ASUS RAMPAGE III EXTREME BIOS - V1601 - Updated OROM MOD

[pir8man]

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Well, the error message sounds like you ran out of BIOS memory space.  try disabling one of the add-on hardwares that you are NOT using currently.  I personally always had the Jmicron SATA controller disabled in my useage.  This free'd up enough memory for the NIC/Intel SATA/Marvell SATA OROMs to fit in the limited memory space.

If that does not help, we need more details to assist further.

I have raid0 (2 hdd*1TB) on intel controller and Samsung 860 Pros ssd on Jmicron, so I can not disable it.
On other hand, I had already disabled Intel Vt-d and onboard 1394 controller and due to overclocking almost all "green techs".
Of course usb 3 and usb 2 controllers are enabled. Would you be so kind to tell me, what else can I disable or what info do you need from me to assist further?

Have you tried disabling the marvell controller.   You did not list that as currently utilized... Your other option is to run S22t with Intel OROM 10.x. that will fit everything in the 1MB of memory.

I would also suggest a complete change to optimize speeds.  Of course this may require backup/format/restore of data to complete....
move HDD raid0 to Marvell SATA3 controller.  This controller is a bit slow for fast SSD drives, but works beautifully with spindle drives. (my WD Black raid-1 benchmarked the best here.) Move your SSD drive to the Intel Controller in AHCI mode.  (SATA2 just like the jMicron, but we can disable the jMicron to free up BIOS memory space).  Finally disable the jMicron controller and everything should fit in BIOS memory and run at the best benchmarks for your drives.

[Iceberg]

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Well, the error message sounds like you ran out of BIOS memory space.  try disabling one of the add-on hardwares that you are NOT using currently.  I personally always had the Jmicron SATA controller disabled in my useage.  This free'd up enough memory for the NIC/Intel SATA/Marvell SATA OROMs to fit in the limited memory space.

If that does not help, we need more details to assist further.

I have raid0 (2 hdd*1TB) on intel controller and Samsung 860 Pros ssd on Jmicron, so I can not disable it.
On other hand, I had already disabled Intel Vt-d and onboard 1394 controller and due to overclocking almost all "green techs".
Of course usb 3 and usb 2 controllers are enabled. Would you be so kind to tell me, what else can I disable or what info do you need from me to assist further?

Have you tried disabling the marvell controller.   You did not list that as currently utilized...  Your other option is to run S22t with Intel OROM 10.x.  that will fit everything in the 1MB of memory.

I would also suggest a complete change to optimize speeds.  Of course this may require backup/format/restore of data to complete....
move HDD raid0 to Marvell SATA3 controller.  This controller is a bit slow for fast SSD drives, but works beautifully with spindle drives. (my WD Black raid-1 benchmarked the best here.) Move your SSD drive to the Intel Controller in AHCI mode.  (SATA2 just like the jMicron, but we can disable the jMicron to free up BIOS memory space).  Finally disable the jMicron controller and everything should fit in BIOS memory and run at the best benchmarks for your drives.

Sorry, I don't understand where to disable Jmicron or Marvell controller

I have the same settings on this page, besides 1394 is off 
 
There are only sata (intel?) and sata6G (marvell?) controllers in bios and I use both as I'd stated before. So what am I missing?

[pir8man]

the jMicron is the "Onboard SATA controller"
the Marvell is the "Onboard SATA6G Controller"

You CANNOT disable the Intel SATA ports.

[Iceberg]

the jMicron is the "Onboard SATA controller"
the Marvell is the "Onboard SATA6G Controller"

You CANNOT disable the Intel SATA ports.

Oh, ok, I see.
Due to your advice, I've disabled Onboard SATA controller and the error is gone.
I don't now if there was any consequences from that error message or not, but it is pleasure not to have it now

Thank you deeply for your help and great job with bios updates for our mobo!

[pir8man]

the jMicron is the "Onboard SATA controller"
the Marvell is the "Onboard SATA6G Controller"

You CANNOT disable the Intel SATA ports.

Oh, ok, I see.
Due to your advice, I've disabled Onboard SATA controller and the error is gone.
I don't now if there was any consequences from that error message or not, but it is pleasure not to have it now

Thank you deeply for your help and great job with bios updates for our mobo!

It just meant that one of your option ROM's could not fit in the 1mb of BIOS memory.  the system simply disables the device to continue.   with the extra device turned off, the remaining modules DO fit in the memory and thus no error message.
Glad you got it resolved.

[ar_0]

This is a fork from ZioMod.  He has moved on from this Motherboard and can no longer test and thus develop new updated BIOS'.  You can find information about his work in his original thread >here<

DISCLAIMER: bios is provided "as is". Flash it at your own risk! I won't be responsible for any damage.

BIOS Details:
Built from latest R3E BIOS (BETA) version.  As I understand it,  the only change from the official 1502 and the latest available 1601 R3E beta bios was Memory Compatibility.

The individual Option ROMs were then updated to newer firmware and/or BIOS versions.  Option ROMs updated are IRST (Intel SATA/RAID Controller), Marvell (SATA-6G), Jmicron (PATA), NIC and injected ASUS SLIC 2.1 tables:

CPU Microcode Updated to latest [106A4 Revision 13 (2015-06-30), 106A5 Revision 1D (2018-05-11), 206C2 Revision 1F (2018-05-08)].
INTEL ICH10R SATA RAID Controller: v13.5.0.2164 (SSD TRIM support in AHCI and RAID modes)
Marvell 91xx SATA 6G Controller - Bios : v1.0.0.1038*
Marvell 91xx SATA 6G Controller - Firmware: v2.1.0.1413
Marvell 91xx SATA 6G Controller - Bootloader: v1.0.1.0002b*
JMicron JMB36X Controller: v1.08.01 (AHCI Patched)
INTEL 82567V-2 Gigabit Network: v1.5.50
SLIC 2.1: ASUS (SSV3/MMtool method)
(* == patch was pre-existing from ZIO Mod S17)

WHICH TO CHOOSE:
Which to use:

Flash Sxx:
If you want Intel SATA in RAID mode AND you run Windows 10.
Windows 10 requires updated RST software, which in turn requires newer ROM for compatibility.

Flash Sxxi:
If you run Intel SATA in AHCI mode AND you run Windows 10.  Safe in AHCI or RAID in any other OS (win7/*nix).
As no RST software compatibility needs to be overcome, it is best to run the proper ROM for our ICH10 chipset.  (fastest benchmarks with this ROM).

Flash Sxxt:
If you need ALL the add-on hardware enabled at the same time.
the newer NIC OROM takes up too much memory to fit everything.  This one uses the older/smaller OROM that can still fit in BIOS memory with all the other devices enabled.

DOWNLOAD LINK:
All my releases are now hosted via Gdrive. Download Link

Recommended Win7 Driver for Mavell controller : v1.2.0.1049 WHQL for Win7-8 x86/x64
Recommended Win10 Driver for Mavell controller : v1.2.0.1049 WHQL for Win10 x86/x64

Recommended 32bit driver for Jmicron controller: 32bit JMicron JMB 36x RAID driver v1.17.65.11 WHQL
Recommended 64bit driver for Jmicron controller: 64bit JMicron JMB 36x RAID driver v1.17.65.11 WHQL

Forgive my question if it's stupid, but "Which to choose" section seems to only offer options for Windows 10 or "All the add-on hardware enabled". Is there a version that will work with Windows 7? I can't increase my ram frequency past 1333MHz and I'm suspecting it's because of the BIOS version. I'm using the Asus stock 1501. And what does "All the add-on hardware enabled" mean?

[Intl8ldr]

Hello pir8man et al,

Thank you for all your hard work here at the forum extending the life of this exceptional MB! Brilliant work!

I am new to the forum but a very, very long time user of the exceptional R3E MB!!!

Nonetheless, having been running my system with the latest official BIOS 1502 for like forever, 24/7, 100% stable , I am now considering to upgrade to a modded BIOS to enable ICH10R Raided SSD TRIM, get better SSD RAID performance and perhaps a bit longer SSD life. Right now I have 2 raids set up on the ICH10R (the 2 RAIDs consisting of 2 SSDs each both configured as RAID 0, i.e. 4 SSD in total).
I also have 2 HDs also connected to the on chip SATA ports (ICH10R).
my C: boot drive consist of 2 Samsung 850 EVO 1GB SSD RAIDed 0 installed on a Apricorn Velocity Duo SSD PCIe card. Works really well. TRIM works for the great as well.

I am running windows 10 Pro x64 v1809. Current installed intel storage controller driver "iastorav" version v15.44.0.1010. No idea how that happened. 


The question is: which BIOS should I upgrade to? And what drivers should I use given windows 10 x64 with Raided SSDs etc do v15.44.0.1010 still work?

Here is what I have set up currently:

Following features are disabled:
- Hi def Audio - I have a separate sound card
- on board SATA6G controller


The rest is enabled:
- on board SATA controller
- on board GbE controller (but  GbE LAN boot and GbE wake up is disabled)
- on board 1394 controller
- on board USB 3.0 controller

So which BIOS mod should I try? and why?
- S22?
- S22i?
- S22t?

Thank you in advance for your help!

[pir8man]

Forgive my question if it's stupid, but "Which to choose" section seems to only offer options for Windows 10 or "All the add-on hardware enabled". Is there a version that will work with Windows 7? I can't increase my ram frequency past 1333MHz and I'm suspecting it's because of the BIOS version. I'm using the Asus stock 1501. And what does "All the add-on hardware enabled" mean?

Flash Sxxi:

If you run Intel SATA in AHCI mode AND you run Windows 10.  Safe in AHCI or RAID in any other OS (win7/*nix).

"Safe in AHCI or RAID in any other OS (win7/*nix)."

[pir8man]

Hello pir8man et al,

Thank you for all your hard work here at the forum extending the life of this exceptional MB! Brilliant work!

I am new to the forum but a very, very long time user of the exceptional R3E MB!!!

Nonetheless, having been running my system with the latest official BIOS 1502 for like forever, 24/7, 100% stable , I am now considering to upgrade to a modded BIOS to enable ICH10R Raided SSD TRIM, get better SSD RAID performance and perhaps a bit longer SSD life. Right now I have 2 raids set up on the ICH10R (the 2 RAIDs consisting of 2 SSDs each both configured as RAID 0, i.e. 4 SSD in total).
I also have 2 HDs also connected to the on chip SATA ports (ICH10R).
my C: boot drive consist of 2 Samsung 850 EVO 1GB SSD RAIDed 0 installed on a Apricorn Velocity Duo SSD PCIe card. Works really well. TRIM works for the great as well.

I am running windows 10 Pro x64 v1809. Current installed intel storage controller driver "iastorav" version v15.44.0.1010. No idea how that happened. 


The question is: which BIOS should I upgrade to? And what drivers should I use given windows 10 x64 with Raided SSDs etc do v15.44.0.1010 still work?

Here is what I have set up currently:

Following features are disabled:
- Hi def Audio - I have a separate sound card
- on board SATA6G controller


The rest is enabled:
- on board SATA controller
- on board GbE controller (but  GbE LAN boot and GbE wake up is disabled)
- on board 1394 controller
- on board USB 3.0 controller

So which BIOS mod should I try? and why?
- S22?
- S22i?
- S22t?

Thank you in advance for your help!

"Flash Sxx:

If you want Intel SATA in RAID mode AND you run Windows 10."

Yes, newer drivers operate with the older OROM.  However, they do not work any better/faster than the v13.x driver, because of the v13.x OROM.  Newer drivers attempt to enable/utilize newer features and just rolls back to disabled with the v13 OROM.  Past benchmarking found that staying with the same driver version that matches your OROM version give the best performance.  (At least for me, it did)

[Intl8ldr]

Hello pir8man et al,

Thank you for all your hard work here at the forum extending the life of this exceptional MB! Brilliant work!

I am new to the forum but a very, very long time user of the exceptional R3E MB!!!

Nonetheless, having been running my system with the latest official BIOS 1502 for like forever, 24/7, 100% stable , I am now considering to upgrade to a modded BIOS to enable ICH10R Raided SSD TRIM, get better SSD RAID performance and perhaps a bit longer SSD life. Right now I have 2 raids set up on the ICH10R (the 2 RAIDs consisting of 2 SSDs each both configured as RAID 0, i.e. 4 SSD in total).
I also have 2 HDs also connected to the on chip SATA ports (ICH10R).
my C: boot drive consist of 2 Samsung 850 EVO 1GB SSD RAIDed 0 installed on a Apricorn Velocity Duo SSD PCIe card. Works really well. TRIM works for the great as well.

I am running windows 10 Pro x64 v1809. Current installed intel storage controller driver "iastorav" version v15.44.0.1010. No idea how that happened. 


The question is: which BIOS should I upgrade to? And what drivers should I use given windows 10 x64 with Raided SSDs etc do v15.44.0.1010 still work?

Here is what I have set up currently:

Following features are disabled:
- Hi def Audio - I have a separate sound card
- on board SATA6G controller


The rest is enabled:
- on board SATA controller
- on board GbE controller (but  GbE LAN boot and GbE wake up is disabled)
- on board 1394 controller
- on board USB 3.0 controller

So which BIOS mod should I try? and why?
- S22?
- S22i?
- S22t?

Thank you in advance for your help!

"Flash Sxx:

If you want Intel SATA in RAID mode AND you run Windows 10."

Yes, newer drivers operate with the older OROM.  However, they do not work any better/faster than the v13.x driver, because of the v13.x OROM.  Newer drivers attempt to enable/utilize newer features and just rolls back to disabled with the v13 OROM.  Past benchmarking found that staying with the same driver version that matches your OROM version give the best performance.  (At least for me, it did)

pir8man,  


Thanks for taking the time to answer!

So that means S22 then, right?

Thanks for your help!