Enabling a microphone in Vista x64 Ultim

Hello, I use audio recording mode on a xfi extreme music?since it allow for the highest playback volume by checking SVM and Crystalizer along with bass boost for 2. speakers. I have 5. speakers which sounded great in xp 32 bit, but in vista they just don't sound right so I use 2..
When I connect a microphone and I goto recording tab and change it to microphone all I can record using fraps software is the microphone. I want it to record the game voice comms and the everything happening in squad matches.
please tell me how to enable a mic without loosing the ability to record the sounds of what is happening in the game also.
Changing the recording to microphone also changes the playback to microphone when the playback should be what-u-hear

i guess creative is not fully supported for vista yet.......as my soundcard doesnt work properly as well.....i hope they can work for this as soon as possible

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Microphone stuttering - Vista x64 & Audigy 2 ZS

3Microphone stuttering - Vista x64 & Audigy 2 ZS? Hello,
since I've got no reply in the support pack thread, I post this new topic.
There is an issue with the microphone port of the Audigy 2 ZS running on Windows Vista 64-bit (SP2).
Voice input randomly begins to stutter after some uptime and only a restart of the computer temporarily fixes this problem - until the distortion occurs again.
I've tried many different driver versions (including the latest v2.8.000), but nothing changed. It seems only the 64-bit edition of Vista is affected by this.
At last an additional post, quoted from zan2828 in the support pack thread:
Daniel_K,
Being that you are extremely familiar with Creative's drivers, I figured it would be best to address my question to you.
Are you aware of the microphone robotic voice issue with the Audigy 2 in Vista? I use x64 so I am unsure if this problem exists in 32-bit. Basically, every so often the microphone will stop accepting voice inputs properly, and the resulting output will either be filled with static, or sound like a robot.
The problem exists in voice chat programs (Steam, Ventrilo) and also the Windows Sound Recorder. A reboot will fix it but the problem comes back. A quick "Reset to Defaults" in the Control Panel sound options will sometimes fix it, but not always.
Is there something you can modify in the driver to fix it's If not, do you know exactly what is wrong with the code? If you cannot fix it, hopefully Creative will, but I'm not getting my hopes up.
Thanks.
Message Edited by BruceLeet on 06-3-2009 04:24 PMMessage Edited by BruceLeet on 06-3-2009 06:06 PM@
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Re: Microphone stuttering - Vista x64 & Audigy 2 ZS? About the robotic microphone, and all issues occuring specifically on to x64 Systems:
[url="http://connect.creativelabs.com/windows/Lists/Audigy%20Issues/DispForm.aspx?ID=37&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fconnect.cr eativelabs.com%2Fwindows%2FLists%2FAudigy%2520Issu es%2FAllItems.aspx">Creative Labs: Connect > Beta - Windows > Audigy Issues > Issue affecting Audigy and X-Fi on systems with 4GB RAM or more[/url]
When using a Sound Blaster Audigy 2 series or X-Fi series sound card in a 64-bit Windows system with four gigabyte (4GB) RAM or more, various issues can be experienced. Often sound playback becomes jittery, choppy and noisy and recording fails to work. Sometimes you can record sound, but it's horribly noisy and scratchy. This happens with the latest 64-bit drivers for both product series, under Windows XP 64-bit, Vista 64-bit and Windows 7 RC 64-bit and other 64-bit Windows operating systems. The issue goes away if the computer can see only 32-bit amounts of RAM, as in 4GB of address space minus PCI addressing. On a 64-bit system with 4GB of RAM installed, disabling Memory Hole Remapping in the BIOS makes the issue go away, since there is no RAM amount above the memory hole address space. Consequently, disabling Memory Hole Remapping on a 64-bit system with more than 4GB of RAM does not solve the issue, since there is RAM above the 32-bit limit of address space. Many users have reported varying issues most likely relating to this, such as noisy input and output, corrupted audio and a complete loss of EAX and ALchemy functionality under all 64-bit Windows operating systems. Consider this report a collected issue observation for 64-bit Windows systems with more than 4GB of RAM installed and usable. This is a serious issue, affecting all 64-bit Windows systems. It is severely hurting customer trust and the Sound Blaster brand.

PC Suite 6.84, Restore crash under Vista x64 Ultim...

Hello, there. I have PC Suite 6.84 and, of course contents copier V4.0 on Vista Ultimate x64. Backup went very well with both N73ME or 6267. However, on Restore part, when go to part that ask us which Backup you want to restore, it crashs and Windows has to close program.
PS. Not a problem with WinXP. All with USB connection.
What should I do? Any suggestion??
Also, N-Series PC suite have had the similar problem but right from start Contents Copier V3.0. Is there any bugs in program or it just Winows Vista?Message Edited by delixis on 28-Oct-200703:47 AM
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There are no suggestions what so ever. This means I'm alone or no body here use Vista x64 Ultimate version. Please shade some light on me.
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[Vista x64] Microphone problems with X-Fi and 2.15 drive

Hi guys,?I'm having a problem with the 2.5 drivers on my X-Fi Platinum card, under Vista x64. It seems the microphone inputs (both on the card and on the breakout box) have problems, any recordings stutter and pop rapidly, making any recordings (or voice chat)?quite useless. This issue doesn't occur with the 2.3 drivers. Is there any known solution to this problem yet?My system: e6600 CPU, Asus P5W-DH motherboard (975X chipset), 4GB RAM, 8800GTX, X-Fi Platinum. Thanks.

hey Darkman,
since I never had this problem with installing this software, I cant really tell whats wrong, but you dont need it anyway to use the x-fi.
but you may want to try one thing, since it crashes at 27% something may still be in use, so check your task manager and close everything that has CT in its name. then try reinstalling again. If that still doesnt work, try to empty your temp folder, its located in documents and settings/user you are/local settings/temp
if that still doesnt work, try maybe something stupid, wait a bit longer than usual and keep the install window in the front to watch the process, maybe your pc is just a bit slowed down by other software so it may take longer than normal

Vista x64 and Microphone not work

Hi folks,I've installed and am running Vista x64 and the sound is working fine but the mic is misbehaving. In the 'Speakers Properties', 'Levels' tab, I have the microphone set to 85 and unmuted. This way the microphone works but I get bad feedback and I have to listen to myself droning on through the speakers. I've tried muting & unmuting this but nobody can hear me speaking in Teamspeak. Am I condemned to having to blast my neighbours with feedback or is there a way I can talk through the mic and have my voice come through on Teamspeak instead of coming through my speakers Many thanksPete P.S. System is a 4gig, dual core, Audigy 4Drivers are the latest Vista ones from the creative site.Oh and it all worked fine on XP by the way

Go to recording properties, select levels and increase mic to 85. Also add 20db boost.go to speaker properties, select levels tab and mute the microphone.....Fixed..

Vista x64 SP2 Install Broke My Volume Panel

Hi,
As subject says.
I installed Vista x64 SP2 yesterday and now my microphone wont work because?in the control panel it says Microphone FP not connected.
This is obvious I dont have a front panel!
I used to change this in the Volume Panel and all would be well except now I have installed SP2 it wont let me load the volume panel.
It shows up in my task bar next to the clock and I can right click on it. It says Creative SB X-FI and I can select the Enable?DTS etc etc so the driver is installed ok but when I double click it to get the volume panel on screen nothing happens.
It doesnt even come up with an error.
I have tried uninstalling everything and reinstalling = nothing.
Then done an auto update, still nothing.
I hope someone can help, its really annoying not being able to talk to anyone over TS.
My specs are
Asus P5KE
Core 2 Quad Q6600
GeForce GTX260
4 x gb 066mhz memory
2 x WD Raptors RAID0
Soundblaster X-FI Titanium Fatalty PCI-E
Logitech Z5500 Digital Surround Sound
Vista x64 Ultimate
Thanks in advance
Message Edited by MikeChandler on 05-28-2009 03:5 [email protected]

Excellent all fixed.
Not as easy as we thought though.
First had to uninstall everything via add remove programs.
Then deleted everything I could find that related to Creative.
I found stuff in Program Files / Program Data & Program Files (x86)
Unfortunately I couldnt delete it all because it was in use, so had to reboot in safe mode and delete it all from there.
Then installed the package you suggested and indeed Volume Panel and everything else works again.
Thank You

Windows Vista x64 with YouP-PAX XFI2007 Revision 2 Works quite w

Dear all X-FI members
I have an X-FI Xtreme Fidelity card and install with Windows Vista x64.
. I download the latest driver from Creative SB-XFI Version 2.3.002
2. I download the Media Source CMS5 Version 5.0.38
3. I install both of them
4. I download YouP-PAX XFI2007 Revesion 2 from the web filefont below:
http://files.filefront.com/YouP_PAX_X_FI2007_Rev2/;748043;/fileinfo.html
5. I extract to a folder. inside the folder there is an instruction as below:
Don't click on setup.exe but click on PAXsetup.exe. It gave an error.
6. I cancel and do it again by clicking on Audio(sub-folder) and then click on
setup(sub-folder)and then click on setup.exe. It gives me a table to select.
I uncheck driver box, and click next and go through the rest installation smoothly.
7. After restart computer. The MediaSourceGo pops up and display all features
8. I check THX console with gane mode and entertaiment mode. All works
9. On both Modes, all speakers 2., 4., 5. and 7. can be selected and have all sounds
0. X_FI CMSS-3D is enabled, X_FI Crystalizer is enabled, EQ and Mixer are worked.
. I do not play games so i do not know any thing about Alchemy and game stuffs
2. when you try to change the Speaker mode. You have to click on THX console to do
3. By the way, even the YouP-Pax revision was working well too. I don't see anything different from YouP-Pax X-FI2007 revision 2. They both work well for me.
4. Reminding that. When you install the applications. PleaseDon't click on setup.exe or Paxsetup.exe. But please click on Audio folder, and then setup folder. then you see the setup.exe, please go down and click on setup.exe and please uncheck the driver box and anything you don't want to be install then uncheck them. After that click on next and that is it. Restart computer.
With all the best to all of you.

Thank you for your post a reply RejZoR
I have come back and updtae the driver from YouP-Pax 2007 revision 2, and it was going through well. You are definitely right.
I hope that every one has all things worked well and be happy with what they have bought from creative
many thanks to those who has done a good contributions to the drivers and applications to make them work.

How to enable Creative Software in Vista with SBLive 5.1 Digi

******NOTE: This workaround involves using a 3rd party driver, and is not officially supported by Creative Labs ******
Please add any comments on the original post, found here: http://forums.creative.com/creativel...essage.id=7420
***this solution seems a little hit and miss, i have had everything working for two days but just installed the latest ATI 7.2 catalyst driver and what do you know, the only thing that works now is wave studio, all other programs put the windows "this program has stopped working" message. I do not know whether or not this is directly related to the ATI driver or a windows update, but i have tried uninstalling and reinstalling everything. It has worked and i assume still does for some people....so this is not a guaranteed solution, it seems to be down to each machine as to whether this workaround works. I still have working sound, and its just as good, just no EAX anymore, and the functionality of most the programs seems to have disappeared. Still probably worth a try and you have nothing to lose*** I believe i have found a solution for users of SoundBlaster Live 5. Digital users on Vista. This workaround may support other soundblaster live cards, i have only been able to test it on mine so far so if anyone wants to test other cards, please let me know so we can add them to this list. This workaround should allow you to install your creative software from your installation disk, with a high level of functionality in VISTA, as well as getting your SBLive card working very nicely. So far, i have managed to use:
Playcentre, with all options including EAX Recorder, althought it will only let you record from the microphone EAX control panel, including modifying, importing and exporting of all Enviroments, FX and EQs Wavestudio - fully operational Audio HQ - Speakers and surround mixer dont work - EAX control panel will deal with most of this, and going to the sound option in Vista control panel will let you enable bass/treble and speaker config. Windows DriversMindisc Studio - This seems to work, although i no longer have a minidisc so cant confirm to what extent Remote Centre - as above. To actually achieve this is relatively simple, but i think a few people havent done all the steps, just the first few, and are left a bit confused as to how to set it up. If you follow these steps you should have nothing to set up, by the last step you should have a system which thinks it has a SBlive installed, and all the standard creative software in the start menu, to use almost as normal. It is relatively uncomplicated to do and takes about 5-20 minutes.
STEP ONE If your card is currently installed IE: it appears as recognised in the device manager, begin by uninstalling it. You should ideally begin this whole process with your card uninstalled. STEP TWO Download the following driver:http://download.kxproject.lugosoft.com/downloads/kxdrv3538m-full.exe
** This is a third party driver and is not endorsed or supported by creative.
What this driver will do is allow your pc to recognise your SBlive. Download the driver somewhere convienient EG: desktop. Do not install yet
STEP THREE Reboot your system, and when the popup comes up asking where drivers are , ignore and close them - do not direct the systems to the drivers as you are going to install them yourself. Once you have shut all the popup windows and driver requests, Click on the KXDRV3538m-full.exe you should have on your desktop. This will unpack the drivers and should automatically run the installation program. Follow the onscreen prompts to fully install the driver and the KX software. Once you have followed this installation, you should be asked to reboot, do so and when you reload you should have sound when you logon to windows.
This is only half of the solution, you must continue the with next steps
STEP FOUR - CREATIVE SOFTWARE Ok so now you want to put all the creative software you were used to on XP onto your system. This as is straightforward as you could want it to be - simply put your creative disk in and install the card drivers and software as per usual, you should have no errors and the install should complete in 5-0 minutes - As per usual you will be asked to restart which is fine.
STEP FIVE - Completed When windows loads up now you should still have sound, except now your system recognises your card - and by going into the start menu you should find that nearly all creative programs that you installed - with the exception of surround mixer will work, in some cases with full functionality. Please refer to the top of the thread to see what programs offer what. ***Other required workaroundsTo enable the microphone in Recorder, you must right click on the .exe in the root folder(C:/Program files/Creative/Programs/...), select Properties > compatability and set it to XP SP2
***Notes Bass, treble and speaker settings can be found in the Sound option on the control panel, OPEN sound, click on speakers (SBLIVE) and there will be an option TONE. Bizarrely these sliders dont slide - clicking on them activates them and sets them to the middle, but you can not change them. However it sets it to the right amount, so any bass/treble problems can be resolved using the EQ in your audio player, or in the EAX control panel. To my knowledge, once you have completed stage five, you can actually uninstall the KX drivers that you installed in Step Two. This driver is only needed to allow you to install the official Creative Drivers and everything should still function after the uninstall of the KX driver. You must follow all steps to get your creative software working. i currently have the following programs working in VISTA:
www.thebast.com/Citech2007/itworks.jpg
***I must also add that i am not responsible for these drivers, and will not take the credit for them as that would be highly unfair on the guy (whose name i dont know) who went to all the effort to create them. I simply tried his drivers, and then tried installing the creative software once i had which is how i got to writing this guide. As you can see from the screengrab above, this worked.
Please add any comments on the original post, found here: http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message board.id=Vista&message.id=7420
******NOTE: This workaround involves using a 3rd party driver, and is not officially supported by Creative Labs ******

Hi Don,
I did answer a similar question but of course cannot find the thread anymore.
Your expression to increment the counter is OK. In CP5 the increment action is not listed anymore in the dropdown lists of the advanced action.
In your analysis you do forget this: the user can rollover twice on the same area, not? And do you want all text captions to remain visible once they have been made visible?
Perhaps another approach: create a user variable for each Rollover slidelet, initially set to 0. In the action executed on Rollover check first if its variable = 1, in that case only the Text Caption has to be made invisible again (in case you hide it when other rollover areas are activated), if it is 0, you change the variable to 1, add it to your counter, show the Text Caption and hide the other Text Captions, and then only check the value of the counter, if it is 4 you show the button (or enable it, but I do not like to show a disabled button to a user).
As for using a counter to do something, I have used something like that in my Menu Template (second use case). Here is the link to that blog post:
Template for reusing scripts
Lilybiri

Another CS4 and Vista x64 GPU SLi Support Question

After reading some of the forums I could not really find a clear answer on the following:
I am running Vista x64 Ultimate on a QX6850 system with 8GB of RAM. I also have 2x XFX8800GT graphics cards running in SLi with the latest Nvidia drivers (181.20). Dxdiag testing provides no errors.
The GPU support features in CS4 x64 (and x32) is greyed out with the text wording of no support in Photoshop standard. Based on some of the threads posted here, I tried enabling or disabling some settings in the Nvidia control panel, but the only one that seem to enable the GPU support is to deactivate SLi completely (which sort of defeats the purpose in 3D graphics).
Does CS4 support an SLi setup? If not, will there be any difference in performance with SLi disabled and using the CS4 GPU support vs the other way around?
Thank you for your assistance.

Negitive. It is written on the CS4 requirements section. Only 1 GPU.

Problems in Vista x64

Hi
I have problem with crashes in Vista x64. I was blaming nvidia but removing my SB Fatalty card solves my problem.
What happens: When enabling SLI , sound crashes in games. Even without playing I get BSOD at boot (ramdom) this is ONLY when enabling SLI
Anyone had similar problem
My system:
q6600, XFX 780i mobo, 4x2GB Muskin, 2x WD Veloraptors raid0, 2x 8800GTS 320mb, Supernova kW PSU, SB Fatalty

Proxie_dk,
Also,
You might want to make sure that you have done the following to try and help resolve or workaround the problem more:
Make sure you have set the correct timinns and voltages for Mushkin memory in BIOS, more information at Mushkin website under support.
Make sure you have the latest version of the BIOS for your motherboard, as several manufacturers did release updates for the problems with NVIDIA and Creative compatability. Look at support section on the XFX support site.
Make sure you are using the latest motherboard chipset drivers available from NVIDIA. 5.25 is the latest, and the international package is here.
Make sure you are using the latest graphics drivers available from NVIDIA. 86.8 is the latest, and the international package is here.
Also, perhaps not as important as the above, make sure you have the latest Windows Updates installed using Microsoft Update.

Vista x64 Dolby/DTS (Games and Vid

Has anyone managed to get Dolby 5. working with CSS in Vista x64. The problem I am experiencing is that when I set my default playback device (in Vista) to speakers I am able to enable Dobly 5. in CSS but I only get Stereo sound. If i set my default playback devivce (in Vista) to SPDIF out CSS?is unable to enable Dolby 5. and detects only stereo speakers.
As for Dolby/DTS in video clips they seem to work fine in PowerDVD and Windows Media Player. But I do need to switch my default playback device (in Vista) manually to SPDIF for it to work. Can this process be automated? Do I have to use a different filter (I am using AC3Filter) for video clips in Windows Media Player or can I somehow use the PowerDVD decoder in Windows Media Player?

DDL and DTS Connect for x-fi are software based and it sucks.
in order to get the best results and compatibility you should an external encoder.
Creative have them for 25 bucks, not hbest solution, but it woks flawlessly .

How do connect to internet with Leopard and Vista x64

After installing Leopard, then running Boot Camp and installing Windows Vista x64 I cannot connect to my router, either by Ethernet or Airport. Windows could not detect any wireless network when trying to set up a wireless router. When I try to connect to the router with an Ethernet cable I get an error message telling me to "The underlying Ethernet connectivity required for the broadband connection was not found. Please install and enable the Ethernet adapter on your computer via the Network Connections folder before attempting this connection. I know the router and the MacBook Pro are working because I can connect either with Ethernet or Airport when I am running Leopard. The router is a D Link WBR-2310.

It happened to me as well on Windows XP. I managed to get it to work by changing WEP password on the Airport to WPA/WPA Personal. It seems Windows is finicky about WEP set ups...

State of Vista x64 Driv

I'm getting a new motherboard tomorrow so I'll need to reinstall Windows. ive been using Vista 32 off and on since Feb 07, and after SP and the March 08 Creative drivers it's been good enough for my needs that I haven't needed to boot XP. There are still warts, but no showstoppers for my needs.
If I'm going to reinstall I'd like to go x64. ive got 4GB RAM, and I'd like to be able to use it. I really don't need it since all my programs that matter (games mostly) are still 32 bit. It's mostly because I can and I don't really want to reinstall again soon should a 64 bit capable game I want comes out in the near future. I have no 6 bit stuff that matters, so thats not an issue.
Most of my games use OpenAL, otherwise I'd just use the motherboard sound. I play the Battlefield games, WoW, GRAW, UT, All the Half-Life games, Quake series... you get the idea.
My Question is pretty simple, albeit subjective. How are the Creative drivers for Vista x64. It's an Intel P35 chipset, GeForce 9600GT video, and X-Fi Gamer. Any specific gotchas on the new Beta drivers I understand Cmss3d is an issue, but if thats really the only thing I can probably deal with that for a while assuming it'll be fixed (leap of faith there).
Kind of a vague question, and definately subjective. I'm just fishing for experiences before I reformat. Bonus cookie for anyone running dual-boot x86 and x64 on the same computer with a story.

Ellimist wrote:
vista x64 drivers are far and ahead of 32bit drivers as they have to be signed and they are alot more controlled.
That's just BS. Just because they have to be signed doesn't make them any better.
Ellimist wrote:
I've found as long as all your hardware is recent then theres no issue with x64 os's its when u want weird stuff that you will get problems. the creative drivers are stable
l myself still have problems with the microphone not working in game mode.
Ellimist wrote:
use Daniel_K vista drivers cd if u can as theres some enhancements there. that and they can also be made to do DDL
DDL was removed from the Daniel_K drivers AFAIK.
Ellimist wrote:
nVIDIA drivers are quite stable on x64 i've found and usually the few bugs i've encountered have now all been fixed with the latest release. i never noticed bluescreens in x64 so i can't comment on the nVIDIA drivers causing them.
l often get bluescreens in DX0 games.
Message Edited by heftig on 06-04-2008 06:42 AM

What's going to happen to my X-Fi Platinum when I upgrade to Vista x64 and 4 gig of r

Need info fast. Am researching for my new system overhaul and read all the problems with Daniel K, driver support, July drivers, etc. I need to know if these problems have been addressed before i put my Platinum onto my new setup. x48 asus board, 4 gig ocz, vista x64, Radeon 4870x2, z5500. I love my X-Fi, but I won't even bother putting it back in if problems still exist and/or I'm told 'new drivers are on the way'; not an option for a component I paid $300 for.

Creative had nothing to do with DirectSound3D / surround sound issues in Vista. This was all MS. Microsoft removed the hardware layer for DirectSound3D, which prevents apps/games using DirectSound3D from accessing hardware directly. The result is that audio using DirectSound3D is processed on the CPU and will be limited to stereo-only.
Games that don't rely on DirectSound3D will still function normally in Vista. This limitation is for all sound devices, not just Creative.
Creative created a workaround for this so Vista users can still play DirectSound3D games with surround sound. This is ALchemy. ALchemy adds a .dll to each DirectSound3D game you select that will translate DirectSound3D instructions into OpenAL instructions.
OpenAL is an alternati've to DirectSound3D that has been used in games since 2003 or so. OpenAL on Vista is still allowed direct access to hardware and so will use your sound hardware for processing and speaker positioning.
Without something like ALchemy DirectSound3D games on Vista will be limited to stereo output only.
There are also games that use software-only audio rendering like the Miles Sound System that will be unaffected on Vista also. Only games that use DirectSound3D are affected.
EAX is a set of extensions to either DirectSound3D or OpenAL. EAX over OpenAL works fine in Vista, but DirectSound3D games won't be able to enable EAX effects because of Vista's removal of the DirectSound3D hardware abstraction layer.
ALchemy will allow you to enable EAX for these games as well.
For the most part ALchemy works pretty well. On a handful of games you need to do some tweaking (there are four settings you can change, although only two usually require any modification.) And fewer games are coming out that use DirectSound3D anyway, since Vista doesn't fully support it. More modern games are using OpenAL or software-based audio rendering.

S10 RAID configuration = AHCI = Blue Screen under Vista x64

I'm trying to setup a SATA RAID 1 configuration on my new S10 and it's really a nightmare...if I enable the Raid option in the BIOS it enables also the AHCI feature and my Vista x64 (pre-installed on the S10) don't boot, it just show me a blue screen that I don't even have the time to read. If I disable the AHCI option it's ok I can't boot again.
The question is simple, how can I achieve to install an updated AHCI driver for Vista x64 in order to boot and then use the RAID features of my S10 ?
I've tried do download the latest version of the IMSM from Intel (x64 vista version) but it does'nt want to install saying that I haven't the required configuration. My S10 uses an ICH 9 chipset, so I don't understant why I can't install this update.
Please what is the solution to have AHCI and RAID working on an S10 WITHOUT REINSTALLING Vista (I don't have any installation CD and don't wan't to) ???? Note that my system is up to date regarding the ThinkVantage drivers (and windows updates also)
Thanks by advance for your help
Solved!
Go to Solution.

I finally achieve to configure AHCI under Vista x64 on my S10 (but still a problem with RAID..), here's how I did :
- Open registry, go to the Key \HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\msahci
- Set the DWORD "Start" at 0 (it was 4 on my system)
- Restart your computer then Enable immediatly the AHCI feature in the BIOS
- Vista will start without BSOD using it's default SATA AHCI driver. Let it detect & install your AHCI periphals before going to the next step
- Install the latest Lenovo IMSM update for S10 from here : http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-69984.html.
- Restart the computer it should boot without any blue screen, go to the Vista device manager and check that your IDE ATA/ATAPI controller is "Intel(R) ICH9 SATA AHCI Controller".
AHCI is active now, but RAID still doesn't work...here's what I did :
- I backup my main HDD with R&R (after having installed AHCI)
- I restart and enable the SATA RAID in the BIOS
- Restart again, CTRL+I to open IMSM and create my RAID 1 array (2x500GB) under the name "Volume0" (all parameters to default)
- Ok, raid array created, I now boot from my R&R emergency CD and restore my backup
- 3 hours later I reboot...and blue screen again just when Vista starts (seems to be the same BSOD than with AHCI)
- if I disable the RAID option in BIOS the (but let AHCI enabled) Vista boots again and everything seems fine, and it seems that my raid array is still configured for Windows since I see a Volume0 drive in the device manager. But RAID is disabled in the BIOS so what ?
I am lost, I spent 2 full days on these AHCI/RAID problems and nothing seems to work correctly. Each test on RAID configuration needs 3 hours of restoration. I am very dissapointed to see how RAID is complicated to configure on the S10, it's is exactly to avoid this kind of problem that I bought a "workstation" and it's a nightmare.
Hope you can help me, thanks.

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