[Win7] Compatibility of Intel C246 Chipsets

Operating Systems Windows 7/Vista/Server 2008
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@Cestovatel
Welcome to the Win-Raid Forum!
Since you obviously don’t want to create an Intel NVMe RAID Array while running Win7 x64, I have moved your request into another Forum Category and tried to give the freshly created thread a short, but meaningful title (you can change it at any time by editing the start post).

Now to your questions/infos:

  1. All v10.1 Series Intel Chipset Device Software Sets (inclusive the currently latest v10.1.19900.8599) and the “Latest Intel Chipset Device INF Files Sets”, which are offered >here<, do support Intel C246 Chipset systems, no matter, which Windows version has been or will be installed.
    Simple reason: They don’t contain any real divers (= .SYS files), but just simple text (.INF) files.
  2. For the support of the on-board Intel SATA/sSATA AHCI/RAID Controllers you will have to use an Intel driver, which belongs to the “Enterprise Edition” Rapid Storage Technology (RSTe). The latest Intel RSTe drivers, which do support Windows 7, are the “64bit Intel RSTe AHCI & RAID drivers v5.5.4.1034 WHQL for Win7 x64” ones (the download links can be found >here<). If you want to use these drivers with Win7 x64 from scratch, I recommend to integrate them into the Win7 boot.wim and install.wim Images.

Good luck!