Hello,

I bought 2 new 4To drive that i want to put in RAD1 but the intel raid programme only see 1.6Tb.
After some research i've understand that I need an updated BIOS with a Intel RAID firmware (Orom ?) greater than v10.5 to be able to support it.
Is it possible to update my bios ? Maybe someone have a modded bios ? or at leat explain to me how to update myself ?

My motherboard is a Gigabyte P35-DS3R with a ICH9R Southbridge.
You can find the latest BIOS here

Thanks in advance

Hallo,

Thanks to Fernando's instructions I've made a modded BIOS for GA-P35-DS3R with the following updates:

Intel RST RAID ROM v7.5.0.1017 ==> v11.2.0.1527 (the modified OROM with TRIM support in RAID0 from P35 up)
JMicron JMB36x RAID ROM v1.06.59 ==> v1.07.28
Realtek LAN ROM v2.09 ==> v2.59a

The problem is that I don't know how to upload it in the forum. Maybe I can send it to theblackdevil by mail. Can you help me with this?

Hi Fernando,

I have the GA-P35-DQ6 which I think is pretty much the same.
I've made a BIOS with the exact same updates and so far everything seems ok.

So this is the modded BIOS if you want to try it.

Zitat von panoskarzas im Beitrag #5

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Hi Fernando,

I have the GA-P35-DQ6 witch I think is pretty much the same.
I've made a BIOS with the exact same updates and so far everything seems ok.

So this is the modded BIOS if you want to try it.

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Hi theblackdevil,

For GIGABYTE BIOS flashing I think you should have a look into this thread
http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyte/275...lash-guide.html
As for the space problem I think it's ok because of CBROM dynamic compression ability.

Zitat von panoskarzas im Beitrag #5

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Hi Fernando,

I have the GA-P35-DQ6 which I think is pretty much the same.
I've made a BIOS with the exact same updates and so far everything seems ok.

So this is the modded BIOS if you want to try it.

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Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #9

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Zitat von theblackdevil im Beitrag #8

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I tried your BIOS but I cannot find the BIOS menu at boot to setup the RAID. At boot I normaly can see the RAID volume and with "CTLR+I" I should be able to get into the RAID menu, but nothing there...
Where I can find this menu ?

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After flashing a new or modded BIOS you have to enter the mainboard BIOS as first step.
Then you have to choose the "optimized default settings" and to set the Intel SATA Controller to "RAID" mode.
After the next reboot you should be able to hit Ctrl+I and get access to the Intel RAID Utility.

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Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #11

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Zitat von theblackdevil im Beitrag #10

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Yes I have :) but no luck I even don't see the intel matrix bios version.

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You cannot see anything regarding Intel Matrix Storage Management, because you have updated the Intel RAID ROM module to Intel Rapid Storage Technology.
Do you see any BIOS option like "Option ROM Messages"? If yes, choose "Force".

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Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #13

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Zitat von theblackdevil im Beitrag #12

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I see the ROM message, I see the disk & dvd drive being detected but I don't have the RAID menu see the pictures

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What the pictures show is the Intel AHCI ROM v1.20E, but no Intel RAID ROM.
Is it possible, that you are running the Intel ports currently in AHCI mode? If yes, you cannot create an Intel RAID array unless you have set the Intel SATA Controller to "RAID" mode.

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