller.
Which link to which guide is dead and where have I mentioned it?
Hi Fernando,
The chip is a nforce pro 2200 thatās all I can say.
I downloaded the winXP64 drivers from Tyan site for K8WE motherboard, that has the same chipsets, both 2200 and 2050 (the Foxconn site has not them, only 32 bit). No luck.
The guide you mentioned is about windows7 installation on RAID-0, on the first post, the link is dead.
Informations regarding these driverpacks:ā¢Compatibility:ā¦Contrary to NVIDIAās officially offered nForce chipset driver sets these packs are fully supporting nForce4 AMD RAID systems. Users with such hardware configuration can use the included WHQL certified nForce IDE drivers v9.98 even from scratch by loading them during the Win7/Vista installation. For further details you may look into >this< (for Win7) or >this< (for Vista) installation guide.
With Seven 64bit, when I use the drivers on the section1, it says something about unsigned drivers and wonāt let me to install them.
I am just posting some info in case others face the same issues.
I currently have two Nvidia 790i Ultra Motherboards in my possession that came from people that had completed a Windows 7 to Windows 10 upgrade and were getting random reboots or BSODās after the upgrade.
The event viewer was reporting errors with the SATA controller regardless of the driver installed or port(s) used (I tried every driver I could get my hands on, including v6.99) and the BSOD was often āPFN List Corruptā.
I changed SATA ports, hard drives, SATA cables and even different power supply, video cards and RAM.
In the end the only thing that fixed the issue was raising the Southbridge voltage to 1.65 V (default is 1.50 V).
Note that this issue never occurred with Windows 7 x64, only on Windows 8.x x64 and Windows 10 x64.
Both people put up with the constant rebooting/crashing for six months and ended up replacing their PC (which is a good thing I guess anyway).
I spent a lot of time troubleshooting, messing around with hardware, memory frequency/timings and other BIOS settings and I hope I can prevent others from having to do the same.
This problem likely effects any Nforce motherboard with the MCP55 southbridge (e.g. nForce 550, nForce 570 SLI/Ultra, nForce 590 SLI, nForce 680a SL, 680i (LT) SLI, 780i, 790i).
After having done a Google search I found out, that the chipset obviously belongs to the MCP04 series (like the nForce4 AMD).
The links are fixed now.
You cannot load any modded driver while doing a Vista/Win7/Win8/Win10 installation, because the import of the Digital Signature Certificate requires an already running OS.