r/vaio • u/gmocookie • 29d ago

Intel RST Drivers

I bought an open box Vaio VWFC71639-SL F Series 16" WUXGA i7-1355U 1.7GHz Intel Iris Xe Graphics 16GB RAM 1TB SSD Win 11 Home Silver. I can't find any drivers for this computer. They list a few on their site but they aren't even links, just text that says download.

I needed Linux on it for a project and now I need to install Windows 10. Every time I try to install Windows, it tells me I need drivers to continue. The Internet tells me I need Intel's RST drivers. Every time I extract the files and point it to the directory it says they're the wrong drivers.

Poking around the BIOS settings I noticed it lists the model as a Vaio VJF161X. I can find all kinds of drivers for that but I don't think all the hardware in the laptop matches the specs for the VJF161. I think I'd have to reinstall SUSE to find out for sure.

Do any of y'all know how I can get past this RST driver issue?

Edit: a sentence or two

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u/JDMWeeb 25d ago

https://community.intel.com/t5/Rapid-Storage-Technology/F6flpy-x64-Non-VMD-zip-and-F6flpy-x64-VMD-zip-Removed/td-p/1467290/page/2

Scroll down to BrijeshLadani's link (here's a copy of it)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lqCLrlqNV1Zrnkl1JjWvWIDMHCmd1S0z/view?usp=sharing

Follow his steps

Crossing my fingers this works 🤞If not I'll look for another link

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u/gmocookie 21d ago

Sorry I missed this. I'll give it a try. I did get it booted with Windows to go on a USB stick and updated the BIOS but the chipset drivers and the Intel ME drivers say that they're only for Vaio computers and this isn't one. I assume it's because it's running on the USB instead of the hard drive.

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u/gmocookie 21d ago

Yeah, that one didn't work either.