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Blade 18 does not boot after BIOS update 2.04 RAID (VMD) removed?

  • September 18, 2023
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Hello,

today, I updated my BIOS to 2.04.
After the update, the Blade 18 did not boot anmore (was installed with RAID 1).

After booting the BIOS setup appeared. 

I then realized, that VMD was deactivated. After having reactivated VMD in the BIOS, the RAID was corrupted, as the second drive was no longer part of the RAID.

I reinitialized the RAID (deleted and created again), but the RAID driver (Intel RST) could not be loaded with WinPE nor by new Windows 11 installation.

What has happeneded? The BIOS 2.04 seems to be buggy?

Can I rollback to 2.02 or will there be a fixed BIOS version, soon?

Thanks & best regards

Christian

3 Replies

Razer.Zionzedd
  • Razer.ZionzeddRazer Support
  • Razer Support
  • September 19, 2023

Hi @pdchristian,

 

Thanks for raising your concern in the support board. Please PM me the serial number so I can verify its model and help you escalate your concern to the systems team for advanced resolution or repair if necessary. 

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  • LiquidSpikes
  • Insider Mini
  • January 25, 2025

I am having the same issue, it looks like Intel VMD support is broken in bios releases 2.02 and higher. :(

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  • pdchristian
  • Author
  • Insider Mini
  • January 25, 2025

Hello ​@LiquidSpikes ,

oh, this is quite long ago. I could fix it at the time.

I would propose:
- Update the BIOS to the most recent version.
- Reinstall windows using an USB Stick with the RST driver on the USB Stick

You will need to follow this routine to extract the driver from the SetupRST.exe:

SOLVED: How To Get Intel RAID / VMD Storage Controller Driver Files To Complete a Fresh Install of Windows 10 / 11 on Lenovo and Other Computers – Up & Running Inc – Tech How To's


Good luck!

Christian

 

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