ASUS Maximus Formula SE

[Nuckin_Futs]

I realize a lot may not have a SATA drop in PCI or other type of card so the here's option 2 real quick.

Since Intel RAID arrays are transfeable such as ICH8 to 9R, you can connect as described above on another borrowed or your previous mobo that has both Intel ICH8/9R and an onboard 3rd party (J-Micrn or Sis) SATA controller.

Load your OS in safe mode, do not allow to update anything at this point. Go directly to the save ICH9R RAID app and run as described above. If for some reason it needs to run in regular mode, go ahead but cansel any "found new hardware" and updates and go directly to Intel RAID app.

Move back to you Maximus and you are good to go.

For those who only want the RAID/AHCI but not the Matrix app, do as above but when you go to Device manager, use driver to update manually and direct to a folder where you extraced the iostar driver from the f6 floppy.