Tell them that while they are at it they could upgrade to latest "offical" (if they cant just put latest ich10r since its working fine) IMSM for ich9r and other modules, but ofc they wont do that... this is only wishful thinking... for example asus is most SLACK company regarding that, while other x58 mobos are all using 8.5.1030 IMSM option rom, asus is still on 8.0.0.something, even on rampage II extreme. There is even more, lets not count intel that regulary updates all those modules on their top end mobos, but i saw that even DFI upgraded their IMSM option rom via bios update on some P45 mobo. I mean like its that HARD!