G53JW Intel RST driver issues

Hi there,

It seems that the Intel RST (Rapid storage technology) diver is messing up quite largely.

On the initial Asus install that came with the system, my G53JW would hang at the "Starting Windows" animation screen. If I restarted the laptop once or twice, I would be able to enter windows and everything would be fine.

When I did a fresh install with a windows 7 install CD, I noticed that windows would not boot at all and instead just hang after the "Starting windows" animation and then proceed to blue screen and restart. This is after I installed the RST driver, and only that driver. I tried it twice, but encountered the same experience.

If someone could shed some light on why i'm experiencing this, I would be greatly appreciative. I notice that there aren't any other people experiencing this and was just wondering why?

Thanks in advance

PS: I am also experiencing what seems to be laggy data rates via the hard drives. I am using the original WD Scorptio Blue 5400rpm 500gb drive that came with the system as well as a 500gb Seagate Momentus 7200rpm drive for my OS and game HD. I checked the Momentus in another laptop by running HDtach and read/write and access times were fine.

Anyone?

 

Possibly a hardware issue? The fact that the initial factory install froze makes me think theres something else wrong there besides drivers because as you said I haven't seen anyone else complain about the factory install doing this.

Also the drive shouldnt be slower than it is in other laptops. I have an SSD in mine and get advertised transfer rates and access times.

 

Yeah, I thought as much. The only thing is how i'm going to demonstrate the issue to the place of purchase, given that it's an intermittent issue.

Any ideas?