w7 cant install unsigned driver for raid

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specs:

2x MSI N250GTS TwinFrozr 1G OC GeForce GTS 250 1GB 256-bit GDDR3
Intel Core i7-930 Bloomfield 2.8GHz LGA 1366
CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
ASUS P6T LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard
2x Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 1.5TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s

i created my raid arrays successfully, both bootable 1.75tb and 1.25tb.
the issue im having is when i try to install windows, it says it cant load my raid driver because its not digitally signed. ive used drivers off the mobo cd, newest from intel's site, and im out of ideas here. anyone know how to get past this digital signed driver stuff?


also, i have tried the 'install windows 7 without signed drivers' method as per this link with no success.
http://forums.amd.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=11&threadid=120924
 
Make sure the driver you're trying to install is 64 bit, otherwise it will never work as 32 bit drivers are unsigned.

When you go to the ASUS site to download drivers, make sure you're picking Windows 7 64Bit from the dropdown to get the right ones. Looks like the newest version is 8.9.0.1014 on the site at the moment.

http://support.asus.com/download/do...f_name=IMSN_V8901014_Win7.zip&f_type=23&os=30

The bottom file should be the right one based on the info you've given.

Other than that, you could try a 64 bit Vista driver, as those usually work fine with Win7.
 
thanks for the reply
i've tried 32 bit and 64 bit drivers, as well as old versions and new versions of the drivers, all come up with the same error saying theyre not digitally signed
 
I've seen some people get around the install issue by making a custom Windows install disc using nLite to preload the proper files there. I've never done it myself though.

I'm kinda of amazed Win7 doesn't see the volumes by default, it has so many drivers pre-installed in it nowadays.
 
Im gonna try installing w7 on normal sata and install the raid drivers, then ghost that onto the raid array.
 
To disable driver signing:

bcdedit -set loadoptions DISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING ON
 
that command line won't work since I'm not in windows itself, I'm trying to set it up, and no access to cmd.
 
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UPDATE: resolved, heres what i had to do.
1. start w7 installation in safe mode, it will allow you to use the unsigned driver
2.let it install & reboot
3.windows will try and bootup but fail due to bad iastor driver (thats your raid driver)
4.start w7 installation in normal mode, it will let you install another windows folder onto the safe mode partition created from before
5.download & installed the updated driver executables
6.remove the safemode windows folder & remove boot.ini entry for it as well.

http://www.hardwareforums.com/raid-0-windows-7-a-28977/ for more info
 
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