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If using the intel matrix driver download it from the intel download site otherwise you can use the driver links here: <a href="https://www.asus.com/support/Download/5/17/0/12/35fzFcWJtPlrYjfe/26/" rel="ugc">https://www.asus.com/support/Download/5/17/0/12/35fzFcWJtPlrYjfe/26/</a>
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Q: why are you installing ancient software on an ancient hardware platform.
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Rindi, thanks for the suggestion to not use it. &nbsp;I changed to compatible mode and the settings for the onboard raid vanished... I had already set them as disabled.<br />
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This caused the flashdrive to no longer be a boot option so installed DVD and windows installed without asking for drivers.<br />
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Now up and limping...
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David, I had already downloaded the drivers but they weren't accepted by the install. &nbsp;Not sure why but as you said it is old hardware and software.<br />
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Sometimes hard to say why you are doing what you are doing. &nbsp;I give the client my best advice and then try and do what they want if it makes any sense at all and isn't destructive. &nbsp;That is what things look like in the &quot;SMB trenches&quot; where there isn't an IT department and the owner has been doing the IT himself.<br />
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Dirty work but someone has to do it.
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I have a client with failed Server 2008 R2 server. &nbsp;This is a migration from SMB Server 2003. &nbsp;I have installed his 2008 R2 installation onto a flash drive for installation. &nbsp;Install proceeds as expected until it requests a driver. &nbsp;I expect it is the Intel mega-raid driver. &nbsp;I have downloaded the floppy image from ASUS and copied the driver files, which are supposedly for 2008 R2, to a folder on a drive that the install can &quot;see&quot;.<br />
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It does not &quot;see&quot; any compatible drivers. &nbsp;If the show incompatible drivers is checked it sees the drivers. &nbsp;If selected it grinds for a while but claims &quot;no new drivers found&quot;.<br />
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Checkmate!<br />
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Any suggestion would be appreciated even without the mega-raid. &nbsp;Not needed at this time.<br />
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Thanks.
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I have a client with failed Server 2008 R2 server.  This is a migration from SMB Server 2003.  I have installed his 2008 R2 installation onto a flash drive for installation.  Install proceeds as expected until it requests a driver.  I expect it is the Intel mega-raid driver.  I have downloaded the floppy image from ASUS and copied the driver files, which are supposedly for 2008 R2, to a folder on a drive that the install can "see".

It does not "see" any compatible drivers.  If the show incompatible drivers is checked it sees the drivers.  If selected it grinds for a while but claims "no new drivers found".

Checkmate!

Any suggestion would be appreciated even without the mega-raid.  Not needed at this time.

Thanks.

Asus DSBV-DX motherboard Server 2008 R2 install issue

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