Raid0 and TRIM Support on Intel 11.5 OROM and Latest v11.5.0.1184 RST Drivers ?

[radier]

Intel® RAID ROM 11.6.0.1624
http://www.mediafire.com/?p48mqf64otwycyc

[stasio]

^
Woooo,nice.

[andressergio]

guys i need help

i just updated bios with new OROM and i made an image with acronis of my raid to another drive

now i erased my SSD's made the raid again and acronis doesnt see it and windows 7 install also ask me for drivers how can i recover my image now

thanks in advance
Sergio

[felix_w]

I would try (if you have a spare hdd) to install a new OS to a spare disk and then install Acronis and try from there to restore the image...maybe this works...

[Andrea deluxe]

can i flash the new rom on my p8z68-v pro/gen3???

how?

[radier]

DIY !

http://www.win-lite.de/wbb/board208-...ix-award-bios/

[andressergio]

new OROM OUT ??? Intel® RAID ROM 11.6.0.1702

[Nizzen]

new OROM OUT ??? Intel® RAID ROM 11.6.0.1702

Modded Gigabyte x58 bioses:

http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyte...d-bios-61.html

[andressergio]

Thanks Bill did anyone try it yet ?

[raab]

TRIM w/ RAID0 seems a bit hit and miss for me

I've got an Asus Z77 board w/ 11.0 OROM, 2 x 256 Samsung 830's raid0, win7 x64 sp1

I installed 11.2 RST and confirmed trim was working using the hex method and left it at that..

Of course I couldn't let it be, when 11.6 came out I inserted the 11.6 OROM and reflashed the bios and installed 11.6 RST and went to test trim and found it didn't work

I reverted back to 11.0 OROM and 11.2 RST and tested TRIM again, seemed to work. That is until I tried a few hours later and it's stopped working altogether

I'm not sure if its just never been working and I've accidentally been pasting the sector in and leaving the 0 in there which I've spotted a couple of times, but this is starting to annoy me.

I tried 11.5 and still nothing

I'm going to try Windows 8 and if that's unsuccessful giving up on TRIM working for me, or perhaps with Samsung 830's it's not instant I don't know..

[B Gates]

TRIM w/ RAID0 seems a bit hit and miss for me

I've got an Asus Z77 board w/ 11.0 OROM, 2 x 256 Samsung 830's raid0, win7 x64 sp1

I installed 11.2 RST and confirmed trim was working using the hex method and left it at that..

Of course I couldn't let it be, when 11.6 came out I inserted the 11.6 OROM and reflashed the bios and installed 11.6 RST and went to test trim and found it didn't work

I reverted back to 11.0 OROM and 11.2 RST and tested TRIM again, seemed to work. That is until I tried a few hours later and it's stopped working altogether

I'm not sure if its just never been working and I've accidentally been pasting the sector in and leaving the 0 in there which I've spotted a couple of times, but this is starting to annoy me.

I'm going to try Windows 8 and if that's unsuccessful giving up on TRIM working for me

just so you know TRIM works with ANY 11 series driver and OROM

[raab]

Whilst I don't disagree it's certainly not what I'm experiencing

On a fresh Windows 8 install w/ 11.6 it worked once, then when I attempt the exact same JPG which ends up on a different sector it doesn't clear the values

[B Gates]

Whilst I don't disagree it's certainly not what I'm experiencing

On a fresh Windows 8 install w/ 11.6 it worked once, then when I attempt the exact same JPG which ends up on a different sector it doesn't clear the values

okay got it. I was referring to experience with win 7 sorry

[raab]

Same thing happens on Windows 7 now

On Windows 8 I've managed to repeat the hex test twice in a row where it clears the values. On the third and subsequent attempts the values don't clear

I'm not really sure whats going on with the underlying system and whether TRIM permanently or momentarily stops working. Or whether the hex test is an unreliable test method

Either way, I'm just going to assume that one successful test = TRIM working and leave it at that otherwise I'll end up forever trying to figure this out for something that still seems to be in its infancy

[Fernando]

@ raab:
Switching back from the RST(e) drivers v11.5/11.6 to the "normal" RST driver iaStor.sys may give you some bad iaStorF residues in the registry. To verify it, open the "Drives" section of the Device Manager > "Driver details" and look, if the iaStorF.sys file is still listed. If yes, don't try to delete the iaStorF.sys from the Windows\System32\Drivers directory. Before you do that, you have to erase the wrong "iaStorF" entries within the registry.

[Highendtoys]

@ raab:
Switching back from the RST(e) drivers v11.5/11.6 to the "normal" RST driver iaStor.sys may give you some bad iaStorF residues in the registry. To verify it, open the "Drives" section of the Device Manager > "Driver details" and look, if the iaStorF.sys file is still listed. If yes, don't try to delete the iaStorF.sys from the Windows\System32\Drivers directory. Before you do that, you have to erase the wrong "iaStorF" entries within the registry.

I think the residue is how I managed to get one of my test systems to only write at 45 MB/s.

[raab]

@ raab:
Switching back from the RST(e) drivers v11.5/11.6 to the "normal" RST driver iaStor.sys may give you some bad iaStorF residues in the registry. To verify it, open the "Drives" section of the Device Manager > "Driver details" and look, if the iaStorF.sys file is still listed. If yes, don't try to delete the iaStorF.sys from the Windows\System32\Drivers directory. Before you do that, you have to erase the wrong "iaStorF" entries within the registry.

I did clear the residue but still had the same results. Worked 1 or 2 times then not again. Might be a quirk with the Samsung 830's, who knows..

I've switched to Windows 8 now anyway where I'm having interesting results with UEFI driver vs Legacy OPROM being different versions? I've posted on the win-lite.de forums anyway

[emerald]

Intel SSD Toolbox 3.1.0 changelog lists "Trim on RAID 0 with RST 11.0 or greater"

But I think this means only the ability to manually trim.

[andressergio]

Intel SSD Toolbox 3.1.0 changelog lists "Trim on RAID 0 with RST 11.0 or greater"

But I think this means only the ability to manually trim.

i installed but only SEE my ADATA 256GB with sandforce controller same as intel uses but i dont see the trim option u say

[Fernando]

i installed but only SEE my ADATA 256GB with sandforce controller same as intel uses but i dont see the trim option u say

The "Optimize" button of Intel's SSD Toolbox may only work with Intel SSD's.

[chinobino]

Intel SSD Toolbox 3.1.0 changelog lists "Trim on RAID 0 with RST 11.0 or greater"

But I think this means only the ability to manually trim.

Actually, you can use the Intel SSD Toolbox to set a TRIM schedule in Windows 7/8 (as well as doing a manual Trim).

Unfortunately if you are running your SSD's in RAID0 in Windows 8 (or Windows Server 2012) you cannot run TRIM at all.

Hopefully Intel will have support for Windows 8 soon.

Intel SSD Toolbox 3.1.1 has been released to fix a problem with detecting drive health and also the firmware on the 330.

[B Gates]

Actually, you can use the Intel SSD Toolbox to set a TRIM schedule in Windows 7/8 (as well as doing a manual Trim).

Unfortunately if you are running your SSD's in RAID0 in Windows 8 (or Windows Server 2012) you cannot run TRIM at all.

Hopefully Intel will have support for Windows 8 soon.

Intel SSD Toolbox 3.1.1 has been released to fix a problem with detecting drive health and also the firmware on the 330.

Windows 8 has RAID 0 TRIM it works perfectly with Intel driver

[Fernando]

Windows 8 has RAID 0 TRIM it works perfectly with Intel driver

I doubt, that Windows 8 brings TRIM into the RAID0 array for everyone. Until now only a very few Intel chipsets are supported by the TRIM in RAID0 feature and afaik there is no difference between Win7 and Win8 regarding this point.

[B Gates]

I doubt, that Windows 8 brings TRIM into the RAID0 array for everyone. Until now only a very few Intel chipsets are supported by the TRIM in RAID0 feature and afaik there is no difference between Win7 and Win8 regarding this point.

Unfortunately if you are running your SSD's in RAID0 in Windows 8 (or Windows Server 2012) you cannot run TRIM at all.

He has a Z77 board

[andressergio]

this are my adatas on my M5F Z77

optimize is grayed...