@Artobe

Thanks for the info.

It is a bit puzzling where the FW version stated in CURRFIRM.TXT comes from while obviously no .bin could be created or read from SPIROM.

I'm a bit stuck here.


Just for my information:

Can you confirm that your PC was booted into DOS from a usb drive and executed the commands from there (so not from DOS within Windows or not using any Asmedia tool running in Windows)?

@Artobe

First, show your hardware ID from the device manager.
If not, look for the correct version for you from the station drivers.

Please try it on Windows to make a trial. I am sorry if I can not do it.
By the way, this file is for 1042.
I am sorry if you already do it.

@Meadow

Zitat von Meadow im Beitrag #376

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Can you confirm that your PC was booted into DOS from a usb drive and executed the commands from there (so not from DOS within Windows or not using any Asmedia tool running in Windows)?

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@Artobe

Zitat von Artobe im Beitrag #378

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Zitat von Meadow im Beitrag #376Can you confirm that your PC was booted into DOS from a usb drive and executed the commands from there (so not from DOS within Windows or not using any Asmedia tool running in Windows)? Yes to all of the above - booted from USB into FreeDOS created with Rufus and the updater was started from there (hence the crappy cell phone pic ;) ).

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@Meadow
I can try a bit later, the latest FW .bin for that particular controller should be this one at Station Drivers then?

@Artobe

Let's do it step by step.
We first have to make sure that the updater tool is able to read (to get access to) the SPIROM, for that we might also need to try other (newer or older) updater tools.
Once we gain access to the SPIROM we can look for the best firmware for your controller.
Please read my post #365 (and maybe #287 too), this will tell you that not always the latest/newest firmware is the best choice for your controller/system.

But first, let's try the MS-DOS usb drive and run your current updater tool from that.

@Artobe

I'm sorry. You've done extra work.
Basically follow the instructions of Meadow.

Please try this too.
But it is older than the current version
The probability of success is low.
Please try it on Windows to make a trial.
This is the last of what I can do.
Please do not give up even if you fail.

Has anyone managed to successfully update the firmware of the card below?

https://www.delock.com/produkte/G_89299/merkmale.html

This is a combo card with two external USB 3.0 and two internal SATA III ports.

I was not able to find sufficient information to attempt to update either the USB or the SATA firmware.

@kyriacos

May I ask for what specific reason(s) you would like to update the firmware of your card?
I mean, when the card works properly (according specs) and without errors or any failures it might be best to not touch, change or update the firmware at all (never change a running system).

@Meadow

The card is not detected by the motherboard bios and as a result any drive connected to the SATA ports is not bootable. No message appears from the card at boot and I think that the USB ports could perform faster.

@kyriacos

Zitat von kyriacos im Beitrag #385

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The card is not detected by the motherboard bios and as a result any drive connected to the SATA ports is not bootable.

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@Meadow

I have conflicting information about the "Not bootable" statement and I know that the card uses an old firmware. I am willing to give it a try if anyone else managed to successfully update the card.

@kyriacos

To update the USB 3.0 firmware on your card, did you already try the updater tools (for DOS / for Windows) found in this thread to see/check whether or not they can be used for your card (use the read commands only in order not to change the firmware on your card by accident)?
When using the DOS updater tool I would recommend to run the updater tool twice, once with the card installed and once without the card installed and check if there is a difference in the output logging. If there is no difference then the DOS updater tool can't access/read the USB SPIROM (if your card has any, that is).

@Meadow

I have not tried anything yet, because I read about an unsuccessful attempt to update the SATA firmware in the Firmware for Asmedia Sata 6G Controllers topic. I was hoping that someone else with the same card might had better luck with updating the USB firmware.

@kyriacos

Understandably, always best to not change a running system.