• Updates RAID ROM to version 8.5.0.1030

• Download the correct .iso file below for your motherboard:

• Use a CD Burning software to burn the .iso image onto a blank CD (Nero, Alochol 120%, MagicISO etc.)
• After it has burned, insert CD and restart the machine, go into the BIOS and load defaults, save and exit
• Now set the CD Drive as the primary boot device, or press escape while the system is booting to select CD as the bootable device.
• After flash remove the CD, and power off PC Completely.
• Turn on the PC and load defaults in BIOS

• Download the correct .exe file below for your motherboard:

• Insert blank floppy disk into drive and run executable
• After the floppy has written fully, restart the machine, go into the BIOS and load defaults, save and exit
• Now set the USB Floppy as the primary boot device, or press escape while the system is booting to select USB Floppy as the bootable device
• After flash remove the floppy, power off PC Completely
• Turn on the PC and load defaults in BIOS

• Download the correct .bin file below for your motherboard:

• Visit this thread and follow the installation instructions. (thanks 30h6).

dejanh

See below...first 64K RAID...


...next 84K RAID...


I'd say it fits just fine, 64K of compressed code space left.  Problem is that the offsets are all broken now because of different size of the two option ROMs so the new ROM won't load correctly and exits with an error I posted earlier in this thread.

zalbard
Found some info.

The "PNP/PCI compliant BIOS not installed!" error is basically saying the OROM is invalid, 'cause only the first 64Kb of code are being loaded into memory.

We need to find and analyze the code responsible for loading the OROMs.

Unfortunately I don't have the time to do that, but I know that Gigabyte should have fixed that limitation when the RAID OROM was updated to a larger one.

It seems that only Phoenix-Award BIOSes are affected.

@ http://forums.mydigitallife.info/

Fentzinator

Running two 600gig raptors in raid 0 at the moment.  Is this something I should upgrade.  I never usually upgrade unless I have an issue and right now all is ok.

zalbard

dejanh

See below...first 64K RAID...


...next 84K RAID...


I'd say it fits just fine, 64K of compressed code space left.  Problem is that the offsets are all broken now because of different size of the two option ROMs so the new ROM won't load correctly and exits with an error I posted earlier in this thread.

That is from the modded BIOS thread. I suppose you've missed this post. There IS enough space. And in fact, 64K free left.

zalbard
Found some info.

The "PNP/PCI compliant BIOS not installed!" error is basically saying the OROM is invalid, 'cause only the first 64Kb of code are being loaded into memory.

We need to find and analyze the code responsible for loading the OROMs.

Unfortunately I don't have the time to do that, but I know that Gigabyte should have fixed that limitation when the RAID OROM was updated to a larger one.

It seems that only Phoenix-Award BIOSes are affected.

@ http://forums.mydigitallife.info/

This is my post from 77 BIOS thread. I did some research. The issue is common. All the manufacturers had to go around this. Even some 5 year old motherboards are getting 10.1 RAID ROMs.
I am sure your P67 boards are going to be using 10.1. You just basically need to port the loading code from their BIOSes to fix ours.
There is space. It can be done. And we are looking up to EVGA to do so. Please don't let us down, guys.

P.S. If for some reason this space is still not enough I'd happily trade my JMicron BIOS ROM space for an updated Intel one. Not everyone uses JMicron anyway, and you can make an alternative BIOS with no JMicron ROM, but proper Intel RAID ROM. But as far as I see the space is there either way...

Fentzinator

Thanks dejanh.

henryvits

Here is a quote from a post I made here back in November 2009 in regards to BIOS release S22A:

"I'm sure by now you've all noticed the new BIOS release today, and maybe you've even updated already. I certainly have, because I wanted to see if EVGA included the latest or at least a newer Intel RAID Option ROM to fix the 2TB partition limit that version 8.5.0 and (presumably) earlier versions had. I haven't tried to create a new partition larger than 2TB yet, but I find it very strange that EVGA actually downgraded the RAID Option ROM to version 8.0.0, which is the very first version that Intel came out with over a year ago. Can anybody from EVGA shed some light on why this was done?"
 


So, for those of you who haven't been around quite as long or simply don't remember, we already had this very same RAID Option ROM 8.5.0.1030 in our BIOS two years ago. In fact, all of our boards initially shipped with it. Inofficially, we were told back in November 2009 that going back to the very first version 8 ROM Intel ever made (8.0.0.1038) was due to a bug in 8.5 that would not allow creation of raid volumes larger than 2TB (not talking about bootable volumes here).

So, my question is, if there was a bug in 8.5, why go back to it now after more than a year? Don't get me wrong, I applaud the effort here, but understand that Intel shipped their initial X58 board with version 8.5, and that was in September 2008.

henryvits

Here is a quote from a post I made here back in November 2009 in regards to BIOS release S22A:

"I'm sure by now you've all noticed the new BIOS release today, and maybe you've even updated already. I certainly have, because I wanted to see if EVGA included the latest or at least a newer Intel RAID Option ROM to fix the 2TB partition limit that version 8.5.0 and (presumably) earlier versions had. I haven't tried to create a new partition larger than 2TB yet, but I find it very strange that EVGA actually downgraded the RAID Option ROM to version 8.0.0, which is the very first version that Intel came out with over a year ago. Can anybody from EVGA shed some light on why this was done?"
 


So, for those of you who haven't been around quite as long or simply don't remember, we already had this very same RAID Option ROM 8.5.0.1030 in our BIOS two years ago. In fact, all of our boards initially shipped with it. Inofficially, we were told back in November 2009 that going back to the very first version 8 ROM Intel ever made (8.0.0.1038) was due to a bug in 8.5 that would not allow creation of raid volumes larger than 2TB (not talking about bootable volumes here).

So, my question is, if there was a bug in 8.5, why go back to it now after more than a year? Don't get me wrong, I applaud the effort here, but understand that Intel shipped their initial X58 board with version 8.5, and that was in September 2008.

Jfeil

Honestly, this whole deal with EVGA being so unwilling to stand by their products via updates is really starting to upset me.  Look, I might not have been an active member of this community/forum for a long time, but as you can see from my profile, I've been an EVGA customer and lurking these forums for 6 years now!  It's hard to sit here and watch the EVGA reps make completely unbacked claims of impossibilities regarding BIOS limitations/support, when other more reputable (at this point, to me anyway) companies have been able to sort this out for their customers for friggin' MONTHS now.  IMO, EVGA is being lazy and complacent at this point, knowing that they've already gotten nearly all the money to be had from from x58 customers.  they see that x58 is nearing the end of being the king of the hill and they're jumping ship!

This is a piss-poor business model, if you ask me!  Sure, as a tech company you always want to be looking to the future, but if you push away all of your current customers, don't you think they're gonna create a negative wave for you on their way out (by way out, I mean way to ASUS) the door?

Not to discredit dejanh in the least bit,, but it's honestly PATHETIC that a forum member, no matter how tech savy, not only beats you to the punch, but PROVES how utterly innept and WRONG you are about your own BIOS architechture.  Then, in the midst of becoming completely discredited by the "little guy," you put out in a matter of minutes a JOKE of an update with even MORE excuses simply to save face!

All I have to say at this point...  dejanh, you are without a doubt, THE MAN!  EVGA, you guys might have just lost 6 years and THOUSANDS of dollars worth of my business to a company that doesn't have problems figuring out their OWN architecture.  Personally, my next system will be entirely ASUS based, and I will have to apologize to EVERY one of my friends that I have turned on to EVGA over the years for being so utterly wrong about their products and service.

Sorry, but I'm personally one customer who can't be won back at the moment...  go ASUS!

-Jason

We had updated the status in the forum thread. Unfortunately there is not enough room to upgrade the RAID ROM.
Regards,
Nick