J Micron JMB 363 eSATA driver install problem

Folks,

I've got an Abit IP35 Pro mobo. It has an intel IHC9R controller for 6 internal SATA ports. It uses a JMicron JMB 363 controller for 2 eSATA ports. That's the problem.

Currently, the JMB363 is using R1.17.53 drivers. However, they only allow the eSATA ports to work in IDE mode. BIOS allows 3 choices: IDE, RAID, AHCI.

(Regardless of BIOS choice, in Device Manager they show as IDE with yellow warning symbols and, additionally, they seem to work as IDE ports rather than eSATA/AHCI. I need to be very careful with the order in which I plug in my external hard-drive, power it on, and reboot my machine so it will recognize the external hard-drive during POST. That's not the way it should work.)

I want the eSATA ports to work in AHCI mode and be hot-pluggable.

I found new drivers on the JMicron site, R1.17.63.01_eSATA, dated June 15th, 2011.

These would SEEM to be what I want. (My OS is Vista Ultimate 64.)

Unfortunately, I cannot get the install to work!! I end up with an error stating INF not found.

What do I do next? I am hoping that this driver will FINALLY enable me to hot-swap my external hard-drive for backups.

Thanks,
Ken

First upgrade Bios on MB
second after upgrade select AHCI in Bios
upgrade drivers from x:/JMB36X_WinDrv/Floppy64

VeGaNKo,

The BIOS is up to date.
In BIOS, the integrated peripheral menu allows me to change the type of connection from IDE, AHCI, or RAID.

(This is all for the JMB363 eSATA ports. My internal hard drives are connected through SATA ports running under an intel ICH9R controller.)

I'm going to try to attach screenshots of the driver files. There is a Floppy64 folder, but it only contains 4 files; jraid, jraid.sys, jraid_f, and txtsetup.oem.

I have NO idea how to upgrade drivers from x:/JMB36X_WinDrv/Floppy64, using these 4 files.

I'm also going to attach a screenshot of my system manager. That may help show why I cannot find the controller.

Thanks.

Upgrade you make running the Setup exe, from unzipped ftp://driver.jmicron.com.tw/SATA_Controller/Windows/JMB36X_WinDrv_R1.17.63_WHQL_eSATA.zip