Vista - Managed to fix power off and reboot problem

I've managed to fix my power off and reboot problem.

Others have said they're having the same problem.

If you've got a Via Sata Raid controller, download the Via Raid 530c drivers
from somewhere like

http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/Oth...AID-530c.shtml

Right click on the downloaded file and select `Extract all`

Go into the extracted directory and right click on SETUP and run as
administrator.

Click on allow to whatever messages appear. Then the PC will want to reboot.
This will hang as usual.

Once you've re-set your PC and booted it, go into `Device Drivers` `Storage
Controllers` `Via SATA Raid controller` and click on the driver tab. Click on
`Update Driver`

then `Browse my computer for Driver software`

then `Let me pick a list of device drivers on my computer`

then `have disk`

Browse to `Wherever you extracted your 5.30 drivers to`\drvdisk\AMD64\2003x64

and select VIAMRX64

Click on Next etc to install this, your PC will then want to reboot. I cant
remember whether it rebooted fine at this point or not. But once it's
rebooted, it finds a new device, installs automatically and now my PC reboots
and powers off fine.

Note, if you don't follow the above instructions to manually pick the
driver, it tells you (well it told me) that a suitable driver was already
installed.

Hope this helps

Phil

Phil,

Good find, thanks!


Bill F.


"Phil" <Phil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:66F17526-A109-40D1-9D2D-2160D0309624@microsoft.com...
> I've managed to fix my power off and reboot problem.
>
> Others have said they're having the same problem.
>
> If you've got a Via Sata Raid controller, download the Via Raid 530c
> drivers
> from somewhere like
>
> http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/Oth...AID-530c.shtml
>
> Right click on the downloaded file and select `Extract all`
>
> Go into the extracted directory and right click on SETUP and run as
> administrator.
>
> Click on allow to whatever messages appear. Then the PC will want to
> reboot.
> This will hang as usual.
>
> Once you've re-set your PC and booted it, go into `Device Drivers`
> `Storage
> Controllers` `Via SATA Raid controller` and click on the driver tab. Click
> on
> `Update Driver`
>
> then `Browse my computer for Driver software`
>
> then `Let me pick a list of device drivers on my computer`
>
> then `have disk`
>
> Browse to `Wherever you extracted your 5.30 drivers
> to`\drvdisk\AMD64\2003x64
>
> and select VIAMRX64
>
> Click on Next etc to install this, your PC will then want to reboot. I
> cant
> remember whether it rebooted fine at this point or not. But once it's
> rebooted, it finds a new device, installs automatically and now my PC
> reboots
> and powers off fine.
>
> Note, if you don't follow the above instructions to manually pick the
> driver, it tells you (well it told me) that a suitable driver was already
> installed.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Phil

I followed your procedure for x86 and it works to.

Thanks a lot.

ORjunior

"Phil" wrote:

> I've managed to fix my power off and reboot problem.
>
> Others have said they're having the same problem.
>
> If you've got a Via Sata Raid controller, download the Via Raid 530c drivers
> from somewhere like
>
> http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/Oth...AID-530c.shtml
>
> Right click on the downloaded file and select `Extract all`
>
> Go into the extracted directory and right click on SETUP and run as
> administrator.
>
> Click on allow to whatever messages appear. Then the PC will want to reboot.
> This will hang as usual.
>
> Once you've re-set your PC and booted it, go into `Device Drivers` `Storage
> Controllers` `Via SATA Raid controller` and click on the driver tab. Click on
> `Update Driver`
>
> then `Browse my computer for Driver software`
>
> then `Let me pick a list of device drivers on my computer`
>
> then `have disk`
>
> Browse to `Wherever you extracted your 5.30 drivers to`\drvdisk\AMD64\2003x64
>
> and select VIAMRX64
>
> Click on Next etc to install this, your PC will then want to reboot. I cant
> remember whether it rebooted fine at this point or not. But once it's
> rebooted, it finds a new device, installs automatically and now my PC reboots
> and powers off fine.
>
> Note, if you don't follow the above instructions to manually pick the
> driver, it tells you (well it told me) that a suitable driver was already
> installed.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Phil

Phil, Thanks I manually installed the older Raid Controller inf. and now all
is well again.

"Phil" wrote:

> I've managed to fix my power off and reboot problem.
>
> Others have said they're having the same problem.
>
> If you've got a Via Sata Raid controller, download the Via Raid 530c drivers
> from somewhere like
>
> http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/Oth...AID-530c.shtml
>
> Right click on the downloaded file and select `Extract all`
>
> Go into the extracted directory and right click on SETUP and run as
> administrator.
>
> Click on allow to whatever messages appear. Then the PC will want to reboot.
> This will hang as usual.
>
> Once you've re-set your PC and booted it, go into `Device Drivers` `Storage
> Controllers` `Via SATA Raid controller` and click on the driver tab. Click on
> `Update Driver`
>
> then `Browse my computer for Driver software`
>
> then `Let me pick a list of device drivers on my computer`
>
> then `have disk`
>
> Browse to `Wherever you extracted your 5.30 drivers to`\drvdisk\AMD64\2003x64
>
> and select VIAMRX64
>
> Click on Next etc to install this, your PC will then want to reboot. I cant
> remember whether it rebooted fine at this point or not. But once it's
> rebooted, it finds a new device, installs automatically and now my PC reboots
> and powers off fine.
>
> Note, if you don't follow the above instructions to manually pick the
> driver, it tells you (well it told me) that a suitable driver was already
> installed.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Phil

How did you get it to work on X86. i cant install the driver. It says i need
to use a driver built for the 32 bit system..

Dove

"orjunior" wrote:

> I followed your procedure for x86 and it works to.
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> ORjunior
>
> "Phil" wrote:
>
> > I've managed to fix my power off and reboot problem.
> >
> > Others have said they're having the same problem.
> >
> > If you've got a Via Sata Raid controller, download the Via Raid 530c drivers
> > from somewhere like
> >
> > http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/Oth...AID-530c.shtml
> >
> > Right click on the downloaded file and select `Extract all`
> >
> > Go into the extracted directory and right click on SETUP and run as
> > administrator.
> >
> > Click on allow to whatever messages appear. Then the PC will want to reboot.
> > This will hang as usual.
> >
> > Once you've re-set your PC and booted it, go into `Device Drivers` `Storage
> > Controllers` `Via SATA Raid controller` and click on the driver tab. Click on
> > `Update Driver`
> >
> > then `Browse my computer for Driver software`
> >
> > then `Let me pick a list of device drivers on my computer`
> >
> > then `have disk`
> >
> > Browse to `Wherever you extracted your 5.30 drivers to`\drvdisk\AMD64\2003x64
> >
> > and select VIAMRX64
> >
> > Click on Next etc to install this, your PC will then want to reboot. I cant
> > remember whether it rebooted fine at this point or not. But once it's
> > rebooted, it finds a new device, installs automatically and now my PC reboots
> > and powers off fine.
> >
> > Note, if you don't follow the above instructions to manually pick the
> > driver, it tells you (well it told me) that a suitable driver was already
> > installed.
> >
> > Hope this helps
> >
> > Phil

Same as Dove. It says that I cannot install on a 32-bit system.

"AKWolf" wrote:

> Phil, Thanks I manually installed the older Raid Controller inf. and now all
> is well again.
>
> "Phil" wrote:
>
> > I've managed to fix my power off and reboot problem.
> >
> > Others have said they're having the same problem.
> >
> > If you've got a Via Sata Raid controller, download the Via Raid 530c drivers
> > from somewhere like
> >
> > http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/Oth...AID-530c.shtml
> >
> > Right click on the downloaded file and select `Extract all`
> >
> > Go into the extracted directory and right click on SETUP and run as
> > administrator.
> >
> > Click on allow to whatever messages appear. Then the PC will want to reboot.
> > This will hang as usual.
> >
> > Once you've re-set your PC and booted it, go into `Device Drivers` `Storage
> > Controllers` `Via SATA Raid controller` and click on the driver tab. Click on
> > `Update Driver`
> >
> > then `Browse my computer for Driver software`
> >
> > then `Let me pick a list of device drivers on my computer`
> >
> > then `have disk`
> >
> > Browse to `Wherever you extracted your 5.30 drivers to`\drvdisk\AMD64\2003x64
> >
> > and select VIAMRX64
> >
> > Click on Next etc to install this, your PC will then want to reboot. I cant
> > remember whether it rebooted fine at this point or not. But once it's
> > rebooted, it finds a new device, installs automatically and now my PC reboots
> > and powers off fine.
> >
> > Note, if you don't follow the above instructions to manually pick the
> > driver, it tells you (well it told me) that a suitable driver was already
> > installed.
> >
> > Hope this helps
> >
> > Phil

you need to select /drvdisk/i386/NT5 for the 32bit version of vista.

"ton62" wrote:

> Same as Dove. It says that I cannot install on a 32-bit system.
>

"Dove" <Dove@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:27912544-1977-4E19-BED4-6D53A8BFB3A8@microsoft.com...
> How did you get it to work on X86. i cant install the driver. It says i
> need
> to use a driver built for the 32 bit system..
>
> Dove
>
>

X86 is the 32-bit edition of Vista. It is an arcane numbering system that
harkens back to the halcyon days of Motorola CPU model numbers.

So, Dove, if you are getting a message that says you need to use a driver
built for a 32-bit system, perhaps you have inadvertently tried to install a
driver that was built for a 64-bit system.

Installing VIA VT8237 Driver 5.30c fixed the problem.
Thanks Phil. Make sure that Microsoft hear this, as this is a new issue,
previous releases worked fine.
Also I noticed that with this driver my PC is loading much faster than
before, but the Rating for the HD still the same: 5,2 (I ran the assesment
tool again of course...)

It worked.. Thx...

Dove



"Shawn" wrote:

> you need to select /drvdisk/i386/NT5 for the 32bit version of vista.
>
> "ton62" wrote:
>
> > Same as Dove. It says that I cannot install on a 32-bit system.
> >
>