ASUS M2A-VM RAID Rom module updating.

Hi!

I’m in the process of updating the RAID Rom module for an Asus M2A-VM motherboard.

This is the output i got from CBROM /D :

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CBROM198.EXE V1.98 [08/27/08] (C)Phoenix Technologies 2001-2008
 
******** bios.BIN BIOS component ********
 
No. Item-Name Original-Size Compressed-Size Original-File-Name
================================================================================ 0. System BIOS 20000h(128.00K)156C6h(85.69K)5001.BIN
1. XGROUP CODE 0F2A0h(60.66K)0A506h(41.26K)awardext.rom
2. ACPI table 05710h(21.77K)020BCh(8.18K)ACPITBL.BIN
3. EPA LOGO 0168Ch(5.64K)002AAh(0.67K)AwardBmp.bmp
4. YGROUP ROM 0CFD0h(51.95K)0633Eh(24.81K)awardeyt.rom
5. GROUP ROM[ 0] 07110h(28.27K)02D05h(11.25K)_EN_CODE.BIN
6. BIOSF0 02170h(8.36K)016CEh(5.70K)_DMI.BIN
7. BIOSF9 0F350h(60.83K)005AEh(1.42K)_RT.BIN
8. BIOSF7 00780h(1.88K)005F7h(1.49K)_Xsetup.BIN
9. GV3 08BEAh(34.98K)02E92h(11.64K)AGESACPU.ROM
10. LOGO BitMap 4B30Ch(300.76K)15945h(86.32K)M2A-VM.bmp
11. VGA ROM[1] 0D600h(53.50K)087DCh(33.96K)BR26529.bin
12. BIOSF6 0E32Eh(56.79K)079E4h(30.47K)EZFLASH.EXE
13. PCI ROM[A] 10000h(64.00K)08B4Fh(34.83K)SATA.bin
14. OEM7 CODE 01E85h(7.63K)015A6h(5.41K)AUDIODJ.BIN
15. MINIT 0E3FFh(57.00K)0E426h(57.04K)MEMINIT.BIN
16. PCI ROM[B] 0E800h(58.00K)082D1h(32.70K)RTEGROM.LOM
(SP) NCPUCODE 07000h(28.00K)07000h(28.00K)NCPUCODE.BIN
(SP) HOLE47898 A7E9DDCCh(2751095.45K) A7E9DDCCh(2751095.45K)
(SP) HOLE8165 20657261h(530780.59K) 20657261h(530780.59K)sure to erase MBR!>
(SP) HOLE24720 6F20796Eh(1820702.36K) 6F20796Eh(1820702.36K)ther key to ignore this option>ÿ#The Reserved Sector was wiped!
(SP) HOLE26852 FF3E6E6Fh(4181915.61K) FF3E6E6Fh(4181915.61K)#The Reserved Sector was wiped!
(SP) HOLE26855 21646570h(547097.36K) 21646570h(547097.36K)
(SP) HOLE11733 4FF2E2Eh(81867.54K) 4FF2E2Eh(81867.54K)System is going to REBOOT!
(SP) HOLE65425 20657241h(530780.56K) 20657241h(530780.56K)You Sure?
(SP) HOLE19088 2D207965h(739358.35K) 2D207965h(739358.35K) Backÿ.Are you sure you want to delete this array?
(SP) HOLE28113 6F742074h(1826056.11K) 6F742074h(1826056.11K) delete this array?
(SP) HOLE29619 592D6C72h(1461083.11K) 592D6C72h(1461083.11K) to Delete, or others to abort..ÿ*Invalid value. Default will be used!
(SP) HOLE28370 2E2E7472h(756637.11K) 2E2E7472h(756637.11K)ÿ*Invalid value. Default will be used!
(SP) HOLE26855 62206C6Ch(1607707.11K) 62206C6Ch(1607707.11K)e used!
(SP) HOLE26833 202F206Eh(527304.11K) 202F206Eh(527304.11K)Any Key - Exitÿ5Press Ctrl-Y to Modify Array Capacity or press any
(SP) HOLE11484 6F742059h(1826056.09K) 6F742059h(1826056.09K) Modify Array Capacity or press any
(SP) HOLE29152 20737365h(531676.85K) 20737365h(531676.85K)any
(SP) HOLE27877 70616320h(1841240.78K) 70616320h(1841240.78K)acity...ÿ2Enter array capacity (in MB) here: XXXXXXXÿ[0-9] Input Capacity [Enter] Save [BackSpace] Delete [ESC] Exit
(SP) HOLE25297 20797469h(532061.10K) 20797469h(532061.10K)(in MB) here: XXXXXXXÿ[0-9] Input Capacity [Enter] Save [BackSpace] Delete [ESC] Exit
(SP) HOLE11424 49205D39h(1198103.31K) 49205D39h(1198103.31K)nput Capacity [Enter] Save [BackSpace] Delete [ESC] Exit
(SP) HOLE25830 5B202020h(1493000.03K) 5B202020h(1493000.03K)BackSpace] Delete [ESC] Exit
(SP) HOLE30645 207469h(2077.10K) 207469h(2077.10K)
(SP) HOLE8080 20202020h(526344.03K) 20202020h(526344.03K)
(SP) HOLE8080 20202020h(526344.03K) 20202020h(526344.03K)
(SP) HOLE29657 696C6169h(1727256.35K) 696C6169h(1727256.35K)zing...
(SP) HOLE29403 6E410021h(1806400.03K) 6E410021h(1806400.03K)y Key to Continue.......ÿ&Minimum of 3 disks to use this Modeÿ$Must have an even number of disksÿ0123456789Pd' jeŒ²[ Adapter Configuration - Options ]
(SP) HOLE19606 6D696E69h(1792603.60K) 6D696E69h(1792603.60K)um of 3 disks to use this Modeÿ$Must have an even number of disksÿ0123456789Pd' jeŒ²[ Adapter Configuration - Options ]
(SP) HOLE28349 2FF6564h(49113.35K) 2FF6564h(49113.35K)$Must have an even number of disksÿ0123456789Pd' jeŒ²[ Adapter Configuration - Options ]
(SP) HOLE26079 73696420h(1890905.03K) 73696420h(1890905.03K)ksÿ0123456789Pd' jeŒ²[ Adapter Configuration - Options ]
(SP) HOLE35699 103B203h(16620.50K) 103B203h(16620.50K)[ Adapter Configuration - Options ]
(SP) HOLE8093 6974704Fh(1727772.08K) 6974704Fh(1727772.08K)ons ]
(SP) HOLE8163 666E6F43h(1678235.82K) 666E6F43h(1678235.82K)iguration ]
(SP) HOLE24796 20656C62h(530779.10K) 20656C62h(530779.10K)]
(SP) HOLE28388 74697753h(1907293.83K) 74697753h(1907293.83K)ch
(SP) HOLE1889 70106DEh(114753.72K) 70106DEh(114753.72K)[ Delete LD Menu ]
(SP) HOLE1446 6500643h(103425.57K) 6500643h(103425.57K)`ñaÞEa[ Define LD Menu ]
(SP) HOLE8165 62D005Dh(101184.09K) 62D005Dh(101184.09K)6C‘a£aºaÑaa$5ña.dÞea
[ Drives Assignments ]
(SP) HOLE1614 1D0A071Bh(475777.78K) 1D0A071Bh(475777.78K)[ Drives Assignments ]
(SP) HOLE65424 46464Fh(4497.58K) 46464Fh(4497.58K)-6CP`ž‘aa$¼deAny Key to Continue.......
(SP) HOLE16527 4B20796Eh(1230878.36K) 4B20796Eh(1230878.36K)ey to Continue.......
(SP) HOLE21904 20776569h(531929.35K) 20776569h(531929.35K)LD Definition Menu ]
(SP) HOLE24440 F1087108h(3949084.26K) F1087108h(3949084.26K)aÞ[ View Drives Assignments ]
(SP) HOLE25821 2073746Eh(531677.11K) 2073746Eh(531677.11K)]
(SP) HOLE23170 69614D20h(1726547.28K) 69614D20h(1726547.28K)n Menu ]
(SP) HOLE26329 6E656D6Eh(1808731.36K) 6E656D6Eh(1808731.36K)ts........
(SP) HOLE11678 2E2E2E2Eh(756619.54K) 2E2E2E2Eh(756619.54K)............
(SP) HOLE11678 2E2E2E2Eh(756619.54K) 2E2E2E2Eh(756619.54K)..............
(SP) HOLE29141 6E6F4320h(1809360.78K) 6E6F4320h(1809360.78K)figuration......
(SP) HOLE8163 342E2E31h(854923.55K) 342E2E31h(854923.55K) to Select Option [ESC] Exit
(SP) HOLE8080 20202020h(526344.03K) 20202020h(526344.03K) [ESC] Exit
(SP) HOLE30645 20207469h(526365.10K) 20207469h(526365.10K)
(SP) HOLE8099 320B005Dh(819904.09K) 320B005Dh(819904.09K)[ 4 ]
(SP) HOLE25812 1F220300h(510080.75K) 1F220300h(510080.75K)Total Drv
(SP) HOLE15475 6174531Fh(1596692.78K) 6174531Fh(1596692.78K)tus
(SP) HOLE29664 206E6F69h(531355.85K) 206E6F69h(531355.85K) [ESC] Exit
(SP) HOLE8080 2170020h(34240.03K) 2170020h(34240.03K)[ESC] Exit
(SP) HOLE8080 20202020h(526344.03K) 20202020h(526344.03K)
(SP) HOLE23183 55205D18h(1394711.27K) 55205D18h(1394711.27K)p [] Down [ESC] Exit
(SP) HOLE5744 445B1F23h(1119943.78K) 445B1F23h(1119943.78K)el or Alt+D] Delete
(SP) HOLE24800 205D6563h(530265.35K) 205D6563h(530265.35K)Change Option [Ctrl-Y] Save
(SP) HOLE30161 17002065h(376840.10K) 17002065h(376840.10K)#[Enter] Select
(SP) HOLE23765 61684320h(1595920.78K) 61684320h(1595920.78K)nge Boot Drive
(SP) HOLE8080 20202020h(526344.03K) 20202020h(526344.03K)
(SP) HOLE8106 1F330700h(511169.75K) 1F330700h(511169.75K)Fast Init:
(SP) HOLE25041 20657479h(530781.12K) 20657479h(530781.12K)Boundary:
(SP) HOLE1648 61431F33h(1593543.80K) 61431F33h(1593543.80K)che Mode:
(SP) HOLE25041 5D20656Ch(1525785.36K) 5D20656Ch(1525785.36K)
(SP) HOLE25812 2E0B006Ch(754368.11K) 2E0B006Ch(754368.11K)Capacity (MB)
(SP) HOLE29662 1F060300h(508288.75K) 1F060300h(508288.75K)Channel:ID
(SP) HOLE11635 7061431Fh(1841232.78K) 7061431Fh(1841232.78K)acity (MB)
(SP) HOLE29393 616C5300h(1596180.75K) 616C5300h(1596180.75K)
(SP) HOLE29151 20200074h(526336.11K) 20200074h(526336.11K)RAID 0
(SP) HOLE17350 20002020h(524296.03K) 20002020h(524296.03K) RAID 10
(SP) HOLE65493 74697243h(1907292.57K) 74697243h(1907292.57K)ical
(SP) HOLE18544 6974696Eh(1727770.36K) 6974696Eh(1727770.36K)alizing
(SP) HOLE31193 676E69h(6619.60K) 676E69h(6619.60K) ---- ---- ------ ----
(SP) HOLE8080 2D2D2020h(740168.03K) 2D2D2020h(740168.03K)---- ----
(SP) HOLE3449 A4091809h(2687558.01K) A4091809h(2687558.01K)¯16 KB
(SP) HOLE12400 4B203832h(1230862.05K) 4B203832h(1230862.05K)B
(SP) HOLE25041 20656Ch(2073.36K) 20656Ch(2073.36K)Disable
(SP) HOLE52040 60EC8B55h(1588002.83K) 60EC8B55h(1588002.83K)a‹~‹N° óªa¾
(SP) HOLE2601 66000000h(1671168.00K) 66000000h(1671168.00K)3Òf÷ñFRfÀtëñ‹~‹N;Îs‹Î+Îù‹ÎZ€Â0ˆGâ÷Æ
(SP) HOLE52635 CE8BF903h(3384062.25K) CE8BF903h(3384062.25K)Z€Â0ˆGâ÷Æ
(SP) HOLE35478 26603F36h(628751.80K) 26603F36h(628751.80K)÷D
(SP) HOLE57816 5E59F8E2h(1545854.22K) 5E59F8E2h(1545854.22K)ÃY^€&úýùÃaüó¤aÃ`´2ÿ¹
(SP) HOLE47471 10CD0001h(275264.00K) 10CD0001h(275264.00K)aÃ`a¿a¹Yü2Àóªaè:è¿è†aÃÆú
(SP) HOLE24689 FA06C6C3h(4096433.69K) FA06C6C3h(4096433.69K)
(SP) HOLE59248 BEC3FFC4h(3125503.94K) BEC3FFC4h(3125503.94K)¬]´öäðÃPV°&¢ì_ƒúu&¢í_èâÿ&‰\°
(SP) HOLE57944 5C8926FFh(1516105.75K) 5C8926FFh(1516105.75K)°
(SP) HOLE22478 736FF2Eh(118207.79K) 736FF2Eh(118207.79K)
(SP) HOLE26852 7974696Ch(1989914.36K) 7974696Ch(1989914.36K) (c) 2006 ATI Technology, Inc.
(SP) HOLE28089 20202E63h(526347.60K) 20202E63h(526347.60K)
(SP) HOLE50544 102F606h(16573.51K) 102F606h(16573.51K)Æö
(SP) HOLE6744 2313D1Ah(35919.28K) 2313D1Ah(35919.28K)uÆö
(SP) HOLE15669 19750332h(417088.80K) 19750332h(417088.80K)Æö
(SP) HOLE931 6C61975h(110982.36K) 6C61975h(110982.36K)ö
(SP) HOLE2789 C61132E8h(3245132.73K) C61132E8h(3245132.73K)ö
(SP) HOLE60018 F606C608h(4030897.51K) F606C608h(4030897.51K)é[ÿ¾¥
(SP) HOLE23897 A3E8FFh(10490.25K) A3E8FFh(10490.25K)ÿŽ¾
(SP) HOLE17656 345C601h(53617.50K) 345C601h(53617.50K)þăÇþÀƒÆâßÆÿ¿Ž¶ÿ²
(SP) HOLE59251 60C30034h(1585344.05K) 60C30034h(1585344.05K)Ðà´8öä&‹>\ø&÷
(SP) HOLE33409 F72638C7h(4049294.19K) F72638C7h(4049294.19K)
(SP) HOLE53394 571A73DBh(1427100.96K) 571A73DBh(1427100.96K)P¸
(SP) HOLE60209 F0C361DAh(3944664.46K) F0C361DAh(3944664.46K)ÿ
(SP) HOLE1833 1621E800h(362618.00K) 1621E800h(362618.00K)a¿T¹
 
(SP) HOLE29807 F61EB05Bh(4032428.09K) F61EB05Bh(4032428.09K)e¾
(SP) HOLE62888 368B26E4h(893641.72K) 368B26E4h(893641.72K)\ðƒÆ8&÷
(SP) HOLE33590 B038EEh(11278.23K) B038EEh(11278.23K)³èÀþÀþƃÆ8âôYAƒÇƒùr ¿Ž‰o2ä h¢k¢T‹è‹Õƒý
(SP) HOLE34931 32046F0Eh(819483.76K) 32046F0Eh(819483.76K)ä h¢k¢T‹è‹Õƒý
(SP) HOLE959 C1F9E24Eh(3178104.58K) C1F9E24Eh(3178104.58K)âÂ€üèA=
(SP) HOLE986 B00468A2h(2883866.16K) B00468A2h(2883866.16K)ö&jø¾ì
(SP) HOLE45029 E801458Ah(3801169.38K) E801458Ah(3801169.38K)P
(SP) HOLE15726 2754900h(40274.25K) 2754900h(40274.25K)ë=
(SP) HOLE2277 E8019AE8h(3801190.73K) E8019AE8h(3801190.73K)¬égÿ=eté_ÿèrüaÃ`&¢
(SP) HOLE24430 66506600h(1676313.50K) 66506600h(1676313.50K)SfQfRfVfWfUϼ#
(SP) HOLE40079 5F665D66h(1563031.35K) 5F665D66h(1563031.35K)f^fZfYf[fX&€>º`
(SP) HOLE45445 159CE812h(354106.02K) 159CE812h(354106.02K)`€>Su1ŠÐà´8öä&‹>\ø&÷
(SP) HOLE65396 83570E75h(2151875.61K) 83570E75h(2151875.61K)Ç8&÷
(SP) HOLE6580 E81C548Bh(3802901.14K) E81C548Bh(3802901.14K)¡e.‰)#.£'#a²2¹
(SP) HOLE12851 26D08AF6h(635938.74K) 26D08AF6h(635938.74K)‹6?`¹
(SP) HOLE884 26087400h(623133.00K) 26087400h(623133.00K)ŠD:ÂtƒÆâì^þÆYƒÆhâÒë^YŠÆÃExtent 1
(SP) HOLE49974 65747845h(1662238.07K) 65747845h(1662238.07K)nt 1
(SP) HOLE9624 E82A548Bh(3803797.14K) E82A548Bh(3803797.14K)!e.‰)#.£'#a²2¹
(SP) HOLE65396 5EB0274h(96960.61K) 5EB0274h(96960.61K)¾ˆëA&ŠD.Æï1.
(SP) HOLE35222 C4020464h(3211393.10K) C4020464h(3211393.10K)RèWÿZ²?¾¹´öäð¹
(SP) HOLE59639 E2434610h(3707089.52K) E2434610h(3707089.52K)ô¾é³è$aÃ`€>T
(SP) HOLE1646 6FA10454h(1828929.08K) 6FA10454h(1828929.08K)8TrþTaÃ`W¿†¹
(SP) HOLE59255 6BA1513h(110213.27K) 6BA1513h(110213.27K)_èW¾‰ €=t€=u€}r°öeƒè‹è.‹¶“ ³ºaè¾¾‰ €=t&‹>?`°hŠ&köäø¾È&€},t¾Ó³º@aè’Ü ùàc
(SP) HOLE25958 EE88302h(244256.75K) EE88302h(244256.75K)‹è.‹¶“ ³ºaè¾¾‰ €=t&‹>?`°hŠ&köäø¾È&€},t¾Ó³º@aè’Ü ùàc
(SP) HOLE24495 268A68B0h(631450.17K) 268A68B0h(631450.17K)köäø¾È&€},t¾Ó³º@aè’Ü ùàc
 
Total hole area space = 10000h(64.00K)
Total compress code space = B1000h(708.00K)
Total compressed code size = 7D38Bh(500.89K)
Remain compress code space = 33C95h(207.15K)
 
** Micro Code Information **
Bridge ID | Bridge ID
North South Patch ID CPUID | North South Patch ID CPUID
---------------------------------------+----------------------------------------00000000 00000000 00000062 00000414| 00000000 00000000 00000068 0000040A
00000000 00000000 0000006D 0000041B| 00000000 00000000 00000083 00000680
00000000 00000000 0000007A 00000413| 00000000 00000000 0000007B 00000433
00000000 00000000 01000002 00000000| 00000000 00000000 01000020 00001000
00000000 00000000 01000085 00001040| 00000000 00000000 01000086 00001041
00000000 00000000 01000095 00001022| 00000000 00000000 01000096 00001020
00000000 00000000 010000B6 00001043| 00000000 00000000 010000B7 00001062
 
 


All those (SP) HOLE looks like a mess and are worrying me, i'm not sure if modding this bios will be safe!, this is the first time i've seen so many of them with that info on a AWARD bios.

So, is this normal and i'm good to go? or it will be better if i don't touch it?.

Thanks!

I have never seen such BIOS either and it is hard to believe, that it is an original BIOS, but it is true!
Meanwhile I have checked the latest original BIOSes (2302 and 5001 BETA) offered by ASUS for this mainboard and found the same BIOS structure. Both BIOSes cointain the AMD RAID ROM v2.5.1540.31 for the very old AMD RAID Controller DEV_4380.
To be honest I would not touch this BIOS either. Furthermore you would not be able to modify it by using the tool CBROM32_198, because the AMD RAID ROM is above the sensitive MEMINIT module.

Oh well, guess i will have to leave it as it is… was hoping to be able to get a 2TB hard disk on this MB but for some reason it is not being recognized (too old SATA controller i guess).