Firmware R211 release

The latest IRST driver, which is classified as a RAID driver, although it works great in AHCI mode, is 11.6.0.1030. That one is a bit finicky on some systems, in RAID mode Window sees it as a SCSI driver, and the IRST Windows GUI does not work when third party SATA controllers (Marvell, ASMedia) are enabled with their standard drivers.

I would suggest IRST 11.2.0.1006, which you can get direct from Intel here:

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=21407&lang=eng&OSVersion=Windows%207%20%2864-bit%29*&DownloadType=

What mother board or Intel SATA chipset are you using?