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Windows 7 install and Raid 0 Driver - IT8212 ver 1.7.2.9

Anonymous
2010-02-26T17:42:30+00:00

Hi All

   This is a follow up on the same topic posted by others.  Mostly a success story that I thought will help others.  The link I used to download the IT8212 driver ver. 17.2.9  is this : http://ite-it8212-ata-raid-controller.software.informer.com/1.7/

The driver package comes as a .zip archive and there are two folders under the top directory i.e. 1618 and picture. Simply ignore the second.  Under 1618 there are two more folders (other than couple of files).  One is WIN2K and the other is WINXP.

The it8212 raid driver that ends with .inf is in the WIN2K as well as the WINXP folder. There is no folder specifically named as Win7 or similar in this archive I downloaded.(It could be because, the driver is older than the Vista era and ITE website says that they have phased out this model i.e. it8212 raid controller).  Just for kicks I chose the WIN2K folder when it came to installing the raid driver. Please read on...You can either copy just the .inf file to a USB flash drive or do as I did : copy the entire tree from the top simply and browse to the above branch at the time of Windows 7 install.  Now, plug in the flash drive and reboot the computer with the Windows 7 DVD in the drive.

Now, once you boot from Windows 7 install DVD,  you expect it to not recognize the Raid IDE drive and at that point you can choose the 'install driver' option in the menu that appears at the bottom part of the window (which normally shows the hard drives if it could recognize them).  Once you chose 'install driver'  a dialog asks you to point out the driver location. You can 'browse' now to the USB flash drive and just point to the folder where the .inf file is located.

If the Win7 correctly chooses the .inf file,  click 'next' and then cross you fingers/pray/bite/suck in your blanky or whichever else gives you comfort and hope for the best....

If everything goes well, voila! you should see the RAID IDE drive appear in the window.  For me at least, the sailing after this was 'smooooooth'....

Good Luck

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-02-14T05:42:34+00:00

    I know it's three years late, but I landed on this page looking for Win7 drivers for this card (eventually gave up looking and went the Linux route instead), and saw this comment which bears response.

    When you power on the system, immediately after POST and before any disk I/O occurs, you should have had the ITE Control Panel prompt, which when invoked (with CTRL+S) drops you into the RAID setup. It's entirely independent of the OS, and in fact can be and often is referred to as a hardware RAID even though the firmware is stored on flash ROM rather than CMOS. Any RAID arrays you set up are thereafter transparently presented to the OS/setup as a single block device.

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-05-13T19:14:25+00:00

    I got the 1.7.2.9 driver from ITE in Taiwan but was unable to get this to work with win 7 HP using the 8i945p pro motherboard.  Windows has only recognized 4 separate disks.  I have gone through the install and now cannot set up the RAID volume, presumably because the ITE 8212 driver is not working properly. Any suggestions?

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-04-16T15:50:36+00:00

    Lots of pointers to this information - that is what - based on uninstall prior to upgrade? The original issue is Microsoft says you can upgrade your system to Windows 7 and then in the process bails saying you need to upgrade this ITE driver. You go to upgrade it and Windows tells you the latest is installed and then you google the internet and see that that is true yet Windows 7 install cannot handle the situation. Obviously the answer is to do a clean install. That said a more complete solution would be nice. SS

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-03-04T22:55:28+00:00

    I had the Same Problem. I bought a couple of these cards from from Amazon.com. On two separate builds using WIN7_ULTIMATE; on these Mobo's: SuperP4SAA and ASUS P4P800SE, I stumbled across a working driver on the installation disk provided. The WIN2003 Drivers work just fine on Windows 7. Not sure why yet, these are Server Drivers. I believe these are available at CNET.com.... Good Luck!

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