AFAIK, There is no higher version even in Intel BIOS for their X58SO, and this one first appeared in their late june release. Also this ROM is repported to work on a P6T WS Revolution which is a X58 Mobo. And the P45 & X58 MBs share the same southbridge. So the problem seems to be not X58-related. Maybe the tools you use to mod the BIOS (don't know which as "X58 Board" is short for a description), the lack of space in it to accomodate the larger size of the 8.8 or 8.9 release. You can always try the 8.7.0.1007 version which is 67kb in size to confirm this.
Adding another Option ROM possible? I own a QNAP TS-439 nas. It has a non standard Atom motherboard with an AMI bios. It is very crippled in its feature, such as not allowing booting from USB and so on. Onboard there is a Marvell 88sx7042 chip, that acts as a SATA port multiplier. There is no ROM for it and it's a real pity since it's the same one of Adaptec 1430SA and Highpoint 2310, two full featured Raid 5 controllers. I ripped off the linux OS, very limited in its features, and put Windows Server 2008. The probem is that since it has no bios, I have to create a Raid 5 array with Dynamic Disks. I'd like to ask some guru here, do you think is possible to add the Adaptec or the Highpoint firmware to the AMI bios, thus giving the possibility to use standard drivers and features of these 2 controllers? If positive, would you help me?
Asus P6T BIOS 0603 - x58 ICH10R - Intel Storage option ROM 8.8.0.1009 Thanks for the tips. I was able to replace the Intel Storage option rom 8.0.0.1038 that is present in the standard P6T 0603 BIOS with the 8.8.0.1009 using MMtool 3.19. I am pretty certain that option rom 8.0.0.1038 had an issue with the version 8.9 of the Intel Matrix Storage Manager in Vista x64. Code: Storage rom Matrix Storage Manager on Vista x64 8.0.0.1038 8.8 OK 8.0.0.1038 8.9 Hangs on Vista boot progress screen able to use last known good configuration to revert back to 8.8 8.8.0.1009 8.8 OK 8.8.0.1009 8.9 OK