Asrock P67 Extreme4 UEFI & Drivers thread [Extreme6 & Pro3 owners welcome]

[GregoryDonner]

Ket, is ASRock still accepting feedback regarding the Etron USB 3.0 drivers? If so, I have had intermittent hangs when trying to access my Hitachi Touro Mobile Pro USB 3.0 External HDD (plugged into my E4's rear USB 3.0 port). I'm using the latest 1.0.0.111 drivers. (I know you recommended the .101 drivers, but I neglected to keep a copy of them--they're not in your RapidShare DL archive or on the ASRock drivers page.)

I must admit that from some of the threads on the web I've read, there's some question as to whether these bugs are primarily caused by bad drivers, or if there isn't a hardware bug in the Etron chip itself?

[bat4]

I must admit that from some of the threads on the web I've read, there's some question as to whether these bugs are primarily caused by bad drivers, or if there isn't a hardware bug in the Etron chip itself?

I tend to believe, that there is a hardware design flaw. Our EJ168A chip is already history. Etron has already released two new controllers, EJ188 and EJ198. See this:
Etron debuts new usb 3.0 host and device ics

I have checked the Asrock site, there are no more new products with the old chip EJ168A, and even the new Etron chips are appearing in only very few new motherboards.

I have recently installed the 0.111 driver, but the same happens: rear Etron ports don't work and when plugging in external HDD's, the system stops responding and reset is required. So not only bad design, but some chips are wearing out too early. I think some motherboards even come with already dead Etron chips which means that bad chips are not removed from production, but they are sold to customers.
Intel at least had the decency to admit the flaw in the SATA2 controller. I don't think Etron will ever admit the flaw.