[Discussion] Firmware for Asmedia USB 3.0/3.1 Controllers

[9tailsfox]

@lordkag

I thought it is impossible to edit a post after this long time, since I already had a similar situation some months ago, where a 2 weeks old post couldn’t be edited. But I tried and it worked. Kind off, because it deleted every file but the one I wanted. I had to remove all other pictures and files before I could delete the one I wanted.

Now there should be no more complaints.

If this could happened earlier… haha

[staveley]

@lordkag

@staveley
It is funny that the flasher can’t properly analyse the same firmware it dumped. Anyway, it seems the flasher reads the header of the firmware, gets the declared size of 0x10000, then somehow thinks the rest of the padding is a part of the firmware or a new firmware. Weird stuff, but you soon learn to move past those glitches and just feed the flasher what it expects. Just two observations: in the pack you uploaded, the u.bat still points to 131025.bin, in case anyone is getting another error of "file not found"; the second one is that you updated 104XFW.CFG with new values, that might not work for every controller, but the good thing is that you left them commented, so no real danger there.

Ooops, have corrected the fw filename (and also added the original cfg file) & attached to post #90.

EDIT by Fernando: Quoting code corrected

[RoughBoy]

I use a mainboard Asus P8P67 Rev3.1 with an onboard USB 3.0 controller ASM1042.
With the all the information from Fernando’s Win-RAID Forum I updated the firmware to 130125_00_02_00 successfully and all worked so far without any problems.
The Asus USB 3.0 Boost seems to work too. I use the AISuite II V20101 for it. In the USB 3.0 Boost - tool I can manually switch to Turbo mode and it improves the transfer data a bit.
Does anybody know if it’s possible that the Turbo mode is automatically activated
Many thanks for your answers in advance.

[drapos]

@staveley

@Fernando
@lordkag

Hi Guys, I’ve done some more testing & it looks like the .bin file size is the problem. All my other versions of 104x firmware are 64KB but Fernando’s file is 128KB.
When I run the update with the 128KB file I get this:(…)

To make things clear, I flashed 130125_00_02_00 into my 1042 (non A) PCIe card combo just as Lordkag recommended, is this firmware you dumped meant to be used on 1042A, 1042 or both?

Also, my speed is capped at 90mb/s on this PCIe card, while NEC onboard ports go as high as 260mb/s (Cached reading) with the only HDD USB 3.0 I have ATM. Aida64 shows a link of x1 PCIe 2.0, same as NEC controller. Card is marketed as being x4, but not sure if it is just the PLX switch working as intended or not. Card is connected to the second x16 PCIe 2.0 meant for GPUs.

Thanks for sharing your findings!

[staveley]

@drapos

For your info, the 140124_10_10_04 firmware posted by Fernando in #85 and modified by me in #90 are both taken from our motherboards’ (Asrock Z97 Extreme 6) on-board USB which is the ASM1042AE.

I have no idea whether this can be used on a ‘non A’ PCIe card but I suspect not ???

Caveat emptor!

[vasia]

Thanks guys. Just updated ASM1042 from 110930.00.02.53 to 130125.00.02.00 on P8Z77-V Pro without any problems. Works ok, I hope

[Fernando]

@ vasia:
Welcome at Win-RAID Forum!

@vasia

Just updated ASM1042 from 110930.00.02.53 to 130125.00.02.00 on P8Z77-V Pro without any problems.

It is fine, that you succeeded. Thanks for your feedback!

Regards
Dieter (alias Fernando)

[emilej]

Thanks everybody, this was a great help. I can confirm this is working on an Asus P8Z68-V. Wonderful!

[Fernando]

@ emilej:

Welcome at Win-RAID Forum and thanks for your feedback!
It is fine, that you succeeded with the update.

Regards
Dieter (alias Fernando)

[2sl0w]

I am also confirming this has worked on an ASUS P8Z68 V PRO (non Gen 3). Thank you @Fernando for all of your hard work and @zzbloopzz for proliferating this information on multiple forums.

[Fernando]

@ 2sl0w:

Welcome at Win-RAID Forum and thanks for your feedback!

Regards
Dieter (alias Fernando)

[Helwiger]

Just wanted to say hello. This forum is great - so many knowledgable and friendly people - Thank you all.

Also I want to confirm 130125_00_02_00 works perfectly on ASM 1042 on my Rampage IV Extreme-

P E A C E - more important than ever !

[Fernando]

@ Helwiger:

Welcome at Win-RAID Forum and thanks for your feedback!

Regards
Dieter (alias Fernando)

[inuchanbt]

Thanks guys ASM1042 on P9X79 Deluxe could be updated to 130125_00_02_00 and working perfectly!!

Firstly, I had tried to update the firmware from 120816_02_02_6D (which is available at ASUS website) to 140124_10_10_04 but downgraded to 100803_00_00_0D
And then, successfully updated from 100803_00_00_0D to 130125_00_02_00

I love @Fernando , Win-RAID Forum, and you all!!

[Fernando]

@ inuchanbt:
Welcome at Win-RAID Forum and thanks for your report.

@inuchanbt

I love @Fernando, Win-RAID Forum, and you all!!

We all love you too!

Regards
Dieter (alias Fernando)

[HAZArD]

starting with this version 130201_10_02_02 (ASM1042A) asus M5A78L-M/USB3 I’ve ended up to this one 140124_10_10_04 everything works ok and as always thx so much win-raid

[Orsox]

Hello,

before I tell you about my problem I would like to thank everyone in this thread, I found it yesterday and it was deeply interesting.

I have an ASROCK Z68 Extreme 7 Gen 3. Till yesterday I had no USB 3.0 device so I never encountered any problems.
The drivers and firmwares I use are always updated as soon as I find something new. ( Might not be always the best way to do so )
The firmware I used for my Asmedia 1042 was 120816_02_02_6D ( The one from ASUS V30 I think ). I updated it without backing up the stock firmware. Maybe one year ago.
I can’t format the external HDD drive, if it is connected to an USB 3.0 slot ( tested all slots ) neither copy files to it. If it’s connected to an USB 2 slot it works fine, but sure it’s not that fast.

I tried the drive on my laptop which uses a Renesas Chip for the USB 3.0 slot and there is no problem, the HDD works fine there.
I already contacted ASROCK to get the stock firmware for the ASmedia Chips. Hope that they can help me with that. Having the stock firmware would be great. But maybe someone here can help.
Yesterday I updated to 130125 from lordkags post #75
With the latest driver from ASRock I get a bluescreen as soon as I connect the drive to an USB 3.0 slot.
1.16.1.0
With the latest driver from station-drivers I can neither copy files to the hdd nor format it.
1.16.25.1

What is weird is that the devicemanager shows SVID: 1B21 and SSID: 1042
the /d command shows SVID: 1849 and SSID: 1042

I also added the BIOS I currently use, just in case it might be useful.CurrentBios
Would be great to get this USB3.0-slots working again?! or better for the first time!

[Fernando]

@ Orsox:
Welcome at Win-RAID Forum!

Since I am not an expert regarding this topic, I hope, that you will get support by lordkag or anyone else.

Regards
Dieter (alias Fernando)

[Orsox]

Thanks for the warm welcome Fernando,

I have a small update on the problem but still no solution so far.
ASRock contacted me and send the stock firmware and a driver ( DriverVer=11/15/2010,1.2.9.0 ) which wont install but besides it seems to old.

The Firmware is 101118_01_05_11 ( 1118_151.bin )
The update passed through without problems, but I still cant format the external HDD. On a Usb2.0 slot there is still no issue.

I was able to /A the stock firmware and took screenshots from the results.

1118_151.zip (21.5 KB)

SlashAOutput.zip (65.1 KB)

[lordkag]

@Orsox

Since you never tested your original firmware with USB3 devices, it is difficult to locate the problem. But having the stock firmware with issues on its own, it might be an incompatibility with the external HDD. What model it is and have you checked its manufacturer for any manual, have you checked if others have expressed similar issues on different boards or USB3 chipsets?

The controller and firmware are indeed ASM1042, so you should be able to use 120816_02_02_6D and 130125_00_02_00 without fear of incompatibility. If others have posted no issues with latest 130125 (on the contrary, all of them mentioned better stability) and there are quite a few of these reports, I would check the HDD itself. If it is possible, can you check with other external USB3 HDDs, that are of different generation and OEM?

Finally, the SVID has nothing to do with it. As you can see, the flasher it is reading the internal ID, which is seen in Device Manager as SUBSYS_10421849 or 1849-1042.