If you don't find errors during the modding ... like checksum or something else the software should warn you ... the best thing is ... Get a spare BIOS Chip - and flash it ... in case of error // just replace back the good one. I don't think there is any other way to test what you want like these.
That is correct. @ leom81: You will find some additional advices regarding flashing the "modded" BIOS within my guide.
I don't think that the new OROMs are too big, I think that's just a problem of size of the OROM that can't be handled by motherboard (I think that mobo "don't like" is not too professional, and ICH10R are the same for everyone)... I'd say, for example, that trying to read the OROM to show settings on bootscreen reports an error as they are located at another byte in 120k OROMS.... Some bios may handle it, some don't. By the way: were you lucky using or replacing 120k OROMs on my Asus P6X58D-E?
Hi there. First post, and, after reading dozens of posts (here and all over), I can finally settle for one opinion/recommendation that addresses exactly my needs. I have a GB EP45-DS3R with F11e BIOS and just bought a Sandisk Extreme 120GB SSD. I'd really appreciate if someone would post a modified F11e BIOS with the above mentioned IRST v11.1.0.1413 updated ROM. That's it, no SLIC, no LAN, no SLI support, just the Intel RAID ROM. Info: -GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS3R (rev. 1.0); -F11e AWARD BIOS (hxxp://download.gigabyte.ru/bios/motherboard_bios_ga-ep45-ds3r_f11e.exe); -Intel RST RAID ROM v11.1.0.1413 (hxxp://win-lite.de/benutzer/fernando/ROM-Module/Intel/RST/Intel_RST_RAID_ROM_v11.1.0.1413.rar). Pretty please?... Thank you. (if this isn't the right venue for this post, please redirect me)
Thank you for the prompt reply. Are you suggesting I use the latest BIOS with IRST ROM v11.5 (I rather not because of what Fernando 1 wrote on post #1010 and #1014), that I look around for a BIOS with the RAID ROM v11.1 (I did, Googled it too, no luck) or that I ask for the modified BIOS there (I posted a there well over 24 hours ago, and after two replies to someone else's later posts, I'm assuming they're not interested in answering a question, the one I got from #1014, let alone doing something)? Thank you.
I used that new RST oprom 11.5.0.1347 for P5Q Deluxe EFI bios. WEI got improvment. I use RAID 0 and all work. I readed net new oproms should work if delete image *.JPG files in bios those pictures in boot screen. It maybe help but idk if it work that way.
I have read that the Intel RST ROM 11.5 versions that are available aren't actually desktop versions, is this correct? I am currently using Intel RST RAID ROM 11.1.0.1413 on my ASUS Rampage III Extreme along with RTS software version 11.1.0.1006. The Intel RST ROM 11.5 versions do work with my motherboard because I have tested them, so is it still recommended I update to the newer Intel RST ROM 11.5 on this board and even though I am using RTS software version 11.1.0.1006 for the moment until RTS software version 11.5 comes out of beta?
Where did you read that? I do not believe, that it is true. Why do you think, that the RST drivers and software pack v11.5.0.1149 is beta? Lenovo has released it for being used with Windows 8 Beta, but this doesn't mean, that the Intel RST drivers or the Software are Beta versions. The RST package v11.5.0.1149 doesn't yet have the WHQL stamp, but it has been digitally signed by Intel. Otherwise users of Win8 wouldn't be able to get it installed.
I take it the RST drivers and software pack v11.5 is only really meant for Windows 8 Beta at the moment even though you can still install these drivers on Windows 7? I installed the 11.5.0.1149 drivers on my Windows 7 x64 but they did not work properly and my raid0 performance seems to suffer quite badly and windows felt sluggish because of something was happening with the hard drives. I then uninstalled them and when back to Intel RST driver 11.1.0.1006 WHQL because they are working great for me and I don't have any problems with this driver.
I am sure the current v11.5 drivers are actually RSTe drivers and meant for boards with Z68 and x79 chipsets. My board has a x58 chipset and so maybe is the reason why I get slower speed with these.
Only Intel's development management really knows the answer. Maybe these new AHCI/RAID drivers v11.5.0.1149 are the first ones, which do support the UNMAP command (the equivalent to TRIM for SCSI devices) even with SSD's, which are members of a RAID0. In this case only Win8 users with a supported Intel RAID system will get benefit of these new drivers. On the other hand it seems possible for me, that the v11.5 RST(e) drivers are the first "reunified" AHCI/RAID drivers, which may be usable in the very next future for all Intel chipsets from ICH7R/M up to X79. I agree with the first half of the sentence, but not with the second half. Users with an X79 chipset will not be able to use these v11.5.0.1149 drivers while running Windows 8, because the needed HardwareID's are missing within the INF files and Win8 doesn't accept any "modded" driver.
Do you reckon Intel will release normal 11.5 RST drivers, non RSTe ones that are meant for older chipsets like x58 and might support the UNMAP command? and do you think these could also support some kind of TRIM for RAID0 in combination with the the right Intel RAID Option ROM for on older chipsets? OR will TRIM for RAID0 only be for newer motherboards with higher chipsets?
@ Sylver123: As I already have written, I do not know the answer to your questions, but the combination RST(e) drivers and software set v11.5.0.1149 and RAID ROM v11.5.0.1347 seems to be very interesting for users with an Intel 6-series chipset RAID0 system. My Z68 RAID0 (2x128 GB Crucial M4 SSD's) is running fine with this configuration since 2 weeks, but I have recreated it from scratch after having flashed the "modded" BIOS with the RAID ROM v11.5.0.1347.