GS70 Stealth Intel Rapid Raid Problems

Hi everybody,
I bought my GS70 a year ago, and last month I decided to try the super raid that they talked about in the website. I already had an SSD almost since I bought it (actually I won a contest in the spanish forum about posting a review of a game using the GS70 :P) but I didn't have enough money to buy the second one.
I have configured the raid 0. Windows recognise it and I have tested it speed:
The pic shows my HDD speed, my first SSD alone and the Raid 0.
My problem is that since I have done it, Intel Rapid says that there is an error and it doesn't recognize the raid
Sorry about the spanish, but the Spanish forum doesn't exist anymore. I can translate the text if someone needs to understand clearly what it says.
Thank you in advance

No, here is not the right board for your post. It should belongs to Gaming Notebooks.
Which GS70 model do you have? The GS70 Stealth?
Here is a tutorial made by MSI which you can have a look:
Make sure you didn't lost any set ups while creating the RAID 0 volume.
If your GS70 originally has the pre-installed system, then create the recovery media for the system restore after you installed the new SSD.
If you're using the windows installation disk, make sure you use the official drivers downloaded from MSI website.
GS70 Stealth: http://www.msi.com/support/nb/GS70-STEALTH.html#down-bios

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Hey everyone,
I registered just to at the very least post a possible solution to this problem. Was working on a U310 Touch unit tonight and came across the very same issue described in this post. Upon starting the unit in Windows 8, you get to the desktop and get a lovely message about Intel Rapid Start Technology not being enabled on the unit. Well, I went into the EFI BIOS and discovered that iRST was in an invalid state. Upon further investigation I noticed the 25GB partition (all within the same single hdd, as this unit did not have an ssd inside) was visible to the end user through Computer as a regular disk.
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** SMALL EDIT **
I used the default settings in the BIOS, set as AHCI in this case (no ssd, single hdd) when I checked after resetting to defaults.

975x PUE INTEL ICH7DH RAID PROBLEM

Hi All
First of all I'm sorry for my English (It's not good)
Like in that link https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=102476.0 I've same problem and I could'nt solve this. My SATA Disc are 2 x Samsung sp1213c and Its raid0 in sata 1-2-3-4 on board (I changed ports to solve problem but not solved)
When I set jmicron sata controller (jmb361) as IDE or SATA and at same time I set Raid my sata DISC on option ıntel ICH7DH(in integrated pheriperals in SATA configuraitons) I got a "Warning: have option can not be invoke (Vendor ID:XXXXX, Device ID: XXXXX)" message. When I set the Jmicron Ide contoller as Disabled(devices on IDE2 cannot work) and My sata discs are detected and I can set my disc as raid (so I can use CTRL+I option)
I can use Raid like above
When WinXP installation I pressed F6 and I chose " iaStor_ICH7DH = "Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH7R/DH)" " and windows read files my diskette and resume installation. I can see my Drives and can select for installation. After format my raid 0 drive(s) as NTFS and when started copying windows files windows alert me to plug diskette and press enter for iastor files again. But Windows couldn't read same files from same diskette at this time (!!!!!)( diskette works fine and not has bad sector) I don't know what the reason responsible from it. I have to press esc Ignore this files. After copying files and first reboot The windows XP logo come and 2 -4 seconds later Blue screen is come. (like as in the link https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=102476.0 )
Could you help me please?

Quote from: Jack the Newbie on 28-February-07, 07:04:02
Make sure you are using Windows XP SP2 installation CD.
If you have problems integrating the drivers using a floppy disc you can try to use tools like XP ISO BUILDER or NLITE to integrate the necessary drivers into a whole new installation CD.
Which BIOS Version are you using?
My bios is 7.44
I use SP1 Wındows XP
I also tried integrated drives and when Press S key to read diskette Windows alert me like message "Windows have this driver if you want to use press enter to continue" like that
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[GS70 Stealth Pro] RAID 0 Volatile Volume Cache Mode configuration

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I just recently acquired a GS70 Stealth Pro, which came with only 1 128gb msata ssd. i picked up two more, put them in, for a total of 3 128gb ssd's, and have since enabled raid 0. upon doing so (and restoring an image i took with acronis) my laptop will now boot directly to BIOS when UEFI boot is on. If i change it to Legacy, the laptop boots fine, first to intel rapid storage, then to the OS. r/w speeds are around 1k and 500, and everything says that the raid volume is enabled. is there an issue with being on legacy instead of UEFI? and what exactly is the difference?
It seems like your system is installed under Legacy mode which doesn't allow you to boot up under UEFI mode.
You'll need to re-install the system under UEFI mode to do so. I'd suggest to use the MSI BurnRecovery to create the Recovery disks and recover the system under UEFI mode.
People share that the most obvious difference between Win8 Legacy and Win8 UEFI is the boot up time, but I've never tried it on the GS70 model.

GS70 Stealth Pro won't boot UEFI after setting up Raid 0

I just recently acquired a GS70 Stealth Pro, which came with only 1 128gb msata ssd. i picked up two more, put them in, for a total of 3 128gb ssd's, and have since enabled raid 0. upon doing so (and restoring an image i took with acronis) my laptop will now boot directly to BIOS when UEFI boot is on. If i change it to Legacy, the laptop boots fine, first to intel rapid storage, then to the OS. r/w speeds are around 1k and 500, and everything says that the raid volume is enabled. is there an issue with being on legacy instead of UEFI? and what exactly is the difference?

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I just recently acquired a GS70 Stealth Pro, which came with only 1 128gb msata ssd. i picked up two more, put them in, for a total of 3 128gb ssd's, and have since enabled raid 0. upon doing so (and restoring an image i took with acronis) my laptop will now boot directly to BIOS when UEFI boot is on. If i change it to Legacy, the laptop boots fine, first to intel rapid storage, then to the OS. r/w speeds are around 1k and 500, and everything says that the raid volume is enabled. is there an issue with being on legacy instead of UEFI? and what exactly is the difference?
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[SOLVED] Problems installing on Intel Matrix Raid / FAKE RAID

Using Intel Rapid Storage Technology - Option ROM - 11.0.0.1339
I've created a:
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Volume which I want to install Arch on.
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Replying per your email request. I have hardly zero experience with fakeraid. I ran one for a few weeks but then discovered zfs and never looked back. Sorry dude.

(Re)activate Intel Rapid start technolgy (RST) & RAID @U310

Dear community,
I have been frustrated about this for long time. Got U310 with win8(24GB SSD+500GB HDD).
People says I should set RAID in BIOS. But I got only error and cannot do recovery. So I set back to ACHI mode and system restored. Then error: "Your system does not apear to have Intel Rapid Start technology enabled".
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- SSD 24GB is in device manager, not paritioned.
- intel RAID software installed
- So the point is: I have to activate in BIOS ACHI to RAID, but then Pc will not start.
So whats is the problem?
Now the partitions looks as this:
Could anyone help me, how to reactivate the RAID/ fast caching technolgy of RST?
Another frustration is: how to backup my system(win8) to USB media, so that I could restore factory state?
appreciate any advices, thanks in advance!
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Hi, bradlutz1
thanks for your reply! How do you identify it is defective? You have now a RAID enabled U310 or U410?
My SSD HD can be manually partitioned and use as a normal R/W HDD. Just it cannot set to RAID I think, which should be set to before install windows 8. checking into BIOS, the Intel Rapid Storage technolgy (iRST) is enabled. But I still have problem( see screenshot): How does it look like for yours?
On the other side, I use windows 8 recovery programm created a USB drive as recovery media. I want to use it to reset /recovery my PC to factory default with RAID eanbale.
First I set BOIS to RAID. Boot from HDD, but still failed, it says (I think AHCI could go thru):
Seeing from the partition picture in my first post, I think the last 20G partition is Lenovo recovery, but how to backup it and restore?
Very annoying also, the Lenovo program OneKey Recovery program 8.0(for win8) gives no option to create factory DVD/USB media, while its ver. 7 did:
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/research/hints-or-tips/detail.page?DocID=HT051300
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/diagnose-and-fix/detail.page?DocID=HT071791
BTW: my PC starts within 30s to login screen (w/o iRST), is it OK?
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HP 17" 2070 n; raid 0 has failed per Intel Rapid Storage

have an HP 17" 2070 nr; has 2 HDD's in raid 0;
and the Intel rapid storage is indicating that something has failed;
unit is out of warranty so asking here. HDD says I have 1tb.
everything is working great so no problems.
I could (per Intel Rapid Strg.), "set to normal" the offending unit, but I am hesitant
Please could someone advise me on this
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[Solved] Problems with my new GS70 Stealth

Hello!
I've just bought my first MSI product. Which is the GS70 Stealth laptop.
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I began testing the hardware if every key, button, socket etc worked, which so far I haven't found any issues with.
I have however noticed that when I log in after reboot, it takes about 1 minute for my network connection to be established. I tried to reinstall the Killer E2200 driver which didn't help. I have never had this issue before and I've tested with 3 other laptops in my home which did not have this issue.
Is this a common issue with this network card/driver?
I also noticed that when I lock my PC (windows+L), it says "Please Wait". After about 10 seconds which in my opinion is quite long since it has SSD, not to mention RAID 0 SSD's, the lock screen is presented. And when I try to access my desktop again, I press on any key which should prompt me for my local user credentials, it just says "Please Wait" and after about 1 minute, goes back to the lock screen.
I've followed a few Windows 8 threads on Microsoft Technet after I installed about 200 windows updates, which were about the same issues as I had. Microsoft support recommends everyone with this problem to do a recovery. I don't tend to do recoveries on my PC's as I have a bad experience of it. I'd rather just install Windows 8.1 on my GS70.
Before I do that, I'd just like to know if this is anything common with this model or if it's just a faulty Windows 8 installation by the provider?
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Alright, I'll just try to reinstall my PC with Windows 8.1. As I'm quite sure this current installation is having issues. If this doesn't make any difference to my network issues, I'll contact their support.
I hope it's nothing wrong with the network card
Thanks Svet for your help.

MSI GS70 Stealth Power Button problem

I just got my gs70 stealth laptop. The power button keeps changing between orange and white almost every second. Am I missing some driver?
Please help, thanks!

Svet it correct.
Most likely there is something that is causing the computer to use the NVidia dedicated graphics card for less than a second, over and over. It could even be the monitoring program that is included with the NVidia drivers (to allow you to see what programs are accessing the video card, this will cause the card to get enabled as you describe over and over).

Z77A-GD65 and Intel Rapid Start -suddently a problem ?

Greetings.
Have been using Fast Boot with my mobo since I learned how to do it, and it has worked flawless. But suddently something annoying is begun.
When power on with IRS active, it starts to load with black screen, but after about 5 seconds, the hdd-led turns off, and my monitor goes to sleepmode (no signal from graphic-card). It then just hold there for 15-25 seconds, then wake on again and boot to windows 7.
At first I had an access-code to log into windows, and with this active the pause 15-25 seconds is after the screen to type password is on, but BEFORE I can actually type anything.
What can cause this error?
On a secondary SSD I have installed Windows 8, incl. Intel Rapid Start, and the error is ALSO there! So my guess is, that it is something in the BIOS, but I have not changed anything in BIOS (just the bootorder to start from either SSD1 or SSD2 (Win7 or Win8).
Please help if you can. I have braged about my 10 seconds start to a friend, but when I showed it to him, I had this silly error, so instead of 10 seconds it took 33 seconds. It was so embarrassing for me

Quote from: xmad on 11-December-12, 04:20:20
http://download.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/rapid_start_technology_user_guide_v11.pdf
Is the hibernation partition large enough? (= to the amount of ram you have installed)
Since this worked for awhile, what changed?
Did you install some new drivers, new bios or new hardware?
Might want to update the firmware of the ssd's
If you wish, you can try the newest bios: >>Beta BIOSes<< When used with the forum flash tool, it will update the me versions. Aftwards, you will need to re-install the me drivers.
Yes, it has worked, so partitions is OK. The strange thing is, that I have not changed drivers (oh yes, a driver for my Nvidia graphic card, but that was after the error began, and only in Windows 7), no new BIOS settings I can remember of, no new hardware. It just started this about a week ago without I have changed anything. I have tried to reset BIOS, and load an earlier setup-profile of BIOS (my OC-settings), but that did not help.
Oh, BTW, I can't install Microsoft SDK tool as seen here:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/177443-gathering-startup-shutdown-sleep-hibernate-reboot-trace.html
It begin install, but suddently under install, it starts to uninstall again without any error. I have an idea, that this tool might show me what is going on when starting IRS, but that might be a mistake?

Your system does not appear to have intel rapid start technology

I have a Lenovo U310 with windows 8 and wish I could take it back. Problem after problem with this computer, both hardware and software related. I started getting this message about the Intel rapid start a couple of days ago. I went into this forum and one of the specilists suggested going into BIOS and change the SATA controller working mode to RAID and to enable IRST which I did. Now the computer can not start. It tries to load and it says that the recovery system failed. I can get to the BIOS menu again but I wont let me get to configuration screen. Any help would be much appreciated. thanks
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hi yzarate,
I'm sorry to hear what happened,
If the system is giving you a failed to start Option, Restarting it May sometime give you option Like Safe mode,
If you're getting that, select that option and it should be able to start you system while in RAID then restart the system again once booted back up.
If you're not getting that message I would suggest go back to BIOS
go to the Exit TAB, Select Load optimized default or press F9 to load defaults, F10 to save and Exit and hit enter,
Try loading BIOS again and see if the configuration tab will be available,
Best Regards
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[Z77A-GD65] Intel Rapid Storage Technology 11.5.0.1207

Hi,
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Hi xmad,
Thanks for that, somehow some confusion had crept into proceedings and I was trying to use the Rapid Start package which is now no surprise why it was complaining at me because I don't have that switched on in bios at the moment.
The link you supplied is right, I had that already but somehow had got it confused with the Rapid Start one. It also has the floppy file set for supplying during OS install which is not separately highlighted on the downloads page like it is for the earlier version. Extracted and tested the setup file in the package you linked to 'intel_rst8_mb' which completes setup now.
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THX TruStudio PRO - 1.04.02
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Easy Viewer - 1.3.0.9
Click Bios II - 1.0.082
Control Center - 2.2.097
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Intel Network Drivers - 11.15.12.0
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Either not needed at the moment or undecided on:
OTP Service - 1.0.004
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Intel Smart Connect Technology - 3.0.30.1526
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? Intel USB3 - 1.0.4.225
I had problems when trying to install USB3 driver (W7 x64) on prior install of W8RP because it complained at me for not having appropriate hardware so maybe it is already catered for in W8 but I don't have any USB3 devices to test and can't see any reference to USB3 in Device Manager. I guess it depends whether W8 includes the Intel driver :s
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MSI GS70 Stealth Pro 17, Nvidia Settings won't SAVE

Hello, I bought new MSI GS70 Stealth Pro without windows.
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And I have one problem, when I play, use laptop, it doesn't use Nvidia Graphic Card as recommended.
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GS70 2pc intel hd graphics

This is a great laptop (gs70 stealth i5) the specs are really nice i have a i5 .. 860m graphics card but i think this laptop has heating problems because the new stupid nvidia tehnology with forces u to use the integrated cpu graphics card INTEL HD GRAPHICS as your main card wich results in killing your cpu and your gpu's capabilities and overheats them.
Is there any way to completely disable from bios the stupid intel hd integrated graphics wich overheats this laptop uncesarely and slows down the 860m graphics card?
And if it is possible to upgrade my CPU to i7 4700hq. Thx

You can't disable the integrated Intel iGPU because you won't get ANY video output without it. It's required in order to work (as some of the display outputs pass through the Intel iGPU in order to get displayed....).
As far as the overheating and comparing to the Asus, the Asus is a larger notebook with much more cooling area, what do you expect? This is just common physics....
The notebook is not strained by the Intel iGPU at all. Your i5 is going to use more CPU power simply because it's a lower CPU. Pretty much common sense to be honest....
The differences between the i5 4200H and the i7 4700HQ (those are the 2 I'm assuming we're talking about) is very small. In fact the only big difference is the i7 has 4 cores and handles 8 threads, compared to the i5 that has 2 cores and handles 4 threads. The GPU is actually the same part (4600) and the only difference is the core clock speeds (i5 is 1.15GHz, i7 is 1.2GHz).
This all comes down to cooling. The Asus has more room inside it for a cooler (which is why it's a larger laptop....), so it will run naturally cooler.
The best thing I could recommend would be to repaste the CPU and GPU. That should make a little bit of a difference depending on what's going on.
But I don't really see any big heat issues here.....nothing unusual at all to be honest.

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