Anyone know if the Promise TX4000 raid controller will work with Vista?

Thanks,

Todd

Promise doesn't have Vista drivers for that controller. It is
*possible* if you have 32 bit Vista, that using the Promise 2K/XP
drivers might work.

From what I've seen there are as of yet NO Promise drivers specifically
for Vista with ANY of their controllers -- even the current
controllers.


--
Barry Schnur

Promise doesn't have Vista drivers for that controller. It is
*possible* if you have 32 bit Vista, that using the Promise 2K/XP
drivers might work.

From what I've seen there are as of yet NO Promise drivers specifically
for Vista with ANY of their controllers -- even the current
controllers.


--
Barry Schnur

Promise doesn't have Vista drivers for that controller. It is
*possible* if you have 32 bit Vista, that using the Promise 2K/XP
drivers might work.

From what I've seen there are as of yet NO Promise drivers specifically
for Vista with ANY of their controllers -- even the current
controllers.


--
Barry Schnur

Promise doesn't have Vista drivers for that controller. It is
*possible* if you have 32 bit Vista, that using the Promise 2K/XP
drivers might work.

From what I've seen there are as of yet NO Promise drivers specifically
for Vista with ANY of their controllers -- even the current
controllers.


--
Barry Schnur

Promise doesn't have Vista drivers for that controller. It is
*possible* if you have 32 bit Vista, that using the Promise 2K/XP
drivers might work.

From what I've seen there are as of yet NO Promise drivers specifically
for Vista with ANY of their controllers -- even the current
controllers.


--
Barry Schnur

Promise doesn't have Vista drivers for that controller. It is
*possible* if you have 32 bit Vista, that using the Promise 2K/XP
drivers might work.

From what I've seen there are as of yet NO Promise drivers specifically
for Vista with ANY of their controllers -- even the current
controllers.


--
Barry Schnur

Promise doesn't have Vista drivers for that controller. It is
*possible* if you have 32 bit Vista, that using the Promise 2K/XP
drivers might work.

From what I've seen there are as of yet NO Promise drivers specifically
for Vista with ANY of their controllers -- even the current
controllers.


--
Barry Schnur

Promise doesn't have Vista drivers for that controller. It is
*possible* if you have 32 bit Vista, that using the Promise 2K/XP
drivers might work.

From what I've seen there are as of yet NO Promise drivers specifically
for Vista with ANY of their controllers -- even the current
controllers.


--
Barry Schnur

Promise doesn't have Vista drivers for that controller. It is
*possible* if you have 32 bit Vista, that using the Promise 2K/XP
drivers might work.

From what I've seen there are as of yet NO Promise drivers specifically
for Vista with ANY of their controllers -- even the current
controllers.


--
Barry Schnur

"Todd Hoffman" <THoffman001@cinci.rr.com.nospam> wrote in message
news:uHdJbH3UHHA.3652@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Anyone know if the Promise TX4000 raid controller will work with Vista?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Todd[/color]

I have a Promise TX4200 RAID controller in my box at home, and I'm running
both the Vista 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Ultimate (retail), and the I've
found that the latest version of the Promise drivers work fine with both
versions of Vista. If you'll note in the readme on the Promise site for
the TX4200 v2.06.0.311 drivers, a later bios install is required to use
these drivers, and support for x64 Windows is built in to these drivers. So
I guess this is why they work for me under Vista x64 as well.

However, looking at the situation for you with the TX4000, it doesn't appear
as if Promise has updated these drivers or the bios since 2003. You should
make sure that you are running bios 1.00.0.37, and if not, then flash the
card to that bios version. Then install driver version 1.00.0.37, taking
care that you only install the FastTrak TX4000 Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003
Driver and *not* the Windows 98/Me driver--which is possible since the
driver version numbers are the same. Note as well that the XP driver is much
larger in size than the Win98/Me driver. At this point it *may* be
possible for you to run your TX4000 under Vista 32, but there doesn't seem
to be any support available for this product for Winx64, so I'm guessing
that it's a no-go for the TX4000 under Vistax64.

"Todd Hoffman" <THoffman001@cinci.rr.com.nospam> wrote in message
news:uHdJbH3UHHA.3652@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Anyone know if the Promise TX4000 raid controller will work with Vista?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Todd[/color]

I have a Promise TX4200 RAID controller in my box at home, and I'm running
both the Vista 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Ultimate (retail), and the I've
found that the latest version of the Promise drivers work fine with both
versions of Vista. If you'll note in the readme on the Promise site for
the TX4200 v2.06.0.311 drivers, a later bios install is required to use
these drivers, and support for x64 Windows is built in to these drivers. So
I guess this is why they work for me under Vista x64 as well.

However, looking at the situation for you with the TX4000, it doesn't appear
as if Promise has updated these drivers or the bios since 2003. You should
make sure that you are running bios 1.00.0.37, and if not, then flash the
card to that bios version. Then install driver version 1.00.0.37, taking
care that you only install the FastTrak TX4000 Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003
Driver and *not* the Windows 98/Me driver--which is possible since the
driver version numbers are the same. Note as well that the XP driver is much
larger in size than the Win98/Me driver. At this point it *may* be
possible for you to run your TX4000 under Vista 32, but there doesn't seem
to be any support available for this product for Winx64, so I'm guessing
that it's a no-go for the TX4000 under Vistax64.

"Todd Hoffman" <THoffman001@cinci.rr.com.nospam> wrote in message
news:uHdJbH3UHHA.3652@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Anyone know if the Promise TX4000 raid controller will work with Vista?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Todd[/color]

I have a Promise TX4200 RAID controller in my box at home, and I'm running
both the Vista 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Ultimate (retail), and the I've
found that the latest version of the Promise drivers work fine with both
versions of Vista. If you'll note in the readme on the Promise site for
the TX4200 v2.06.0.311 drivers, a later bios install is required to use
these drivers, and support for x64 Windows is built in to these drivers. So
I guess this is why they work for me under Vista x64 as well.

However, looking at the situation for you with the TX4000, it doesn't appear
as if Promise has updated these drivers or the bios since 2003. You should
make sure that you are running bios 1.00.0.37, and if not, then flash the
card to that bios version. Then install driver version 1.00.0.37, taking
care that you only install the FastTrak TX4000 Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003
Driver and *not* the Windows 98/Me driver--which is possible since the
driver version numbers are the same. Note as well that the XP driver is much
larger in size than the Win98/Me driver. At this point it *may* be
possible for you to run your TX4000 under Vista 32, but there doesn't seem
to be any support available for this product for Winx64, so I'm guessing
that it's a no-go for the TX4000 under Vistax64.

"Todd Hoffman" <THoffman001@cinci.rr.com.nospam> wrote in message
news:uHdJbH3UHHA.3652@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Anyone know if the Promise TX4000 raid controller will work with Vista?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Todd[/color]

I have a Promise TX4200 RAID controller in my box at home, and I'm running
both the Vista 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Ultimate (retail), and the I've
found that the latest version of the Promise drivers work fine with both
versions of Vista. If you'll note in the readme on the Promise site for
the TX4200 v2.06.0.311 drivers, a later bios install is required to use
these drivers, and support for x64 Windows is built in to these drivers. So
I guess this is why they work for me under Vista x64 as well.

However, looking at the situation for you with the TX4000, it doesn't appear
as if Promise has updated these drivers or the bios since 2003. You should
make sure that you are running bios 1.00.0.37, and if not, then flash the
card to that bios version. Then install driver version 1.00.0.37, taking
care that you only install the FastTrak TX4000 Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003
Driver and *not* the Windows 98/Me driver--which is possible since the
driver version numbers are the same. Note as well that the XP driver is much
larger in size than the Win98/Me driver. At this point it *may* be
possible for you to run your TX4000 under Vista 32, but there doesn't seem
to be any support available for this product for Winx64, so I'm guessing
that it's a no-go for the TX4000 under Vistax64.

"Todd Hoffman" <THoffman001@cinci.rr.com.nospam> wrote in message
news:uHdJbH3UHHA.3652@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Anyone know if the Promise TX4000 raid controller will work with Vista?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Todd[/color]

I have a Promise TX4200 RAID controller in my box at home, and I'm running
both the Vista 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Ultimate (retail), and the I've
found that the latest version of the Promise drivers work fine with both
versions of Vista. If you'll note in the readme on the Promise site for
the TX4200 v2.06.0.311 drivers, a later bios install is required to use
these drivers, and support for x64 Windows is built in to these drivers. So
I guess this is why they work for me under Vista x64 as well.

However, looking at the situation for you with the TX4000, it doesn't appear
as if Promise has updated these drivers or the bios since 2003. You should
make sure that you are running bios 1.00.0.37, and if not, then flash the
card to that bios version. Then install driver version 1.00.0.37, taking
care that you only install the FastTrak TX4000 Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003
Driver and *not* the Windows 98/Me driver--which is possible since the
driver version numbers are the same. Note as well that the XP driver is much
larger in size than the Win98/Me driver. At this point it *may* be
possible for you to run your TX4000 under Vista 32, but there doesn't seem
to be any support available for this product for Winx64, so I'm guessing
that it's a no-go for the TX4000 under Vistax64.