i have a silicon image sil 3132 satalink controller pci express expansion card but i dont know where i can get the driver for it to make it work as i have a serial ata controller driver error in management Screenshot by Lightshot
anyone that knows where i could find the driver for this?
its this card Screenshot by Lightshot
i had it working before on windows 10 but i lost the box with the cd in it.
i dont know. i got it in 2014 but it could be older. and most of the drivers are from 2009 or older but none of them come with an installer or i dont know how to use the files to get it installed.
Hi,
Can you give the Hardware ids of the unknown device:
ex:
Looks like the last driver via the MS Catalog was for Windows 8.1.
this one ? Screenshot by Lightshot
i cant download that. it opens a window with a link to something that looks like windows update but it doesnt open.
The drivers are in MS Update Catalogue up to Windows 8.1 64 bit.
Download the CAB file, extract contents and install from the INF file.
However as it must be around 17 years old chances are the hardware has probably gone out of spec or died.
"i cant download that."
You can, I have just done so and looked inside the CAB file.
it shows me either this window Screenshot by Lightshot or this one Screenshot by Lightshot and the blue link there wont let me download.
edit: nevermind. copied the link and opened in a new window.
but it doesnt work. its probably not that driver. since i had this working before on windows 10. it tells me that the driver is not compatible with windows 10 trying to add it manually through the list of drivers.
edit 2: i remembered how i did this the last time since it doesnt have an install file so i had to manually add the manufacturer inf file to make it work.
so after a reboot it works now and i can see the other storage units.
The drivers and firmware for the card provided here:
-https://www.ioi.com.tw/products/proddetail_dl.aspx?CatID=106&DeviceID=3021&HostID=2038&ProdID=1060063
Keep in mind from my personal test if you remove the card and uninstall the driver the windows will become unbootable.
Also the silicon based card 3132 can corrupt the data the two sata port work the same time.
-https://forums.unraid.net/topic/17549-solved-beware-sil3132-how-to-determine-which-drive-is-causing-sync-errors/
-https://forums.unraid.net/topic/69609-new-silicon-image-3132-from-monoprice-not-recognized/
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