
This will turn the RAID controller back on. Locate the SAS/RAID setting and select "Enable". (In my case I plugged the secondary 3.5" HDD back into the SAS bay.) Leave the primary OS drive plugged into the SATA port, or, relocate it back into the SAS bays. My system had a few additional updates to install before the system was completely "up-to-date".
Once Windows has completed the update, boot into Windows and run the Windows Update "Check For Updates" again. Run the Media Creation Tool and follow the steps to update Windows on your existing machine.
(In my case, I was upgrading Build 1809 to 1909.)
Download the "MediaCreationTool1909.exe" from the Microsoft website. (Note: if you do not have an extra SATA port but you do have a CD/DVD drive, you can simply unplug the SATA data/power cables from the CD/DVD drive and plug them into your primary OS drive to perform the update.)
Plug the primary OS drive into these cables.
Locate the SATA_1 data and power cable. In my case there were two drives: primary OS SSD, secondary 3.5" SDD used as a data drive ( D:\). Locate the SAS/RAID setting and select "Disable". However, you may want to select "Yes" to completely remove the drivers.) When asked to uninstall the drivers, you can select "No". Right Click on the device and select Uninstall device. Open Device Manager and Uninstall the Intel C600 Chipset SAS RAID Controller which can be found in the "Storage Controllers" tree. Only perform the following if you are in a Non-Raid configuration.Īs always, make backups, clone your hard drive, etc., before attempting the following: Again I want to stress if you are configured in a RAID array, do NOT perform the following procedure, you will lose data. Before you remove hard drives, some configuration work must be performed. In my case, there was an extra SATA data and power cable available. The primary OS drive can be unplugged from the SAS/RAID bay and plugged into one of the two SATA ports. The SATA ports are not part of the SAS/RAID controller. My motherboard also contains two SATA headers: SATA_0 and SATA_1. If your system is setup with the "Non-Raid" configuration, please read on. My system was not using a RAID array, both of my hard drives were configured as "Non-Raid". SAS_0 is used to control the 4 built-in hard drive bays in the computer case. My motherboard contains two SAS headers: SAS_0 and SAS_1. If your motherboard has a SATA port, please read on. This method simply bypasses the RAID Controller on the motherboard. I have found a workaround that allows Windows 10 Update to work on motherboards with an Intel C600 Chipset SAS RAID Controller. Solution For Windows 10 Update | Intel C600 Chipset SAS Raid Incompatibility