Good day to you all,
For the past weeks I have been trying to dig up the cause of my Metro start screen freezing randomly after restart and login. This led me to reformat my PC and reinstall Windows 8.1 Pro.
After installing some drivers the freeze welcomed itself back again. Doing some googling about the drivers that I installed beforehand made me notice something:
I always install drivers from my manufacturer's website, one of them being the Intel Rapid Storage Driver found here: ASRock > Z77 Pro4
As shown, the version of that driver on that website is 12.8.0.1016 which is pretty outdated.
After looking outside that website for a newer version, I found the following:
What caught my eye in that version is it saying that it resolves an issue with the Metro UI hanging after a restart when using SRT (Smart Response Technology). Now, I don't have this SRT on my PC so I'm not sure how applicable this fix is to my scenario but this really made me think that this outdated Rapid Storage driver I have on my PC might be the culprit of my freezing problem.
Now, I REALLY want to install this updated version but the thing that's worrying me is that it's not uploaded by my own manufacturer on their website. I have read that your manufacturer usually modify drivers to make them 100% compatible with your PC component. That's why I'm scared to install it from Intel and take the risk of getting BSOD's or even my PC not booting up.
Is there a mod or any user around here who can confirm that Asrock doesn't modify the Rapid Storage driver (specifically for my mobo: Asrock Z77 Pro4)? Is it safe to install the updated version from Intel? If so, what specs do I have to select on the Intel site to download the correct version for my mobo?
For the past weeks I have been trying to dig up the cause of my Metro start screen freezing randomly after restart and login. This led me to reformat my PC and reinstall Windows 8.1 Pro.
After installing some drivers the freeze welcomed itself back again. Doing some googling about the drivers that I installed beforehand made me notice something:
I always install drivers from my manufacturer's website, one of them being the Intel Rapid Storage Driver found here: ASRock > Z77 Pro4
As shown, the version of that driver on that website is 12.8.0.1016 which is pretty outdated.
After looking outside that website for a newer version, I found the following:
What caught my eye in that version is it saying that it resolves an issue with the Metro UI hanging after a restart when using SRT (Smart Response Technology). Now, I don't have this SRT on my PC so I'm not sure how applicable this fix is to my scenario but this really made me think that this outdated Rapid Storage driver I have on my PC might be the culprit of my freezing problem.
Now, I REALLY want to install this updated version but the thing that's worrying me is that it's not uploaded by my own manufacturer on their website. I have read that your manufacturer usually modify drivers to make them 100% compatible with your PC component. That's why I'm scared to install it from Intel and take the risk of getting BSOD's or even my PC not booting up.
Is there a mod or any user around here who can confirm that Asrock doesn't modify the Rapid Storage driver (specifically for my mobo: Asrock Z77 Pro4)? Is it safe to install the updated version from Intel? If so, what specs do I have to select on the Intel site to download the correct version for my mobo?
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