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load driver during setup: which inf do i pick from the intel package??

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Accepted solution by Nadia M. — alternative: disable VMD in the BIOS (sometimes listed under storage or advanced settings)... then Windows sees the NVMe with its inbox…
  1. Rowan Banerjee
    @rowan_quiet

    ugh. okay, I feel dumb, but Im stuck at step one.

    Trying a clean install on my prebuilt desktop. Windows setup shows no drives... i downloaded AOpen BB10 Intel Chipset Driver from Intel on another computer, but its an EXE, not something teh installer can use. How do i get the right files out of it, and which folder should i point Load dirver to? Id realy like to fniish this tonight.

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  2. Xavi
    @xkaur

    oof many newer laptops ship with Intel VMD (Volume Management Device) enabled, which hides teh NVMe behind a controller that Windows setup has no inbox driver for... u need teh F6 / RST VMD driver from the PC makers support page (often listed as "F6 driver" or "RST driver for Windows setup").

    lol

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  3. Nadia M.
    @proxy_builder
    in reply to @xkaur Accepted solution

    alternative: disable VMD in the BIOS (sometimes listed under storage or advanced settings)... then Windows sees the NVMe with its inbox driver. Only do this for a clean install; on an existing install, switching storage mode makes Windows unbootable. worked for me anyway 🤷

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  4. Freya S.
    @freya.stone48

    Id keep VMD on and load the driver instead. Some laptops power management and firmware updates expect VMD mode.

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  5. Rowan Banerjee
    @rowan_quiet
    in reply to @proxy_builder

    @proxy_builder omggg used 7-Zip to open the AOpen BB10 Intel Chipset Driver EXE, found the folder with teh INF, and Load driver worked. done with a clean install at last. owe u a beer 🍺

    party

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