Intel® Matrix Storage Manager
Production Version 7.8.0.1012
Release Notes


October 18, 2007

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Supported Operating Systems

    Microsoft  Windows  Vista*
    Microsoft  Windows  Vista x64 Edition*
    Microsoft  Windows  XP Home Edition*
    Microsoft  Windows  XP Professional*
    Microsoft  Windows  XP 64-bit Edition*
    Microsoft  Windows  Server 2003* ++
    Microsoft  Windows  Media Center Edition*
 

++  Not available on mobile platforms

Revision History

Date

Driver Revision

Build Number

Oct. 18, 2007

Production Version 7.8.0.1012

1012

 

Known Issues

Known Issues in Production Version 7.8.0.1012

Reference No 

Description

Affected OS's

2549694

 

eSATA hard drive not visible in the "safely remove" operating system's system tray icon

Windows Vista/Windows Vista64/Windows XP/Windows XP64

2549948

Creation of a RAID0 volume fails when the disk used for creation is a spanned or dynamic disk

Windows Vista

2519034

Intel® Matrix Storage Console may stop responding during heavy I/O operations

Windows Vista/Windows Vista64

2550497

Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Events not being logged in Event Viewer

Windows XP/Windows Vista

2519242

eSATA hot plug may cause system to freeze during hard drive spin up

Windows Vista

2518659

Blue screen observed when installing Diskeeper 2007*

Windows Vista

2518139

Basic mode displays unknown port when 2 disks have smart errors

Windows XP

2199152

 

Creating recovery volumes in the option ROM while resuming from hibernation causes driver to hang

All OS’s

2287959

 

Creating volumes from blank disks in the option ROM while resuming from hibernation causes driver to hang

All OS’s

2158365

 

DB: Intel® Matrix Storage Console crashes when more than 16 localized character are entered for a recovery volume name

Windows XP

2198213

Both disks marked as recovery drive when only two disks are in the system

Windows XP

2444310

Blue screen may be observed when using the F6 install method on a platform with an Intel® 82801FBM I/O controller hub (ICH6M)

Windows XP

2449502

 

Intel® Matrix Storage Console does not allow creation of a matrix RAID configuration when the second volume is over 2TB

Windows Vista64

2442477

Installation performed by an Unprivileged User produces move data error

Windows XP/ Windows XP64

2448268

Installer generates error message that states "file copying not successful"

Windows Vista

2516044

Driver incorrectly marks Intel® Rapid Recover Technology volume as initialized, resulting in verification errors

Windows XP

 

Resolved Issues

Issues Resolved in Production Version 7.8.0.1012

Reference No: 

Description

Components

 Affected OS's

2519007

RAID volume larger than 2TB is not seen in Microsoft Windows XP

User Interface

Windows XP

2518935

System CPU usage is high when running Intel® Matrix Storage Manager with RAID0 and RAID1 and a card reader

Middleware

Windows Vista

2518133

Driver BSOD when running Futuremark PCMark05*

Driver

Windows Vista/ Windows XP

2485864

No option to mark a hot spare on systems with an Intel® 631xESB/632xESB I/O controller hub

User Interface

Windows Vista

2516205

Blue screen may be observed on entering S4 with >2 drives

Driver

Windows Vista 64