Hello, I'm user of CLEVO D900F i7 X58 with ICH10R/D0. Last manufacturer updates (I've got) are BIOS REV 1.00.09 and KBC/EC FW REV 1.00.04. But still my Intel Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM is v.8.8.0.1009 - which worked fine in WIN XP SP3 x86, but now this machine is WIN 7 SP1 x64. RAID0 performance in Win7 is being lower than expected, and sometimes unstable, as it interrupts recording jobs (this is a machine only for audio) even with lower data throughtput than current RAID0... I know this may involve some MODs, flashing, etc... but I'm willing to do - PLEASE HELP!!!!
All the best, brave.

Hello! Thanks for the prompt answer!

I remember I downloaded BIOS from here: http://repo.palkeo.com/clevo-mirror/D900F/
...but this is currently with dead files. You can find the BIOS file here: http://www.mediafire.com/download/d4rmzizdczc/D90F0904.zip

It's Phoenix BIOS!?

Thanks a lot!

All the best, brave.

@Fernando
If it is OK I would mod the BIOS with AndyP's mod tool and post a download link here.

Hello!

According to this: Performance of the Intel RST/RSTe AHCI/RAID Drivers

...and this: Which are the "best" Intel AHCI/RAID drivers?

The best performance in Win7 for X58 would be: Intel RST(e) v11.7.4.1001 WHQL for AHCI;

and Intel RST v11.2.0.1006 WHQL for RAID - for these best matching Intel RAID ROM: v11.2.0.1527 !!!

With the old ROM I have (8.8.0.1009), which is installed by those last BIOS updates, RAID performance is being less than expected, but instable for the main use of this machine - which is audio recording.

Thanks for your attention and help!

Hello,

I decided to sumarize all of this info in one post. This is what I need:

I need a BIOS MOD for CLEVO D900F, to change Intel RAID ICH10R / IMSM OPT ROM to newer.

The BIOS I'm using (provided below) installs INTEL RAID ROM v8.8.0.1009.

In Windows 7 it is giving lower but ok-ish RAID0 performance, but it is being unstable for long audio recording of many channels (which is the main use of this computer).

According to these:
win-raid.com/t362f23-Performance-of-the-Intel-RST-RSTe-AHCI-RAID-Drivers.html
win-raid.com/t25f23-Which-are-the-quot-best-quot-Intel-AHCI-RAID-drivers.html

...the best performance for X58 ICH10R RAID would be driver Intel RST v11.2.0.1006 WHQL - for this the best matching is Intel RAID ROM: v11.2.0.1527 !!!

So I request a Bios MOD/update for my current BIOS, to include the Intel RAID ROM v11.2.0.1527:

-Manufacturer: Clevo (pcaudiolabs branded)
-Model: D900F (mobile i7) X58 ICH10R
-Bios revision: 1.00.09, KBC EC firmware: 1.00.04
-Bios Type: Phoenix BIOS
-Bios Download Link: mediafire.com/download/d4rmzizdczc/D90F0904.zip
-RW Report Download Link: mediafire.com/download/dzp51299aqu9xo9/AcpiTbls.rw

This bios I am using supplied above for you to work with is the modified BIOS image for Clevo D900F based on BIOS D90F0904 by member kizwan notebookreview.com forum, supposedly the most recently one.

Sorry if anything is not correct, this is too technical for me!

Thanks for any help!!!

Hello Fernando,

Thanks a lot for your interest and help.

In my situtation, with ROM 8.8.0.1009 - which RAID driver would you suggest for me? I'm using the same version of ROM for drive.

It's getting lower than expected performance for RAID0 (please see below), and OK performance for single HD (system). Now I'll use another disc (SSD) for system too. So I'll have: HD (General data), SSD (system, win 7 sp1 x64) and 2xHD (hitach 1tb 7200rpm - audio data raid).

I'm worried because last time I needed to record bigger channel number of audio (like 24bits, 48kHz, 28 chs), performance was unstable and interrupted. The only mistake I could see is with RAID driver vs. win7 - (it was not an issue when in XP SP3).

Can you suggest me?

Thanks again!

Thanks Fernando.

You believe I would get better performance using 2 independent HDDs thru AHCI than thru RAID0?

Thru AHCI, which driver version would you suggest for me to best performance?

Thanks again.


PS: AHCI would allow me to choose drivers without ROM / BIOS restrictions? Would it be better too for SSD?

Hello again,
I'm having issues when changing from RAID to AHCI. No matter what I do, I get blue screen or windows can't boot...
How should I do it?
thanks again!

PS: I tried changing RAID -> AHCI in BIOS, but I can't make it work, only blue screen!
I saved all data that was in RAID and removed the two HDs from RAID, so now they are independent HDs.
Even so, no luck with AHCI. Tried updating to 11.7.4.1001 too...
No luck...