Intel® Matrix Storage Technology

Intel® Matrix Storage Manager
Production Version 7.5.0.1017
Release Notes

April 06, 2007
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Supported Operating Systems

Microsoft Windows Vista*
Microsoft Windows Vista x64 Edition*
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition*
Microsoft Windows XP Professional*
Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition*
Microsoft Windows Server 2003* ++
Microsoft Windows Media Center Edition*

++ Not available on mobile platforms

Revision History

Date | Driver Revision | Build Number
April 6, 2007 | Production Version 7.5.0.1017 | 1017

New Features

New Features in Baseline 7.5
Feature | Description
Greater than 2 TB support | Supports data volumes that are greater than 2 Terabytes in size on platforms with the Intel® 82801IR I/O controller hub (ICH9R) on the following OS: Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition, Microsoft Windows Vista, and Microsoft Windows 2003 Server (no boot support due to an OS & BIOS limitation)
Intel(R) Rapid Recover Technology support on Intel(R) 82801IR controller hub | Data protection using RAID 1 technology that mirrors data on the master (source) drive to the recovery (target) drive
Device Presence Detect support | Supports the detection of a CD/DVD inserted into a CD/DVD drive after sleep state

Known Issues

Known Issues in Production Version 7.5.0.1017
Reference No: | Description | Affected OS's
235020 | The Installer and UI fail to load Chinese Traditional characters on Chinese - Hong Kong operating systems | Windows XP/Windows Vista
2325021 | The UI fails to load Chinese Traditional characters on Chinese - Hong Kong operating systems | Windows XP/Windows Vista
1946253, 2052877, 2332632 | (Arabic :) The firmware number of the HDD on the left pane is corrupted in the UI, the rendering of percentage numbers in variables is inconsistent between dialogs, and the word finish is miss matched between UI and the finish Button in the Arabic language | All OS’s
2328186 | Recovery volume does not get converted to RAID 1 volume in the UI on ICH9R | Windows XP/Windows Vista
1967402 | The form caption of the About dialog is not in right-to-left reading order on right-to-left languages | Windows XP/Windows Vista
2140100 | When rebuilding a RAID 1 volume, the progress status title and completion message display "Updating Volume" | All OS’s
2158365 | Intel® Matrix Storage Console crashes when the user enters more than 16 localized character on recovery volume name | Windows XP/Windows Vista
2197751 | UI returns non-descriptive error when deleting a recovery volume that has a mounted disk | Windows XP/Windows Vista
2199152 | Recovery volumes that auto-recover after being failed during a rebuild don't auto-continue the rebuild | All OS’s
2256215 | Create Recovery volume lets the user select the same drive for both the master and for recovery in the UI | Windows XP/Windows Vista
2436919 | Greater than 2 TB volume information dialog prompt is shown when creating a volume size that is not greater than two terabytes | Windows XP/Windows Vista
2326475 | Convert to Recovery volume error message and Access Recovery Files information messages are in English in localized versions of the product | Windows XP/Windows Vista
2435738 | Removdrv.txt has incorrect name information in Korean language | Windows XP/Windows Vista
2211306 | Create Recovery Volume Progress screen does not come up when process starts | Windows XP/Windows Vista
2254072 | Fails to correctly handle error when master drive is bigger than recovery drive on ICH9R | Windows XP/Windows Vista
2327523 | Intel® Matrix Storage Console Basic Mode does not display bitmap and wrap text, causing text to be cut off when window size is small | Windows XP/Windows Vista
2330169 | Next button corrupted on Welcome screen of Create Recovery Volume Wizard, Convert Recovery Volume to RAID 1 Wizard, and Modify Recovery Volume Wizard in Chinese language | Windows XP/Windows Vista
2332390 | Inconsistent font style and font size in Create Recovery Volume dialog in Japanese language | Windows XP/Windows Vista
2223744 | String "Offline Member" is not localized for all languages | Windows XP/Windows Vista
2198287 | Cut text occurred on the system tray icon message for Recovery volume (Master) Offline in Hungarian language | Windows XP/Windows Vista
2333411 | Parameter "Device Port" should be "Device Port Location" in create recovery volume wizard | Windows XP/Windows Vista

Resolved issues

Issues Resolved in Production Version 7.5.0.1017
Reference No: | Description | Components | Affected OS's
2332121 | String "Device Port" is in English and present incorrect information about device port. | UI | Windows XP/Windows Vista
2331753 | Creating Recovery volume causes blue screen | Driver | Windows XP/Windows Vista
2294301 | Timeouts in the event log and a blue screen when running Apple* applications | Driver | Windows* Vista