Zitat von Kees030 im Beitrag #151

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@ Fernando: I suggest you add older Marvell driver(s) as they appear to be better (at least IMHO).

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Thanks for your advice. I will follow it as soon as I have the needed time.

Today I have totally revised the structure and some details of the start post.

Update of the start post

Changelog:

• new: 32/64bit Marvell 91xx/92xx SATA3 AHCI/RAID drivers v1.2.0.1014 WHQL dated 09/19/2011 with TRIM support (thanks to kees030 for the suggestion)
• new: 32/64bit Intel RST(e) AHCI/RAID drivers v13.5.2.1000 WHQL dated 12/04/2014
• new: Intel RST(e) AHCI/RAID Drivers & Software Set v13.5.2.1000 WHQL dated 12/04/2014
• new: modded 32/64bit Intel RST(e) AHCI/RAID drivers v13.5.2.1000
• new: Universal 32/64bit Intel RST Software v13.5.2.1000
• rebuilt: complete structure

Enjoy the AHCI and RAID drivers!
Fernando

As Shasarazade already has written, there are new ASMedia AHCI drivers available.

Update of the start post

Changelog:

• new: 32/64bit ASMedia 106x SATA3 AHCI drivers v3.0.2.0 WHQL dated 10/23/2014 for Win7 and Win8/8.1 (x86/x64)
• removed: 32/64bit ASMedia 106x AHCI drivers v1.4.1.0 WHQL dated (reason: see next post)

Contrary to the previously released ASMedia SATA3 AHCI drivers v2.0.8.1 these new drivers definitively do support TRIM (just tested myself).
Thanks to Station-Drivers for having uploaded the source package.

Have fun with these new ASMedia AHCI drivers!
Fernando

Performance of the ASMedia 106x SATA3 ports

Meanwhile I have done a benchmark comparison test with my Z97 system running Win8.1 x64.
During the tests my 512 GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD was connected to one of the ASMedia SATA3 ports.

These were the tested AHCI drivers:

1. generic MS Win8.1 AHCI driver named STORAHCI.SYS
2. ASMedia 106x SATA3 AHCI driver v1.4.1.0 WHQL dated 12/28/2012
3. ASMedia 106x SATA3 AHCI driver v3.0.2.0 WHQL dated 10/23/2014

And here are the results:

1. generic MS Win8.1 AHCI driver:
   
2. ASMedia 106x SATA3 driver v1.4.1.0 WHQL:
   
3. ASMedia 106x SATA3 driver v3.0.2.0 WHQL:
   

Just for a comparison I add the results I got with the same SSD drive, when it was connected with one of the Intel SATA3 ports:


Evaluation of my benchmark results:

• Although the ASMedia SATA3 ports of my Z97 chipset system are much less performant than the Intel ones, they are running fine with Microsoft's Win8.1 own AHCI driver and with ASMedia's latest specific AHCI driver v3.0.2.0. The measured benchmark scores differences between the generic MS and the specific ASMedia AHCI driver are minimal.
  Note: Since I only have measured the performance and not the stability of the tested drivers, I cannot give any special recommendation.
  Consequence: It is up to the user, which AHCI driver they choose for their ASMedia 106x SATA3 ports running in AHCI mode.
• The latest ASMedia AHCI driver v3.0.2.0 gave my ASMedia SATA ports a much better performance than the older and previously recommended ASMedia AHCI driver v1.4.1.0.

And here is the proof, that the ASMedia drivers v3.0.2.0 do support TRIM (contrary to the ASMedia AHCI driver v2.0.9.1):

@ mictlan:
Thanks for the info!

Zitat von mictlan im Beitrag #158

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New driver: 13.6.0.1002

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They are not really new (look >this< post dated 01/21/2015), but now officially offered by Intel within their Download Center.

@ hcwuschel:
It seems, that you have used the complete ASMedia 106x driver package v3.0.2.0, which has been published by Station-Drivers, and not the already extracted special 32/64bit drivers v3.0.2.0 WHQL, which I am offering within the start post of this thread.
This unzipped Station-Drivers package contains at least 3 driver folders named scsi, stahci and stor, each of them has a different sort of AHCI drivers (asahci32/64.sys, asstahci32/64.sys and asstor32/64.sys). Maybe you have chosen a wrong (not suitable) driver.

Zitat von hcwuschel im Beitrag #160

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How did you get this driver installed?

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This is the way I did it:
1. As first step I expanded the "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers" section of the Device Manager and checked, which ones of the listed "Standard SATA AHCI Controllers" were the ASMedia ones (there were 2 of them).
2. Then I updated the related driver of both "Standard SATA AHCI Controllers" manually to the ASMedia SATA3 driver v3.0.2.0, which is within the "stahci" folder.
3. After the next reboot everything worked fine.
4. As you can see here, the "ASmedia 106x SATA Controllers" were now listed within the section "Storage Controllers":


As you can see here, the installed ASMedia SATA AHCI driver has been digitally signed by Microsoft:

Zitat von hcwuschel im Beitrag #162

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Maybe this different versions of drivers in the Station-Drivers-package are for different Windows versions? My system runs Windows 7, but your's Windows 8.1 ???[

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Thanks for your report and for your conclusion, which seems to be absolutely correct.
As a consequence I have just updated the first post of this thread.

@ all:
Update of the start post

Changelog:

• new: 32/64bit Win7-Vista ASMedia 106x SATA3 AHCI drivers v3.0.2.0 WHQL dated 10/23/2014
• renamed: 32/64bit Win8 ASMedia 106x SATA3 AHCI drivers v3.0.2.0 WHQL dated 10/23/2014
• new: 32/64bit XP-W2k3 ASMedia 106x SATA3 AHCI drivers v3.0.1.0 WHQL dated 10/03/2014 (with customized TXTSETUP.OEM for an easy integration)
• removed: 32/64bit XP ASMedia 106x AHCI drivers v1.4.1.0 WHQL dated (reason: outdated)

Thanks to Station-Drivers for having uploaded the source package and to hcwuschel for his tests and reports.

Have fun with these new ASMedia AHCI drivers!
Fernando

@ FantoMax:
Hello Max,
welcome at Win-RAID Forum and big thanks for your contribution!

Zitat von FantoMax im Beitrag #164

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@Fernando
in your "32bit Marvell 91xx-92xx AHCI & RAID drivers v1.2.0.1014 WHQL" drivers I think there is a mistake in the file:
txtsetup.oem
You mixed the string of "storport" driver (mvs91xx, v1.2.0.1041) with the string of "miniport" driver (mv91xx, v1.2.0.1014).

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You are absolutely right - the typo was my bad.
Meanwhile I have corrected the TXTSETUP.OEM file of the 32bit driver (the 64bit driver was not affected by this mistake).

Thanks again for having found the mistake and having posted it!

Happy Easter and enjoy the Forum!
Dieter (alias Fernando)


@ all users of a Marvell 91xx/92xx AHCI/RAID Controller:
If you want to install Windows XP and use the "32bit Marvell 91xx-92xx AHCI & RAID drivers v1.2.0.1014 WHQL", which is linked within the start post of this thread, please take care, that the package is dated 04/03/2015, because the previously offered 32bit package contained a TXTSETUP.OEM file with a typo.