P5E WS Pro Mod Intel RAID 8.0.0.1030

[joesuncpa]

Trying to install and SSD for operating system and a RAID10 setup for data. BIOS won't find SSD when RAID option is set for drive types. Right now I had ver 1203 of AMI BIOS for the board. The Intel option ROM for the ICH9R controller is V7.5.0.1017

UPDATE: This BIOS has been tested and reported working.

Upgraded to Intel RAID v8.0.0.1030

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/747181/Asus%20P5...34s282.zip

Regards
Admin

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[MrTangoWhisky]

Can you please provide us a working link for the original BIOS?

[joesuncpa]

http://support.asus.com/download/downloa...uage=en-us

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Can you please provide us a working link for the original BIOS?

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For some reason link wouldn't work, so I attached the file to thread. Did it work?

[joesuncpa]

Did download option work?

[MrTangoWhisky]

yep, it is fine, so we can work with that BIOS...

[joesuncpa]

Thought I'd give a try myself. I used MMtools and was able to replace existing Intel Option Rom but kept getting a 'bios too big' error when I tried to boot. I tried a few different versions of the option rom they all returned the same error. I guess I have to delete some entries in the bios? Either that or leave it to more capable persons!

[1234s282]

These mods always take a few goes because theres always a limit to the highest RAID rom version you can use. I removed someof the multi language roms which arent needed to free up space.

Give this one a go , it uses Intel RAID v8.0.0.1030

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/747181/Asus%20P5...34s282.zip

Try at your own risk!

Regards
Admin

[joesuncpa]

That worked like a charm. You're a genius!
Thanks so much for your help.