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I use the ITE8212 chipset with bios version 1.41 onboard the GA-8KNXP Rev 2.
with system bios FH.
For Windows XP I use the latest ITE RAID driver 1.7.1.92, manufactured by
ITE and certified by MS.
In Windows eventlog the following msg keeps turning up:
"The driver has detected that device \Device\Scsi\iteraid1 has old or
out-of-date firmware. Reduced performance may result."
Time for a ITE RAID Bios upgrade I thought.
I checked the Gigabyte site, nothing about Bios upgrade for RAID.
Checked the ITE-website, they have at least 3 newer BIOS versions for the
ITE8212 chipset, the latest being 1.7.1.92 (aha, the same release number as
my Windows driver release number).
Dowloaded the binary file and ITEFLASH, made a boot disk and while crossing
my fingers started the flash.
1. ITE 8212 chipset detected: OK (so far so good)
2. Binary input file validated (this might work)
3. Erase BIOS: OK (now its getting tricky)
4. Blank check: Failed (Not good !)
5. Program BIOS: OK (Is this my lucky day ?)
6. Verify BIOS: Failed (Oh no, do I have a bootable system left ?)
7. Press any key to reboot
Thankfully the system rebooted with the old RAID Bios 1.41 again.
I think I had a narrow escape here.
For the moment I think I leave the Bios for what is, no matter what XP says,
or has anyone any clever ideas ?
Regards, Ronald
I use the ITE8212 chipset with bios version 1.41 onboard the GA-8KNXP Rev 2.
with system bios FH.
For Windows XP I use the latest ITE RAID driver 1.7.1.92, manufactured by
ITE and certified by MS.
In Windows eventlog the following msg keeps turning up:
"The driver has detected that device \Device\Scsi\iteraid1 has old or
out-of-date firmware. Reduced performance may result."
Time for a ITE RAID Bios upgrade I thought.
I checked the Gigabyte site, nothing about Bios upgrade for RAID.
Checked the ITE-website, they have at least 3 newer BIOS versions for the
ITE8212 chipset, the latest being 1.7.1.92 (aha, the same release number as
my Windows driver release number).
Dowloaded the binary file and ITEFLASH, made a boot disk and while crossing
my fingers started the flash.
1. ITE 8212 chipset detected: OK (so far so good)
2. Binary input file validated (this might work)
3. Erase BIOS: OK (now its getting tricky)
4. Blank check: Failed (Not good !)
5. Program BIOS: OK (Is this my lucky day ?)
6. Verify BIOS: Failed (Oh no, do I have a bootable system left ?)
7. Press any key to reboot
Thankfully the system rebooted with the old RAID Bios 1.41 again.
I think I had a narrow escape here.
For the moment I think I leave the Bios for what is, no matter what XP says,
or has anyone any clever ideas ?
Regards, Ronald