Interesting reading

any idea if we can cross flash 9230 and 9235 firmware somehow

i dont actually use the onboard raid on my 9230 but use the port multipliers

on the marvell 9230 i have

Max Port Multipliers = 1
Maximum PD Per Adapter = 7

I did actually e-mail syba asking if they did a device with more Multipliers and they said no
guess they didnt check

Would be nice if i could get it like the 9235 below without having to buy another card

I don't know how many 9230's are still alive in the world but I cannot stop posting...

I found the newest firmware for 9230 Rev. A1 & A2 at StarTech PEXSAT34RH product site.
https://www.startech.com/Cards-Adapters/...EXSAT34RH#dnlds

BIOS: 1.0.0.1024
Firmware: 2.3.0.1065
Boot Loader: 2.1.0.1008

I tried to update 9230 on my P9X79-E WS and works fine.

Also I could have more operations on MSU (Marvell Storage Manager) 4.1.0.2027 by mod described at ASRock forum.
http://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?...o-seveice#12680

Zitat

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My workaround is as follows - it should work with any modern version of MSU:

1. Navigate to MarvellRaidPage.tpl
Default location: C:\Program Files (x86)\Marvell\storage\smarty\templates\MarvellRaidPage.tpl

2. Edit line 54, changing the value "width=265" to "width=400", i.e:
<tr><td width="400">

3. Add the following after line 59:
<td class="textIndent0 commonButtSS" width="100"><a href="#" class="buttonChar" onClick="MarvellRaidDetail.runUrl('JumpPage.php?Target=getAccelerator')">{t}HyperDuo{/t}</a></td>

4. Enjoy!

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I could just find the three operations but now the new four operations, Update, Backup, AES Port Management and AES Entry Management also can be found.
This mod should be only for HyperDuo so I believe all the new operations are because of the newest Firmware.
Now I can backup and restore the current settings, BIOS, firmware and Boot Loader by Backup and Update operations.
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Hi lordkag,
you seem to have a pretty good understanding of the Marvell rom.

I have a Highpoint Rocket 640L card with a 9230 chip, revision A0 and I've got hold of a update pack (attached) with the following versions of the bios, firmware and so on (the link was provided in the post above).

PACKAGE VERSION[0xFFFFFFFF]: 2.3.0.1063
AUTOLOAD VERSION[0x00000000]: 200018
LOADER VERSION[0x0000C000]: 21001008
BIOS VERSION[0x00020000]: 1.0.0.1024
FIRMWARE VERSION[0x00030000]: 2.3.0.1065
 

But the update is intended for the A1 revision of the chipset. The package includes a lot of the files for making an image file, but when looking at the "Run_Generating_RAWImage.bat" file I see that the following line is commented out:
rem al_tran_win32.exe -if AL_CFG.TXT -ob autoload.bin

Is the autoload.bin required by the A0 revision of the chipset to work well? And the even though both an ImageA0.bin and an ImageA1.bin is included, will the ImageA0.bin work for card with revision A0 of the 9230 chipset?
The al_trans_win32.exe is not included in the package.. so if the is required, building my own Image seems impossible.

"Idiotically" I ran the batch file in the root folder, although the flash utility recognized my card I now believe that an A1 version of the rom has been flashed to my card.

Before reverting to 1058 of the rom I would be very grateful if you could have a look at the 1063 ImageA0.bin from the enclosed archive.

Edit: I did a compare with Hex Workshop. Maybe that can be enough for a experience based guess. Naturally they are mostly similar but in the begin of the file there are some additional data.

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I have a controller StLab A-520, firmware update using the archive from stations-drivers site took place without problems.

BIOS Version	1.0.0.1024
Firmware Version	2.3.0.1065
Boot Loader Version	2.1.0.1008
Driver Version	1.2.0.1048
Chip Revision ID	A0
Vendor ID	1B4B
Sub Vendor ID	1B4B
Device ID	9230
Sub Device ID	9230
Port Count	4
Max PCIe Speed	5Gb/s
Current PCIe Speed	5Gb/s
Max PCIe Link	2X
Current PCIe Link	2X
Supported RAID Modes	RAID0, RAID1, RAID10, HyperDuo (Capacity), HyperDuo (Safe)
Supported Stripe Size	32K 64K
Maximum PD per Adapter	7
Supported VD Cache	None
Maximum VD per Adapter	4
Maximum PD per VD	4
Maximum Port Multiplier	1
AES	Supported
 

Can anyone tell me what the latest version is available for marvel chip 88se9123(u3s6)?
Where i can download Firmware pour U3S6 Rev 0 (MV-9123) Version:1.0.0.1028) Mod by Daoud333?

Zitat von lordkag im Beitrag #203

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@anyone interested

Each archive is labelled, so there should be no confusing on what to choose. Just prepare a bootable flash, drop the content on the root of this flash, boot from DOS and run "go -r" minus the quotes. This step is very important: it will dump your current firmware as IMAG_RB.BIN. For flashing just run "go", confirm the operation and wait until it is finished. Shutdown the PC, wait a couple of minutes and then boot. You can then check the working state of the new firmware, you can even do "go -r" again to have a second backup and to visually check that the firmware has been flashed.

For anyone having a programmer, in bin folder there is a PROG.BIN image, which can be flashed as is with the programmer, no flasher needed. If you have a different card than those attached, it is better to just run "go -r" and upload IMAG_RB.BIN here, to check if it is safe to flash this firmware. If you have other ID than those attached, do NOT attempt to flash: just run "go -r" and upload the dump. I will then see which are the needed components and prepare another image.

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Not enough space to copy PCI option ROM [0C:00:00]
 

with the original firmware, this behavior does not occur

time is passed. any other bios update for U3S6R1-9120 card?

greetings and merry chrismas!

I've been having performance issues with a StarTech PEXSAT32 with a Marvell 9128 chipset. Does anyone know if there is a firmware version newer than 2.3.0.1013 available. If I wanted to downgrade how would I backup my current firmware?

Thank you.

I tried flashing with Startech's firmware and now it does not function properly. Is there a way to force new firmware onto the device? it is freezing when I attempt to flash anything to it.

Just signed in to give my thanks!
My U3S6 was working fine, still I get in my head to updated it.
After long research online on the matter, I got around thinking the solution was on this thread.
It was "painful" to read it, I'm not an advanced user, so I had to read it with careful attention.

Your hard work guys, made it so simple for me!

made a boot usb disk with rufus
copied the content of downloaded file on post #203 U3S6R1_Marvell-9120_2.3.0.1007.rar to boot usb
disable every mention on bios to my onboard marvell controller
remove the sata cables from the U3S6
typed go -r
typed go
shutdown PC for 2min
pluged in sata cables
enabled onboard marvell

everything worked perfectly.

THANK YOU GUYS!
THANK YOU GUYS!
THANK YOU GUYS!

ps, no noticeble improvement on benchmarks. ;)

NEW Firmware Update for Marvell 91xx (88SE9128 version C0) Version 2.3.0.1013

Is it possible for dev_9120 and dev_91a0 ?

Hi, everybody!

Maybe somebody will be able to help me?
I have NAS ASustor As-602t and in it probably SPI Flash (MX25L4006E) has died.
The Marvell 88SE9125 controller, can who has contents of Flash of memory?
What in general there has to be?
There is a programmator for SPI Flash.
Can't insert this backplane into PC and using marvell Dos tools.

Hi,

I just found this forum on firmware flashing for Marvell SATA Controllers. I hope it is the right place for this question.

I am using an IO Crest SI-PEX40062 4 Port SATA III PCIe 2.0 X2 Controller Card and attempting to use it with a port multiplier - featuring Marvell 88SM9715. Marvell datasheet for 88SE9235 states this combination is tested and supported.

On POST, the cards BIOS version 1.0.0.1023 loads but only shows the first drive (6 Gb/s) and the card connection is only at PCI-E 2.0 (5.0Gbps) X1 instead of X2.

On Windows I was not able to get any other drives to show up.

On linux it shows the port multiplier and other drives are detected in

dmesg
 

log (AHCI is 1.0 instead of 1.1 ) but status LEDs remain off except for drive1. I thought this might be delayed spin up so I attempted to format the drives and they all came online!

My questions are:

- is there an updated BIOS?
- How do I flash it (where do I get the tool?) and most importantly,
- can I modify the firmware to spin up all the drives at POST time?

My next steps are to test different PCI-E slots on the motherboard and other SATA ports on the card (the port multiplier is 5x1 and has 1 host connection)

Thank you for taking the time to read this and any help!

Dear all,

I have a big problem with my Highpoint Rocket 640L v1.00 add-in PCI-e sata 6G card, that I hope one of you is able and willing to help me to solve:

My Asus x58 motherboard has automatically flashed its internal 9128 bios onto my external Highpoint 640L card's memory (Marvell 9230). This has rendered the 640l useless.

I am in desperate need now of an original autoloader + bios for the highpoint 640l card (marvell 9230).

Can anyone please make a backup of their own autloader + bios? Your help would be very much appreciated, as I have also lost all data on my raid0 array that was connected to the initial 640L card...

Thank you!

I have bought a second hand asrock sata 3 controller.
-http://www.asrock.com/mb/spec/Card.asp?Model=SATA3%20Card

Can anyone confirm that this id in device manager is good?
PCI\VEN_1B4B&DEV_9122&SUBSYS_91231849&REV_12
In the chip i see a 9120 chipset.

I found that the latest driver that support this id is 1.2.0.1035 from marvell.