The Firmware and Software below is applicable to the following mainboards:

• EVGA CLASSIFIED SR-2
• EVGA x58 CLASSIFIED 3
• EVGA X58 FTW 3
• EVGA X58 SLI 3

PLEASE NOTE:

• It is strongly recommended that you backup any data on the SATAIII/6G drives if in a raid configuration before flashing the Marvell chipset.  In rare occurrences the raid will degrade and could lose data.  
• If this is a new installation, flashing of firmware is recommended before installation of data to the drive to minimize any issues that may occur after the flash if in a raid configuration. 
• After firmware is flashed to the marvell controller the drivers should be reinstalled to avoid any possible issues that can arise as it recognizes the controller differently after the flash.

 
 

Firmware Version 1.0.0.1701

• Enhances AHCI compatibility 

Firmware Updating can be accomplished VIA the methods below:

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CD/DVD Installation - Recommended installation method

• Download .iso file below for your motherboard:

CD ISO  

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USB FLOPPY Installation - Recommended installation method

• Download the .exe file below for your motherboard:

USB Bootable Floppy 

Taskforce

Is there anyway to run this from flash drive, Win7 usb/dvd tool wont allow me to make an image.

If you right click the .iso file the first option should be, "Burn Disc Image." I could not tell from your post if you were trying a CD or not. But MagicISO convert .iso files to .bin files if you wanted to try a flash drive. I cannot comment on how that works as I've never done it.
 
I just flashed this firmware. Gave me "Physical media error" message before flash began. During flash, between Sections 4 and 5 I received the following message:
"Warning! BIOS Header and Device ID don't match. Incoming BIOS Header is 0x9125. Current BIOS Header is 0x91a3"
Flash finished "successfully," and I reinstalled Marvell drivers in Windows.
 
After reboot and Marvell BIOS post, I see the firmware shown is 1.0.0.1029 now? The original firmware version number. I have this board setup on a box atm and will test my new Crucial drive in the next hour.
Please share you experiences everyone... AHCI selectable for you now? RAID performance any better? Single drive performance any better?
 
Note, here is the same Marvell controller issue experienced by ASUS over 3 months ago:
http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20101124232651762&board_id=1&model=P6X58D-E&page=1&SLanguage=en-us

I also see the 1029 version after the flash mmmmmmmmmmm interesting don't know much but thought I would share results

It is normal to see that message.

When I hit Control+M to enter Marvell BIOS, my firmware shows 1.0.0.1029. zdog can confirm this too after his flash.

Can someone test the new firmware speeds and give the results if this update does anything?

Jacob, I have a X58 Classified 4-way SLI that I purchased about a month ago, and looking at the list above, wasn't sure if this update applied to my board or not. I am still working on putting the watercooling setup for the 4 295 Hydros together, so I have a little time, but if it does apply to my board, let me know so I can get it downloaded and be ready when I'm set to fire it up. Thanks!

FYI data corruption with new firmware at least for me tried to do a large file transfer and lost over 60 gigs also drives hang now to access while in windows to access files that are on that sata6 controller hope there is a fix for this

Flashed to this new .1701 Marvell-Bios this morning. The new bios is reported as .29 while the previous was .27.
 
The controller is now reporting AHCI (CPU AHCI) in the Marvell ctrl-m, but in BIOS my SATA 3/6 disk is reported as a SCSI-device, my other drives are reported as AHCI.
 
However, more importantly;
 
Speed/Performance has not improved
 
I get the same performance on the Marvell ports as i do on the Intel's. Writes avg 200 Mb/s, Reads avg 260 Mb/s using ATTO. Exactly the same as the previous Marvell-Bios and exactly the same as using the Intel SATA 2-ports.
 
This is on a single Corsair P3-128 drive using a SATA3/6Gbs-cable. 

dougswub

Silly question:

I have the Evga X58 3X SLI board (132-BL-E758)...is that the
same as the Evga X58 SLI 3??

No, the EVGA X58 SLI 3 board is the E767

wdflyer

Jacob/Shannon/anyone (I'm not fussy):  I updated the Firmware on my Classified 3, now the BIOS is 1.0.0.1029 and the Firmware is 2.2.0.1118.
 
As this is supposed to be firmware update 1.0.0.1701, are the BIOS/Firmware versions mentioned above correct?

I did not get any warning between sections 4 and 5 during the flash as reported by others, does that matter as you stated it was normal to get it?

That makes ne uneasy..why do some get the error, and others don't?? Either way, I'm tired of hammering on my Crucial, it's brand new and not fair to my wallet or the hardware.. Speeds on my ATTO bench were the same as previous firmwares. This firmware is...PR.
I will be out of town for the next week, I hope to come back to some real resolutions to these problems.

^^ lol. That sucks for you guys. No help it seems. Email Jacob about it to get his attention. Seems like no forum tech support sees anything lately.

wdflyer

Meh, I for one won't complain about it, not exactly like this is a tech support forum as much as an end-user one. 

If they have the time to help out then that's great, if not, I can get answers elsewhere.

Um, there is no magical answer anywhere else. An answer is needed from EVGA or Marvell. You don't complain about it because you don't have a SATA III SSD, I bet you would if you had one..not all of us have PCIe drives :)

ebednar11

wdflyer

Meh, I for one won't complain about it, not exactly like this is a tech support forum as much as an end-user one. 

If they have the time to help out then that's great, if not, I can get answers elsewhere.

Um, there is no magical answer anywhere else. An answer is needed from EVGA or Marvell. You don't complain about it because you don't have a SATA III SSD, I bet you would if you had one..not all of us have PCIe drives :)

No magical answer needed, I can always contact tech support if I really wanted to know....there are always ways to get info. Besides, no need for me to sweat it anyway, my system still works like a charm after the firmware change.  My SSD RAID0 is hooked up to the marvell controller and I get ~480-500 on the reads, I'm happy enough.

There is no magical answers because there is no magical solution to this problem. Support can't change that fact.
 
The Marvell (supposed-to-be) SATA 3/6gbs controller spec'ed on this cards is nothing but POS giving no sata3 benefits over the sata2 Intel-controller on the board.  
I can understand people with SATA2-setups does not complain, you have not invested in new, higher performance drives. The Marvell Sata3 does not perform any better than the Intel Sata2 with Sata3 drives. Obviously they have found limitations in the Marvell controllers bandwith that limits performance amd all we get is "sorry".