I created this firmware to help premium the board up a bit and give it some more flexibility. The board isn’t too bad but can certainly stand to benefit from some improvements, as always I’ve made every effort to make sure this firmware won’t brick any boards but be sure to have a method ready to flash back to the default firmware just in case.
Changes:
Optimise setup defaults
Disabled Spread Spectrum
Added more detailed descriptions for some items
Promontory Common Options:
Unlocked SATA & USB configuration options
Setup:
Chipset > Chipset Settings > Chipset Configuration:
Unlocked: SATA Configuration options
SATA Gen. options
SATA Hot-Swap Support
Int. Clk Differential Spread
SATA Gen2 CAP
SATA Clock Mode
Aggressive Link PM
Port Multiplier
SATA Ports Clock Control
SATA Partial State
SATA FIS Based Switching
SATA Command Completion Coalescing
SATA Slumber State
SATA MSI Support
Unlocked: FUSION configuration options
TimerTick Tracking
Clock Interrupt Tag
EHCI Traffic Handling
Fusion Message C Multi-Core
Fusion Message C State
Unlocked: Chipset options
Power Saving Features
Spread Spectrum
USB Phy Power Down
USB MSI Option
LPC MSI Option
PCIBridge MSI Option
AB MSI Option
C1E Support
Chipset > IMC Configuration > Memory Configuration:
Unlocked: Bank & Channel Interleaving
Unlocked: Memory Clear
Known Issues
None.
This section relates to issues with the stock firmware.
How to Flash
Place firmware on a USB stick, enter UEFI and flash with Instant Update.
Notes
You will need to flash to an older stock firmware image before flashing this modded firmware this is because Instant Flash does not allow updating of firmware with the same version number. Simply put, if you are already on the stock 1.4 flash to any older firmware then flash to this modded 1.4.