Thanks for the info genuineintel. I'll try with the roms posted in this thread. On you dfi board using cbrom195 do you have the minit and gv3 modules? From my googling it sounds like those cause problems when adding or removing modules. I've tried just doing the /pci release on the roms I want to replace, then /pci *.bin to put them back in. It rearranges the order and when I flash it just fail overs to my backup bios. Then I tried to release all modules from /pci down and then readd them and had the same issue. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.
I see a gv3 on my DFI bios before and after mod. I dont see a minit module though. Would replacing the gv3 from a board that came with the newer RAID BIOS help? Or adding a minit module if the other bios has it?
That is just my guess, not conclusion. BTW, I did replace 8.0.x.x with 8.9.0.1023 in the ASUS P5Q Deluxe BIOS 2201, which is AMI, and the BIOS works great.
This is the BIOS module list from D45PD925.BIN (DFI LP DK P45T2RS PLUS). There is MEMINIT.BIN (can be extracted using /1pe32) and PPMINIT.ROM (/gv3). Which one is the minit?
******** p35ds3r.f13 BIOS component ******** No. Item-Name Original-Size Compressed-Size Original-File-Name ================================================================================ 0. System BIOS 20000h(128.00K) 151EAh(84.48K) p35ds3r.BIN 1. XGROUP CODE 0EBD0h(58.95K) 0A4F3h(41.24K) awardext.rom 2. ACPI table 04D12h(19.27K) 01909h(6.26K) ACPITBL.BIN 3. EPA LOGO 0168Ch(5.64K) 0030Dh(0.76K) AwardBmp.bmp 4. GROUP ROM[18] 02E70h(11.61K) 02003h(8.00K) ggroup.bin 5. GROUP ROM[20] 00E20h(3.53K) 00B2Dh(2.79K) ffgroup.bin 6. YGROUP ROM 0C100h(48.25K) 066FFh(25.75K) awardeyt.rom 7. GROUP ROM[ 0] 08390h(32.89K) 02DABh(11.42K) _EN_CODE.BIN 8. PCI ROM[A] 10000h(64.00K) 09DBEh(39.44K) ICH9RAID.BIN 9. PCI ROM 04000h(16.00K) 02B46h(10.82K) AHCI.BIN 10. PCI ROM[C] 07A00h(30.50K) 04479h(17.12K) JMB59.BIN 11. MINIT 0CBC0h(50.94K) 0CBF7h(50.99K) MEMINIT.BIN 12. PCI ROM[D] 0C800h(50.00K) 079FDh(30.50K) rtegrom.lom 13. LOGO1 ROM 00B64h(2.85K) 00520h(1.28K) dbios.bmp 14. LOGO BitMap 4B30Ch(300.76K) 05CE3h(23.22K) ds3.bmp 15. GV3 022ADh(8.67K) 00BD6h(2.96K) PPMINIT.ROM 16. OEM0 CODE 028ABh(10.17K) 01E1Bh(7.53K) SBF.BIN 17. OEM2 CODE 01000h(4.00K) 00092h(0.14K) AFSC_HDR.ROM Total compress code space = 66000h(408.00K) Total compressed code size = 5B2C4h(364.69K) Remain compress code space = 0AD3Ch(43.31K) ******** p35ds3r.f13 Bootblock component ******** No. Item-Name Original-Size Compressed-Size Original-File-Name ================================================================================ 1. MEM INIT IN BB 07200h(28.50K) 07231h(28.55K) DDR2_MRC.BIN When I release the pci rom the meminit module moves up. I even tried releasing all modules below pci and readding them in order with no luck.
I am trying to update the rampage formula 0902 bios with the intel raid option rom 8.9.1023 using the replace function of mmtool, and keep getting an error "boot block in file is not valid". What am I doing wrong? Is it cause the new intel rom is larger than the original? It seems to compress it more when i replace it..
Asus P5E64 WS Evolution, AMI BIOS 0802 Works perfectly with Intel_RAID_for_SATA - 8.9.0.1023 and latest drivers. No more constant errors on RAID. Thanks, will try other ROM's upgrades lately. By the way - can somebody explain how to change to Intel_Serial_ATA_AHCI_BIOS_Version_iSrc_1.20E ?
Abit IP35 PRO Tested today the v8.9.0.1023 PCH-D wRAID5 on my Abit IP35PRO.(i had 7.5 before). It gives me this error(when running the raid module): "PNP and PCI compliant bios not present". Also it shows me the correct version of the raid module: v8.9.0.1023, but it gives me this error and not show me my hdd drives in RAID MODE. Anyway i flashed my backup bios, and it's ok now. What does this error mean and what should i do to have 8.9 or 9.5 version? P.S. My MB has ICHR9. (Sorry for my bad english)
My DFI LP DK P45 T2RS PLUS uses AWARD BIOS containing 8.5.0.1030. This is the only one working for this board. Any other ROMs, such as 8.7, 8.8, and 8.9, are not working and have the similar errors to yours.
Rampage Formula 0902 w/ SLIC Hello! I have a Rampage Formula mobo. I've tried SoLoR's bios posted on page #16 (forums.mydigitallife.net/posts/16821451) and indeed, RAID bios no longer works with 9.x ich, so I've flashed back to original 0902 BIOS. If someone of you are so kind to make an 0902 RF BIOS with latest working components and ASUS SLIC, I would be very grateful. I don't want to mess with BIOS, I'm afraid to not kill the board (I have bad experiences from the past ). I think the last working modules should be: - ich -- 8.9.0.1023 - jmb -- 1.07.13 - marvell -- 6.60.2.3 (hopping those works ?!?) - asus 2.1 slic - asus SLI cert please correct/update them if I'm wrong. SoLoR, haven't you got your RF back from warranty? It wold be comfortable for me to know somebody tried before the modded BIOS... Hope to upgrade to W7 soon and let XP as a second choice; didn't try W7 yet, waiting for your help with the modded RF BIOS... Thank you very much and keep up the good work!
Thank you hanzzon2. Indeed it's working flawless as I've tested it in the past, although w/o SLIC as I hadn't installed W7 yet. But maybe someone would be so kind and mix up those modules specified by me so I will happily try W7, as this would be a last ROM for this mobo (which is working great, for me at least, btw)
Two new config drives?! I tried to update my ASUS P5Q Premium bios 2001. Updating Intel Raid from 8.0 to 8.9 went fine. When trying 9.5 I got msg about hardware init error, so I stay with 8.9 Updating Marvell Pata 61xx from 1.1.0.L70d to L72a brought me two additional devices in windows. ("Config ATA0 Device 8GB") or so, which aren't accessible. So there it seems something went wrong when updating Marvell part. Connected PATA devices (HDD and DVD) are recognized fine, but I worry about that two new devices. Replaced parts with MMtools 3.22.