Ran into the same issue as well- Intel RSTe 3.2.xx drivers are a joke. You need to head into the Device Manager after uninstalling the RSTe software and manually remove the driver from your computer (check the box that says 'Delete the driver software for this device'). Restart your computer.

If you want the most out of your storage devices- download the 11.6.xx RST (non 'e') drivers from the Intel site and install them manually. It should come in a zip file with no installer/additional rubbish. Head into the Device Manager, find the default Microsoft AHCI controller (under IDE/ATAPI controllers), then select 'update device driver' and point Windows at the directory you've unzipped the drivers to.

Alternatively, you can use the RSTe 3.1.xx drivers (available on Intel website as well)- however these do not support S.M.A.R.T. monitoring from within the OS.

The 11.6.xx and 3.1.xx drivers are completely stable.

-EDIT-

Sorry, just read the last post where you said raising your vcore restored stability. Still- if you ever run into another BSOD- remove those drivers fast. A massive number of people have run into problem with them.

Hello all,

I have been reading this forum ever since I clicked the order button for my RIVE. I must say this is an amazing knowledge base, and I have learned tons already.

Anyway, on to my situation. I am not trying to take over the thread, but my issues are so similar, I figured that I would spare an extra thread and post my problem here. Ever since I finished my new build, I am receiving sporadic BSOD's during gaming. I have a second monitor that I use solely for temperature monitoring so I have been able to rule this out as an issue. I am doing no overclocking, unless you count setting the XMP profile to bring my RAM to spec (1866 Mhz no oc). Most BSOD's point to storport.sys as the cause, though occasionally I receive a BSOD with iaStorA.sys as a cause. I cannot remember which RST driver that I installed the first time around, but in another thread, I saw where someone recommended the RSTe 3.5.0.1101 driver set. Out of fear that I possibly installed drivers with known compatibility issues, I wiped my drives and did a clean install of windows 7 using the RSTe 3.5.0.1101 drivers. I only installed the bare-bones as far as drivers to try and limit causes of BSOD's if I did have any. I only installed the chipset drivers, RAID drivers, LAN drivers, sound card drivers, and video card drivers. After, 6 hours of gaming, I received the dreaded BSOD, with storport.sys as the culprit. There are also 2 SATA ports that do not show up in my BIOS. I have tried, resetting the CMOS, pulling the battery, and the BIOS is fully updated. Whenever I plug anything into them, the do not show up in the BIOS. I am at a loss here. I am beginning to wonder if my board is bad. Is there any suggestions that you all have for me? If this board is bad, I need to get it returned before the return period expires. Thanks in advance for any help that you all could offer.

System specs:
Core i7 3820-@stock
16gb GSkill Ripjaws @ 1866
3x 80gb Intel 320 series SSD's in RAID 0
EVGA Geforce GTX 590
Creative Soundblaster Recon 3D Fatality Professional
Seasonic Xseries 1250W

11.6 have issues building RAID arrays on some setups. Best avoided if you need them for that. They failed our internal validation. Intel knows so will update at some point. In the meantime the drivers on the ASUS page are recommended.