Intel Rapid Storage Technology Service is not running

Anonymous
2010-04-14T00:55:42+00:00

I have an icon in the lower right tray that says Intel RST Service is not running.  What does this mean, do I need to fix it and how do I fix it?

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Anonymous
2010-04-14T10:44:47+00:00

Hi,

That service is described here: http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/chipsets/Q57/Q57-overview.htm about halfway down the page. It's not essential, but the most likely fix if you do have additional drives is to reload the sata driver from Intel most appropriate to your chipset.

Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-10-14T05:26:12+00:00

    I have that same problem the icon that says Intel RST service is not running and I went to task manager and there it says that Intel Rapid Storage Technology is running.. Do you know what is happening?

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-10-14T05:02:23+00:00

    I have it on automatic but I'm still seeing the icon that Intel RST service is not running

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-08-02T00:34:02+00:00

    Hi.

    I m using Windows 8 and I went to the Task Manager and it says that my Intel RTS service IS running but my little sidebar notification still says this ""intel RTS service is not running". What can i do about that?

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-07-03T05:49:44+00:00

    i have the same problem but when i go to task mgr and try to start rst it stops right away this is a new build with AS Rock Z77 mobo i5-3570k processor windows 7 home premium  made sure bios right.

        - Intel(R) 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller the tray icon has a blue dot on it i just dont know what to do my system is running in AHCI mode

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