Adaptec SCSI drivers for x64
 

Has anyone heard about Adaptac plans regarding their SCSI and HostRAID
drivers for Win XP x64 ?

I emailed them two times, but they never replied to my mails. So I wonder
whether there is something dubious with their x64 strategy.

Any idea or info about this ?

Regards,

Jean-Baptiste

Re: Adaptec SCSI drivers for x64
 

NNBXX wrote:

> Has anyone heard about Adaptac plans regarding their SCSI and HostRAID
> drivers for Win XP x64 ?
>
> I emailed them two times, but they never replied to my mails. So I wonder
> whether there is something dubious with their x64 strategy.
>
> Any idea or info about this ?
>
> Regards,
>
> Jean-Baptiste
>
>

According to the AMD site, Adaptec drivers are included in the Win x64
distribution.

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/...E10454,00.html

Re: Adaptec SCSI drivers for x64
 

Thank you for the info and the link, Rick. But could it be such a big
difference between the RC1 - RC2 versions of x64 and the final release
(Build 1830), because when I tried to install RC1 and RC2 with the Adaptec
embedded HostRAID controller, it found no drivers ?


"Rick" <rick@home.net> wrote in message
news:%236rMxbZVFHA.3636@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> NNBXX wrote:
>
>> Has anyone heard about Adaptac plans regarding their SCSI and HostRAID
>> drivers for Win XP x64 ?
>>
>> I emailed them two times, but they never replied to my mails. So I wonder
>> whether there is something dubious with their x64 strategy.
>>
>> Any idea or info about this ?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Jean-Baptiste
>
> According to the AMD site, Adaptec drivers are included in the Win x64
> distribution.
>
> http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/...E10454,00.html

Re: Adaptec SCSI drivers for x64
 

Yes, there were SIGNIFICANT differences between RC2 and RTM on disk drivers.
Look at all the people having BSOD issues with the VIA drivers that were
widely available. As to what changed? No idea. But clearly there were
differences, and you'll need current drivers, either in the box or from
Adaptec directly.

--
Charlie.

NNBXX wrote:
> Thank you for the info and the link, Rick. But could it be such a big
> difference between the RC1 - RC2 versions of x64 and the final release
> (Build 1830), because when I tried to install RC1 and RC2 with the
> Adaptec embedded HostRAID controller, it found no drivers ?
>
>
> "Rick" <rick@home.net> wrote in message
> news:%236rMxbZVFHA.3636@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> NNBXX wrote:
>>
>>> Has anyone heard about Adaptac plans regarding their SCSI and
>>> HostRAID drivers for Win XP x64 ?
>>>
>>> I emailed them two times, but they never replied to my mails. So I
>>> wonder whether there is something dubious with their x64 strategy.
>>>
>>> Any idea or info about this ?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Jean-Baptiste
>>
>> According to the AMD site, Adaptec drivers are included in the Win
>> x64 distribution.
>>
>> http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/...E10454,00.html

Re: Adaptec SCSI drivers for x64
 

Hello Charlie,

Thank you very much for your answer. I feel better now !
And you know what ? I finally just received a reply from Adaptec yesterday
evening, here it is :

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dear Jean-Baptiste,

Thank you for your inquiry. The next service pack from Microsoft will have
the 64 bit drivers embedded.

Feel free to contact us if you have any further questions. Thank you.

Best Regards, Adaptec Sales

Thank you.

Adaptec Incorporated

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

BTW, did you notice that they call Win XP Pro x64 Edition a "service pack",
LOL ?

I know someone in this NG who will be happy ;)

Kind Regards,

Jean-Baptiste


"Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message
news:udxh%23EfVFHA.3864@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Yes, there were SIGNIFICANT differences between RC2 and RTM on disk
> drivers. Look at all the people having BSOD issues with the VIA drivers
> that were widely available. As to what changed? No idea. But clearly there
> were differences, and you'll need current drivers, either in the box or
> from Adaptec directly.
>
> --
> Charlie.
>
> NNBXX wrote:
>> Thank you for the info and the link, Rick. But could it be such a big
>> difference between the RC1 - RC2 versions of x64 and the final release
>> (Build 1830), because when I tried to install RC1 and RC2 with the
>> Adaptec embedded HostRAID controller, it found no drivers ?
>>
>>
>> "Rick" <rick@home.net> wrote in message
>> news:%236rMxbZVFHA.3636@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>> NNBXX wrote:
>>>
>>>> Has anyone heard about Adaptac plans regarding their SCSI and
>>>> HostRAID drivers for Win XP x64 ?
>>>>
>>>> I emailed them two times, but they never replied to my mails. So I
>>>> wonder whether there is something dubious with their x64 strategy.
>>>>
>>>> Any idea or info about this ?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Jean-Baptiste
>>>
>>> According to the AMD site, Adaptec drivers are included in the Win
>>> x64 distribution.
>>>
>>> http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/...E10454,00.html
>
>

Re: Adaptec SCSI drivers for x64
 

Charlie Russel - MVP wrote:
> Yes, there were SIGNIFICANT differences between RC2 and RTM on disk drivers.
> Look at all the people having BSOD issues with the VIA drivers that were
> widely available. As to what changed? No idea. But clearly there were
> differences, and you'll need current drivers, either in the box or from
> Adaptec directly.
>

From what I have seen here, most of the problems with VIA drivers has
to do with the fact that several people have tried to use 'un-decorated'
files with the RTM. Granted, VIA didn't have 'decorated' drivers for
download until recently, but they are available now.

Re: Adaptec SCSI drivers for x64
 

It was more than that, because I hit up against it hard, and I had personally
decorated those drivers myself. ;) I was scrambling till I found the post RC1
set on planetAMD64. (And this was before VIA had any available.)

--
Charlie.

Rick wrote:
> Charlie Russel - MVP wrote:
>> Yes, there were SIGNIFICANT differences between RC2 and RTM on disk
>> drivers. Look at all the people having BSOD issues with the VIA
>> drivers that were widely available. As to what changed? No idea. But
>> clearly there were differences, and you'll need current drivers,
>> either in the box or from Adaptec directly.
>>
>
> From what I have seen here, most of the problems with VIA drivers has
> to do with the fact that several people have tried to use
> 'un-decorated' files with the RTM. Granted, VIA didn't have
> 'decorated' drivers for download until recently, but they are
> available now.