SATA3 88SE9128 Firmware update

[F5BJR]

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You can found new SATA3 firmware update for 88SE9128 Marvell chip to :

http://www.station-drivers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=9971#9971

1.0.0.1403 Magni-CPU IDE
firmware: 2.1.0.1504
autoload: 2.0.0.0604 (DID can auto math OR 0x08)
mvflash: 1.0.0.2429
HostBIOS: 1.0.0.1027 91A3
MRU: 4.1.0.1717           <-------------

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My test :

Solve not the only 7 * disks detected with WINXP for 8 disks in 2 * port multiplier enclosures with 4 * disks in each box in RAID mode
( MRU can find 8 * disks ) !!

Pierre

[Dark Mantis]

Yes I remember your post about this problem Pierre. So now there is a solution that may help other people too.

[F5BJR]

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Infos for my friend fdrsoft of STATION DRIVERS

1- search MRU 1717 not included in the update pack ...

2- Improves Performance of SATA III/6G Drives installed

Pierre

[F5BJR]

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New BIOS F7B with new 88SE9128 firmware 1.0.0.1027

http://www.station-drivers.com/page/gigabyte/ga-x58a-ud5.htm

Pierre

[Dark Mantis]

Hi Pierre
Have they done the same for the X58A-UD7 boards rev1.0?

[F5BJR]

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Yes exist also for UD7 rev 1 rev 2 and more

http://www.station-drivers.com/page/gigabyte/ga-x58a-ud7.htm

all new GigaByte BIOS to this page this day ( UD7 rev 1 rev 2 and more ... )

http://www.station-drivers.com/

Pierre

[Dark Mantis]

Thanks Pierre helpful as usual.

[Dark Mantis]

Pierre do you know if these new drivers for the Marvell 9128 have fixed the non transmission of TRIM commands?

[F5BJR]

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Not infos as usual Marvell communicates nothing

Pierre

[Dark Mantis]

Well thanks anyway. I guess it was asking a bit much.

[jdvoracek]

Have they done the same for the X58A-UD7 boards rev1.0?

I noticed something a while back when I was swapping BIOS's a lot.  There is an option in the integrated peripherals screen for the Marvell controller to keep the BIOS on the (Marvell) chip, to use the latest, to use the one that is embedded in the Gigabyte BIOS, etc.  The exact options varied some with the Gigabyte BIOS.  This may be obvious, but I think I found out the hard way that you need to update (match) the Marvell BIOS with the Marvell BIOS embedded within the Gigabyte BIOS whenever you update the Gigabyte BIOS.  There is a setting now called AUTO which probably does that.  Where this really mattered for me was getting the UD3R to awaken properly from Windows 7 hybrid sleep.  Thank you Pierre for your work!

[Dark Mantis]

Thanks jdvoracek  I will check into that and see what the intricacies are.

[F5BJR]

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Yes this bios has the capatibility to flash directly the SPI flash EEprom exactly as DOS mvf.exe + the firmware package

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Pierre

[jdvoracek]

You can found new SATA3 firmware update for 88SE9128 Marvell chip to :
http://www.station-drivers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=9971#9971

I downloaded the firmware near the bottom of this page:
http://www.station-drivers.com/page/marvell.htm

I burned the ISO and booted it.  Is it safe to run it to update the Marvell firmware on a X58A-UD3R?

[MelissaF]

Thanks.It is really helpful as always.But have  they done the same for the X58A-UD7 boards rev1.0?