X79 Storage - the Intel C600 series chipset SATA RAID Controller

[tistou77]

bios 1305 modded with rom 3.1.0.2101: http://oron.com/rgnhtcd4jtpj

bios 1305 modded with rom 3.1.0.2101 and ASMEDIA 106X ROM: http://oron.com/pjqit5ojd1a6

not tested

[Anvil]

I'll check out the ROG thread!

I might give it a try.

[tistou77]

Anvil, you have tested?

[Anvil]

I might give it a try later tonight.
Shouldn't be a problem as there is a "dual bios system" on the Rampage IV.

[Anvil]

The modded bios would not load, not an EFI bios so that was a no-go.

I've got the 1201 mod but I'm reluctant to go back, I'll see if we can get lsdmeasap to do a new mod. (he did the 1201 mod)

[tistou77]

With rom 3.1.0.2101?

Yet it works with other
With ASMedia, causes problems I believe

[Anvil]

The first one without the ASMedia update did not work, I did not try the one that included the ASMedia update.

[tistou77]

I tried the modded bios with the new rom (without ASmedia), but impossbile to install
error message, the file is not compatible

[RaptorX86]

Rom work great for me..

[m.oreilly]

link to station drivers downloads drivers, not rom, and intel looks to have pulled the rom, at least form the link to intel and the search info mentioned to enter...any newer links to it or a newer one?

[tistou77]

http://www.station-drivers.com/page/intel%20raid.htm

[m.oreilly]

there is no rom or bin in any of those files, as i already mentioned. do you have a bin of the 3.1.0.2101?

[m.oreilly]

ah, two bin in driver files marked 'legacy'...would you have used the 'scuOrom.bin'? i'm hoping i'm on the right track here, as i did the uefi bios mod method in replacing the orom. this is for my x79 rampage gene.

[m.oreilly]

used the sataOrom.bin. worked perfect!

[tistou77]

Silly question
Must do the same for USB drives (as SSD, HDD)

Thanks

[m.oreilly]

? i loaded the modded rom to the root of C (raid array), and flashed from the uefi bios using the built-in 'easy flash'

[Peakr]

That ORom was extracted from an msi board so it's probably legit. Dunno why intel would pull it. I inserted it into my gigabyte x79-ud3 and I'm using 3.1.0.1068 driver with RSTe gui and haven't had a single problem. I wish intel and mobo manufacturers would do more for x79. Every since z77 showed up seems like its ignored.

[m.oreilly]

my error. i was looking for a blatant 'orom.bin', but had to rummage around in the 'legacy' folders. i am using the 11.0 driver atm, as it's a little 'faster' all way round.

[izajasz]

Hello guys,
I ve found this topic and im very gratefull that happened because i have too experienced low write performance on my Samsung 830 256GB SSD. When i tick the option "buffer flushing" i get quite similar results as Anvil did. I wanted to ask You Anvil , did You happen to test that drive on new Intel OROM ? And did you find a solution why the drive performs under 500 mb/s which is how it performs on ivy bridge systems ?

[ZillaPct]

X Anvil

For the Intel Rapid Storage Enterprise 3.2.0.1126 and OROM 3.0.0.1184

They work without caching enabled.

The RSTE have active cache and no data corruption will occur in case of absence of current.

Disable the cache settings for 100% performance in windows and turn off CPU power saving and C1 State.

[tistou77]

X Anvil

For the Intel Rapid Storage Enterprise you need to use the disk without caching enabled.

The RSTE have active cache and no data corruption will occur in case of absence of current.

Disable the cache settings for 100% performance in windows and turn off CPU power saving and C1 State.

In your screen, you must check the two boxes, right?
I must disable the C1 State and turn off CPU power saving?

I understand?

Thank you very much

PS: where I must turn off CPU power saving?

EDIT: now, option rom is 3.1.0.2120 ans driver RSTe is 3.2.0.1135

[ZillaPct]

In your screen, you must check the two boxes, right?
I must disable the C1 State and turn off CPU power saving?

I understand?

Thank you very much

PS: where I must turn off CPU power saving?

EDIT: now, option rom is 3.1.0.2120 ans driver RSTe is 3.2.0.1135

Windows 7 enable by default chace write for disk


After Install RSTE disable cache write on disk


In BIOS of your mainboard, disable C1-C3 states and turbo mode for the max. speed on SSD drive

C-state and turbo mode-on reduced drive speed in reason of 2-5%.

Regards

[tistou77]

Ok, thank you very much, I will test

I must uncheck the 2 boxes, then
Until now, if the 2nd box was not checked, we had a bad write performance

[tistou77]

I tested and it does not work, with RSTe 3.2.0.1135 and ROM 3.1.0.2101

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[ZillaPct]

Interesting post, my test are with sandforce serie 5 drive and RSE 3.2.0.1126 and OROM 3.0.0.1184