> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2014 11:12 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Problem with Driver installation in Windows Home Server > 2011 > > On 2014-03-09 20:07, James Maki wrote: > > I have installed Windows Home Server 2011 on an ASRock FM2A88X > > Extreme4+ > > FM2+ / FM2 AMD A88X (Bolton D4) HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD > > Motherboard. > > The drivers installation disk does not seem to do the job of > > installing all the drivers, leaving the Sata RAID, USB 3.0 and two USB > > drivers not installed. I tried to manually install the RAID drivers > > but get the error > > message: > > > > "This package requires AMD Catalyst Install Manager, but it is not > > found on the system. Please obtain and install AMD Catalyst Install > > Manager from AMD.com to continue installing this package." > > > > When I used the disk-based Catalyst install software, it generated an > > error message, but did install the video drivers. > > > > Is this just an incompatibility with the new chipset and Windows Home > > Server? Is there a way to get the drivers to install? > > > > Thanks for any insight or direction you can provide. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jim Maki > > [email protected] > > The driver CD on the Asrock is worthless because it's expecting Windows7 > (or maybe 8) WHS2011 is more closely to Server 2008R2. > > So, here's what you've got to do.. Forget the 'manual install' method you may > be trying, the best method is to grab AMD's latest.. and EXTRACT > it. Don't even try to run any part of it's install. > > Download the SATA Floppy Install. > > FYI, Do NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT use the RAID function on the board. While > Server2011 doesn't do drive pooling the same way that WHSv1 did, the RAID > controller support in it is not good for the way that AMD does it.. > you'll find yourself losing a ton of data with it. Just grab Flexraid. > I use a lot of WHS2011 because it's cheap, combine with Flexraid and you're > still about $90 here (WHS: $39, FlexRaid: $39 when it goes on > sale) > > As to USB 3.0.. That gets slightly trickier, but not by much. Grab the > AMD driver package, but extract it (WinRAR will) just use the INFs and install > through Device manager.
I believe I have attempted to do what you have instructed. I did get the USB 3.0 driver to install, but still have 2 USB controllers and the RAID controller "uninstalled" in device manager. I don't plan on utilizing RAID on this board and do plan on using FlexRAID. I have already installed FlexRAID on a similar board but have been unable to get the parity option to work. It always stalls at less than complete. The drive pooling alone works just fine and I find it very useful. The system appears to be working so I may just leave it alone. I just realized the missing RAID controller in device manager is probably the Highpoint RocketRaid SAS card I have installed but not yet utilized! :( I have been so fixated on the missing items with the motherboard I skipped that installation. Back to the drawing board! Thanks for your input and suggestions! Jim
