Intel® Solid State Drive Client PCIe* Microsoft*
Windows* Driver
Release Notes
December 2022
Software Version 5.3.0.1010
Document Number: 331995-006US
Intel® Solid-State Drive PCIe* Driver
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Driver Revision History
Document
Date Driver Version Description
Version
New for this release:
December 026 5.3.0.1010
• Resolved BSOD which occurs during driver installation in
Windows 11
New for this release:
September 025 5.3.0.1005
• Support for Windows 11
New for this release:
March 024 5.2.0.1006 • New Installer framework
• Fixed a sporadic BSOD which occurs during power
management
New for this release:
• Fixed issue where multiple requests for Log Sense information
October 023 5.1.0.1003 would cause a sporadic BSOD
• Change in the way SSD model strings are displayed in
Windows Device Manager.
New for this release:
April 021 5.0.0.1002 • Multiple bug fixes
• Removed support for Windows 7
New for this release:
• Added support for Intel(R) SSD 665p Series
September 020 4.4.0.1003 • Resolved possible BSOD when issuing a temperature request
• Windows* PowerShell* interface returns correct information
for Serial Number
July 019 4.3.0.1006 Updated with certification for Microsoft Windows 10 Client family version
1903
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Date Driver Version Description
Version
New for this release:
• Resolved possible BSOD when issuing a Query Property
temperature request
• Improved hot plug handling
April 017 4.3.0.1006 Known issues:
• Possible BSOD during System Sleep and Hibernate – currently
suspected to be caused by a device/PCI error. No workaround
at this time.
• Possible BSOD during System Sleep and Hibernate with
multiple namespaces present
New for this release:
• Support for Intel SSD 660p Series
• Resolved issues with hangs seen with third-party tools that
monitor system status via S.M.A.R.T. interface
November 016 4.2.0.1002
• Improved SCSI to NVMe command translation
Known issues:
• Possible BSOD when issuing a Query Property temperature
request.
New for this release:
• DLL injection vulnerability (INTEL-SA-00154) was fixed with
this release
July 015 4.0.0.1007 • For more information on INTEL-SA-00154, please visit the
following link -
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-
center/advisory/intel-sa-00154.html
New for this release:
April 014 4.0.0.1007 • Support for Intel Optane 905P Series
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Date Driver Version Description
Version
New for this release:
• Support for Intel SSD Pro 7600p/760p/E 6100p Series
• Support for public Windows IOCTLs introduced in Windows
February 013 4.0.0.1007 10
• Support for features and functionality defined in the NVMe 1.3
specification
New for this release:
December 012 3.2.0.1002 • Support for Intel Optane 900P Series
New for this release:
• Fixed BSOD/enumeration issue during hot plug
October 011 3.1.0.1021
• Fixed BSOD during Windows 7 OS installation
New for this release:
August 010 3.1.0.1009 • Updates to SCSI translation for commands including Mode
Select, Read Capacity, Security IN, and EUI64
New for this release:
• Hardened Driver Security
May 009 3.0.0.1013 • Updated to NVMe Spec 1.2c
• Added support for Get/Set Feature Payloads when using vendor
unique feature IDs
• Added support for the Storage Firmware Update IOCTL
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Date Driver Version Description
Version
The following was fixed in this release:
• NVMe driver no longer installs over the RSTe driver
• Adding support for the Windows 10 FW Update IOCTL
• Fixed Yellow Bang after surprise hot-plug that occurs in some
November 008 1.8.0.1011 cases
• Fixed BSOD during queue full condition with I/O
• Fixed BSOD during S3 resume that occurs in some cases
• Fixed BSOD during device power down that occurs in some
cases on Windows 7
The following was fixed in this release:
July 2016 1.7.0.1002
006 • BSOD during continuous reboot testing
June 2016
• NVMe DVL errors blocking Windows Server 2016 Certification
New for this release:
005 • Set SCSI Mode Sense FUA bit as supported
April 2016 1.5.0.1002
• Minor performance improvement
• Implement SCSI Verify translation to NVMe*
New for this release:
• Windows 10 Certification
• Single installer for both x32 and x64 based Operating Systems
September The following was fixed in this release:
004 1.3.0.1007
2015
• After Uninstall device shows an “unknown device,” it now
reports as PCIe* device.
• BSOD when installed on systems with 0x120 logical Cores
• Installer using silent install does not copy the license.
The following was fixed in this release:
• Disable of NVMe Controller takes too long after S3+S4.
• WHCK Trim Performance Test executable encounters a divide-
June 2015 003 1.2.0.1002
by-zero error and fails to execute.
• WHCK Rotational Rate Test Fails, Reporting 0 RPM
• Update Windows Driver BusType to NVMe
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Date Driver Version Description
Version
The following was fixed in this release:
• 0x9F BSOD during S3/S4 testing
• BSOD due to low System Memory under 32bit
February
002 1.1.0.1004
2015 • Drive does not translate some SCSI commands – READ
CAPACITY, REQUEST SENSE and WRITE(6)
• Windows Driver INF references Windows XP, there is no
driver support and reference was removed
September
001 1.0.0.1023 • Initial release version
2014
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