@ davidm71: Welcome at Win-RAID Forum! It is fine to see you here again.
Regards Fernando
@ Arctucas:
I just tested it myself, downloaded the file from MEGA and unzipped it with 7-Zip. The compressed file has been extracted fine. Please follow the advice done by davidm71 and re-download the file. Some browsers (like the IE) are not fully supported by the MEGA server.
Yeah you got to use cbrom.exe to insert the raid module into the bios rom. Then you can flash. Be happy to cook one up for you or better let Fernando do it for you.
The second option is not available, because I generally do not modify any BIOS upon request since I have started this Forum. If I would offer that kind of help, I probably would have to give up the rest of my private life and the Forum as well.
Yeah you got to use cbrom.exe to insert the raid module into the bios rom. Then you can flash. Be happy to cook one up for you or better let Fernando do it for you.
Thanks for the offer, I am hoping a user on the eVGA forum will do it.
He has done quite a few X58 BIOS mods for the community.
But, if he does not wish to, I could send you the OEM BIOS to mod.
It seems, that you have used an old version of the tool WinZip or WinRAR and not 7-Zip, because the actual 7-Zip version is v9.20 or higher (look >here<).
It seems, that you have used an old version of the tool WinZip or WinRAR and not 7-Zip, because the actual 7-Zip version is v9.20 or higher (look >here<).
I have had issues with the 9.x versions of 7-Zip not extracting some archives, therefore, I have always used 4.65, which has never failed, until now.
However, used 9.30, and it apparently extracted the archive successfully, but when I try to insert the .bin file into a copy of my BIOS following the guide you posted on win-lite.de, cbrom says it cannot read the .bin file.
The problems have been caused by the BIOS and module file names you have used:
The BIOS file name is "E77083.bin" and should not be changed the way you did it with a lot of dots. Why did you entered "E77083.12.7.0.1910.ROM"?
The original name I gave the modded Intel RAID ROM with TRIM support for ICH10R (to prevent mixing the files) is too long and has to be renamed to a much shorter name without dots except for the extension, e.g. "INTEL_RAID_ROM.BIN".
Here is the picture I got after having opened the linked BIOS file:
Then I extracted the Intel RAID ROM to look for the version:
As next step I removed the Intel RAID ROM module, which was inside the BIOS:
Then I inserted the Intel RAID ROM, which has been modded by CPL0 (after having renamed it):
Don’t worry about the percentage numbers. The modded OROM module has been completely inserted, which is confirmed by the next picture. As last step I opened the modded BIOS to verify the successful OROM replacement. It now looked like this and should work:
The problems have been caused by the BIOS and module file names you have used:
The BIOS file name is "E77083.bin" and should not be changed the way you did it with a lot of dots. Why did you entered "E77083.12.7.0.1910.ROM"?
The original name I gave the modded Intel RAID ROM with TRIM support for ICH10R (to prevent mixing the files) is too long and has to be renamed to a much shorter name without dots except for the extension, e.g. "INTEL_RAID_ROM.BIN".
That is really good news - congratulations! Please post the name and chipset of your mainboard/PC. This may encourage other users with a similar system to insert the TRIM modded Intel RAID ROM into their BIOS.
Hopefully CPL0 aka Dufus is still planning to see if he can fix issue with this modified Intel RST(e) RAID ROM and motherboards that contain a Marvell controller.
That is really good news - congratulations! Please post the name and chipset of your mainboard/PC. This may encourage other users with a similar system to insert the TRIM modded Intel RAID ROM into their BIOS.
The only issue we’ve encountered with this modified Intel RST(e) RAID ROM is that it causes issues with boards with a Marvell controller.
For me, my system won’t work at all if I have both the Intel controller enabled and in RAID mode and the Marvell controller also enabled, and so I have to keep the Marvell controller disabled in order to be able to use the Intel controller in RAID mode.
Same here, the computer will not boot with ICH10R as RAID0 and Marvell 9128 enabled. I had to disable this crappy controller. And lose 2 sata port. Marvell should be sued for building such a lame chip. As well as companies who implemented it on their motherboards !
For me, I much prefer the Intel controller than any other.
It’s just a pity you can`t get a Intel PCI Express add on card that includes Intel SATA III 6Gb/s ports for those of us that have x58 motherboard so we can upgrade to the newer Intel SATA III ports like the newer motherboards have.
That would be sweet. Intel makes some of the very best NIC cards, etc so I do not see why they do not manufacturer add-on Sata cards, or add-on USB 3.0 cards or a mixture of the two. I wonder if its because that would reduce their sales of Motherboards with this newer technology?
