Maximus-IV-Extreme-Z BIOS 1004 Intel Raid Rom Updated to 11.0.0.1339

[digmeahole]

MAKE SURE you install the Intel IRST first then restart. Then restart again and update bios. Rom has a lot of fixes and a big thanks to broncogr for all the new info!

IRST LINK: http://www.station-drivers.com/page/intel%20raid.htm make sure to download and install 11.0.0.1032 WHQL you may have to cut out of folder and place on desktop for it to run properly.

Then the BIOS: http://www.mediafire.com/?4elcsj9xscvgoie

As always there is a risk involved in flashing a bios such as power failure ect. Report your results...no more BSOD ect


Pic shows both orom and kit updated on my system



Resolved Issues

Resolved Issues in 11.0.0.1032 PV

Reference No
Description
Affected OS's
3236345
S3 or S4 cycling may be cause an error of RAID1 volume
Win7-64
3236354
Operating system crashes when scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors w/ RAID0 volume
Win7-64
3236510
Attempting to Accelerate a hot-inserted HDD induces an Unknown error and causes the Accelerate button to disappear in the user interface
Win7-64
3236599
Acceleration status is always ‘No Sync’ in the OROM after changing Smart Response Technology mode via the user interface
Win7,Win7-64
3236764
RAID ‘Create’ button is available in user interface on system with Cache enabled when it is should not be shown
Win7,Win7-64
3236782
Revert changes to support Acceleration after hot-unplug and re-insert of SSD
Win7-64
3236874
Unable to modify cache volumes when maximum volume count is reached and volumes cannot be accelerated
Win7-64
3236401
Driver prevents SSD from being used as cache after hot-plugged and hot-inserted
Win7-64
3235188
RAIDCFG32 displays incorrect results
WinXP
3236285
User Interface mouse-over in Acceleration mode shows conflicting data for an Accelerated disk
Win7-64
3236092
From the 'Configure Volume' page on the 'Create' tab, the 'Specify the volume size:' and 'Advanced' sections are un-selectable by standard keyboard methods.
Win7-64
3236278
Obscured text string in the "Enable Acceleration" window under the "Select the disk or volume to accelerate:" selection box
Windows Sever2008
3236296
OROM does not wait long enough for device to become ready per ATAPI 7 and ATAPI 8 specification
N/A
3236038
RST Caching fails to resume from S4 after entering OROM>Acceleration Options and sometimes causes BSOD 0050 & 0051
N/A
3236140
RST user interface exposes option to create additional matrix RAID volume when the maximum possible number of RAID volumes has been reached
Win7-64
3236222
An unknown error is induced if user attempts to change the type of a second R1 volume while a create volume from disk R1 migration is occurring
Win7-64
3235067
Intel® Smart Response Technology is not honoring user's power plan
Win7-64
3235998
When trying to enable acceleration, the disk selection screen displays full disk capacity, max 64 GB for the cache which is not true at all times
Win7, Win7-64
3236125
Accelerated pass-through data disk: Error message displayed in user interface when trying to use a different SSD to Accelerate the disk after auto-transition Enhanced mode to OFF due to missing Cache SSD
Win7, Win7-64
3236126
Email Notify Setup step 2 in help is obsolete
Vista-64, Win7-64, Server2008-64
3235412
"Disk data cache" resets to "enable" after resuming from S4/S5 in user interface
N/A
3235924
RCfgSata utility Successfully Accelerates an Invalid Smart Response Technology Volume with 2 SSDs in Max mode.
N/A
3235475
System does not reconstruct data after a S3 is performed from windows which may lead to possible OS corruption
Win7, Win7-64
3236120
“Enable Acceleration” is available to user after cache hot-plugged and hot-inserted without a system reboot.
Win7-64
Resolved Issues in 11.0.0.1024 Beta

Reference No
Description
Affected OS's
3235441
WinDVD 10 playback of CPRM protected content will be denied after installing the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver
Win7-64
3235696
OS crashes when running "Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors" on a RAID volume
Win7, Win7-64
3235317
Degrading an Accelerated (Max mode) RAID5 Volume with 16 KB Strip Size sporadically causes catastrophic Data Loss upon Reboot
N/A
3235387
SUT halts at the 1st cycle while running specific utility in DOS with a RAID5 volume
N/A
3235580
SUT cannot boot to degraded bootable RAID5 volume after one HDD is removed from the RAID5 volume
N/A
3235494
Legacy OROM does not handle Segment Wrapping of Data Buffers for int13 I/O. Always returns NOT_SUPPORTED
N/A
3235456
RcfgSata.exe does not allow enabling acceleration if RAID0 is disabled via BCFS
N/A
3235061
RCfgSata.txt in RST 11.0 - missing parameter documentation
N/A
3006447
Changing contrast settings eliminates user interface info
WinXP-64
3235422
Unbundling of the OS sporadically results in 0x7E BSOD with Smart Response Technology enabled
Win7-64
3235548
Disable Acceleration twice on an Accelerated single disk RAID0 OS volume during a data migration then Enable again induces 0x7A BSOD
Win7-64
3007204
Naming Volume "Array_0000" makes it completely disappear in the user interface
Win7
3234687
Online Help: Volume Requirements table is missing Cougar Point in the "Controller Support" column
WinXP-64
3234887
System report heading does not match in saved text file
Win7-64, WinXP
3235067
Smart Response Technology not honoring user's power plan
Win7-64
3235253
Device detection failure after resuming from S3
Win7-64
3235380
Volume can't be renamed when other volume in the Matrix RAID is in verification/rebuild/initialization state
Win7, Win7-64
3235553
Unknown controller displayed in the user interface
Win7-64
3235558
Disassociating help icon hover text string incorrect
Win7
3235572
Optical Disk Drives reported as Type: Hard disk, in the System Report of the user interface
Win7
3235622
Readme needs update - Remove obsolete Intel(R) ICH9R/DO/DH SATA AHCI Controller
Vista, WinXP, Win7
3235149
Reset disk to normal button is not shown in user interface
Vista, Vista-64
3235279
Accelerated pass-through data disk: Error message pop-up in user interface when trying to use a different SSD to Accelerate the disk after auto-transition Enhanced mode to OFF due to missing Cache SSD
Win7, Win7-64
3235305
Wrong device name on Chief River
Vista
3235378
BSOD during Bad Block tests on XP 32 Rose City system
WinXP
3235129
0x7E BSOD may occur during RAID operations if volume name is 16 characters
Win7, Win7-64, Windows Server 2008-64
3235277
Accelerated RAID Volume: Clicking 'Disassociate' link pops-up Error message in user interface after Acceleration auto-transition from Enhanced to Off due to SSD being removed
Win7, Win7-64

Resolved Issues in 11.0.0.1015 Alpha

Reference No
Description
Affected OS's
3007123
Clear and Reset disk to normal in user interface may not work
Vista,Vista-64,Win7,Win7-64,Windows 2008,Windows 2008-64
3234888
When 2 RAID Volumes are present on a system and left idle for a long time will cause IO fail
N/A
3235087
0x7E BSOD sporadically seen when RAID member disk is hot removed during migration
Win7-64

[Grnfinger]

Would be nice if you could take the time and post up a quick tut on how to update bios Raid Rom.
I tried to update the Gene Z ROM and I get error when trying to flash the bios.

[digmeahole]

Done... good luck.. http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?9335-How-to-guide-on-updating-uefi-bios-intel-raid-rom

Grnfinger wrote:
Would be nice if you could take the time and post up a quick tut on how to update bios Raid Rom.
I tried to update the Gene Z ROM and I get error when trying to flash the bios.

[broncogr]

Thank you for this mate.
Its much appreciated

[broncogr]

I am at work so I cant flash this yet.
Has anyone else flashed it yet?
Results?
Thanks

[broncogr]

I have flashd successfully.
Thanks for this again mate.
Cheers

[digmeahole]

Glad to hear it worked for you! 😄

broncogr wrote:
I have flashd successfully.
Thanks for this again mate.
Cheers

[Jerm]

Doh! I screwed this up somehow. I decided to try to update to the 1004 BIOS far too late at night (or too early) and am pretty sure I missed or did not update the Intel Raid ROM 1st. I applied the new BIOS and upon Restart got a message the it was updating iROG firmware, but after that it just went to a black screen. Did I completely hose my #2 BIOS or is there a way that I can reflash to 0902 again?
I can POST in BIOS #1, but get a Boot Mgr is missing message...tried everything I could find online except BCDEdit.
If I must, I'm prepared to 'gut' the machine and redo all installations this weekend, but would rather avoid that if possible.

Lesson learned: Re-read entire posts when you get home, don't assume you got it after reading it at work and then wait until after midnight to start screwing with your system. 😕

[digmeahole]

I am not sure what went wrong...the only thing i updated in the bios was the raid rom. Asus updated the rog firmware. Get the latest bios from ASUS and go into bios and reflash . there is also a go back button in bios i forget what its called exactly...... Also try booting from your windows disk and let it try and repair the boot mgr issue.... report back with results i will try and help you all i can.....

Jerm wrote:
Doh! I screwed this up somehow. I decided to try to update to the 1004 BIOS far too late at night (or too early) and am pretty sure I missed or did not update the Intel Raid ROM 1st. I applied the new BIOS and upon Restart got a message the it was updating iROG firmware, but after that it just went to a black screen. Did I completely hose my #2 BIOS or is there a way that I can reflash to 0902 again?
I can POST in BIOS #1, but get a Boot Mgr is missing message...tried everything I could find online except BCDEdit.
If I must, I'm prepared to 'gut' the machine and redo all installations this weekend, but would rather avoid that if possible.

Lesson learned: Re-read entire posts when you get home, don't assume you got it after reading it at work and then wait until after midnight to start screwing with your system. 😕

[Jerm]

I switched to BIOS#1 which still shows as 0902...got the Boot Mgr message though and had to fix that with bcd edit, diskpart.
All seems to be good now, but I'd like to get BIOS#2 back to usable. It wasn't even giving me POST until I switched to BIOS1.
I assumed that the worse that could happen would be I missed being able to update the RAID ROM (which I did want to do).
It was entirely my bad for missing that step and I was only asking how to get it back if I'm able to get into it...can I copy over from BIOS1 to 2 to get back to 0902? BIOS1 is solid though.
None of my issues stemmed from anything you did or the information you were kind enough to provide though.