Vista - Specify when a driver is allowed to load???

Okay, so I have a device that doesn't quite support Vista too well. It is my eSata PCMCIA card. Vista BSODs when the card is in and I shut down or boot up the PC, but during normal OS operation the card is perfectly fine (I think).

I think the problem is because Vista is trying to use the device during the shutdown/startup sequences...not too sure how to fix it!

Anyway, I want to try and prevent the driver from loading until the laptop has fully booted up. Also, I'd like that card driver to be the first thing to shut down during the turning off process.

 

Any updated drivers for the card? That's the first thing you should check, direct from the manufacturer, and possibly from the chipset manufacturer, rather than just the card manufacturer. Secondly, look here, see if that helps. Here's the Google search I used to find that, there may be some other good results for you.

 

I have used the startup and shutdown exit points in XP to run .cmd files and such. I have not looked for them in Vista yet, but I am sure they would still be there.

 

I've checked with both Vantec and Sabrent for updated drivers, but no luck. The OS BSODs with 'msachi.sys' whenever there is a boot or shutdown with the card in.

The XP drivers install okay, but obviously they aren't working well with Vista. I had the same problem with Vista32, so I'm 90% sure Vista 64 isn't the true issue.

Hmmm, I'll be reading.

My first thought was the bootloader doesn't like the card, but I'm not sure.

 

I'm thinking it was a gpedit.msc or secpol.msc setting, but the memory is not what it used to be.

 

UPDATE: I know that my card isn't manufactured by Vantec, it is sourced from Sabrent (I think).

But I found the source for the actual IC inside the card...Silicon Image. And they happen to have a 64bit driver...after I set up XP, I might image my drive back to Vista just to see if it works.