Esprimo Q900

System Performance AHCI/NVMe Performance
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My first question.

I have a Fujitsu mini PC ESPRIMO Q900 Intel QM67 chipset

SATA port 0/1 should work with sata 3 speed
but not is only sata 2 (test with samsung SSD)


I reviewed the whole bios with AMIBCP & MMtool
but I do not see anywhere any option to change speed.

The motherboard is Aopen used by Fujitsu,
Aopen has a similar mini PC and I think the same motherboard but with different bios.(BIOS Date: 01/09/2014 13:40:40 Ver: i67QMx-DV(IVY) R1.03)
But I see that it is possible to choose the speed of sata in this bios .

Is it possible and how
to get support for Sata 3 in Fujitsu.
Is it possible and necessary to replace/add some bios module and if possible how
to get support for Sata 3 speed in Fujitsu ??


Thanks.

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@Matrix10 :
Welcome at Win-RAID Forum!

Since I don’t even know, whether it is possible at all, I cannot offer any guide about how to do it.
The SATA mode (SATA2/3) is determined by the mainboard’s chipset (= hardware) and not by the BIOS.

Regards
Dieter (alias Fernando)

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Thank you for your reply.

That’s the problem
QM67 chipset specifications show that the first two ports are sata3 other sata2
But in practice it is not so .
Or somewhere I be wrong ??

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sata0.jpg



Thanks to Aopen for help with Bios modification.
I have also change processor from I5 to I7
Nice small PC.

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Unfortunately i have not managed to get the information to change Sata speed of port 1 (OPTICAL BAY) FROM 3 Gb/s TO 6 Gb/s
Does anyone knows.

Does anyone know which module is responsible for Sata speed port 1
I have see in the data sheet LPC controler has a bits to enable SATA 6 Gb / s.
Changing Sata cotroller module does not help.

Which BIOS module is responsible for LPC ?

For info Aopen older Bios for MP67-D (IPB13 bios file) and older Bios for Esprimo Q900 (IPA103 bios file) both support 6 Gb/s on Sata 0 port
It is also possible to use on both bios from Fujitsu or from Aopen
The motherboard is the same.

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To try again,if anyone knows and can help ??

I have a bios and PciInitDxe module that has enabled sata 3 (6 gb / s)
Port 0
But I have not yet found how to change Sata speed of port 1 (OPTICAL BAY) FROM 3 Gb/s TO 6 Gb/s (from sata 2 to sata 3)
In my zip both PciInitDxe modules (with sata 3 support 6 gb/s port 0 and with sata 2 3 gb/s port 0 )
Both files support sata 2 (3 Gb/s) port 1

PCI_INIT_DXE.ZIP (35.1 KB)

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BIOS Files

Sata 2 port 0 and bios file sata 3 port 0

mainboard uses 6 Series Chipset Intel Corporation BD82QM67-SLJ4M
Which means that it is possible to have the speed of 6 Gb / s but only on port 0 and port 1.
It seems that the manufacturer limited the speed in the BIOS.

First for port 0
and later for port 0 and port 1

If I replace PciInitDxe with support for 6 gb/s i have 6 gb/s in both bioses but only port 0


BIOS

sata2port0.ZIP (1.6 MB)

sata3port0.ZIP (1.58 MB)

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Since you didn’t yet get a reply, either nobody among our BIOS Gurus has read your questions or they don’t know the answers.
I recommend to contact the Support of your mainboard manufacturer.

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Hello Fernando,

I have been in contact
But they do not want to give information or do not know .

I used I think all know tools for Bios .

I found the module and info on responsible bits in the datasheet
but do not know which way is calculated offset/adres in the module
for these bits support 6 gb/s sata 3

Note that in the Bios setup/config there is no option for sata speed.
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/c…-datasheet.html

I was hoping that someone knows more.
If someone has an idea for testing.
I have the ability to program BIOS with programmer in case of mistakes.