TS-H943 SATA Compatability List & Tips

[geebee]

if you get lockup at boot, also try ejecting the xbox drive...worked for me

[EverReady]

if you get lockup at boot, also try ejecting the xbox drive...worked for me

Ejecting it before boot, durring freeze? I've tried anything I could think of, maby its a exact science?

[bunghoolio]

Prob with Asus A8n5x mobo fixed. Updated Sil3114 drivers.
ASUS A8N5X motherboard confirmed fully working for flash TS drive with xtrm0800 and boot WinXp.
Also confirmed flash TS drive with xtrm.bin fully works.
Play my backup now 

PS I would dump the zip file for sil3114 drivers but it is a few kb over the size.
But here is the link..
http://www.opendrivers.com/categorycompany/1375/11547/storage-silicon-image-free-driver-download.html

[mahalt]

To those of you that tested this combination, which BIOS version did you use with the Sil3114? Was it 5.3.14? This latest version resolves compatibility issues with some CD/DVD drives. Not sure it'll make a difference, but worth trying.

[Helltick]

Since I'm waiting for my Via PCI..I decided to play with my SIL3112 PCI. It seems this card, purchased only a month ago is way out of date (BIOS and Driver) many new advancments for IDE..perhaps flashing using the modified MTK_NF4 ?

From the readme:

2.    Zip File Contents

IDE BIOS for add-in cards is contained in this zip file.
3.    Summary of Changes in 4.2.70 from 4.2.50
3.2       CD-ROM boot issues

3.2.1      Resolved CD-ROM boot order issue arising from PCI controllers preceding the SiI3112

3.2.2      Resolved CD-ROM boot issue in multi CD-ROM systems
3.3       BIOS reporting issues

3.3.1      Resolved BIOS hang in response to corrupt RAID meta data

3.3.2      Resolved incorrect display of a RAID volume within the device list after a member is dropped

3.3.3      Resolved incorrect volume geometry parameter reporting for a RAID volume with a missing member
3.4       New features

3.4.1      Implemented boot support for native SATA CD-ROM devices

3.4.2      Update BIOS for BIOS EDD – 3 support

3.4.3      Extended RAID volume support for 2TB volumes
4.    Known problems

4.2.1      SiI3112 BIOS will not detect Lite-on DVD

4.2.2      SiI3112 compatibility problems found with EPOX 8KDA3J Rev 2.x motherboard( nVidia nForce3, socket 754 )
5.    Programming the SiI3112 BIOS

5.2.1        Verify the SiI3112 driver version to be SATALink 1.2.0.57. If the driver version precedes either of those noted, download the latest driver from www.siliconimage.com.

a.       Right click on “My Computer” and select Manage

b.       Select Device Manager from the Computer Management tree

c.       Expand the “SCSI and RAID controllers” set of items

d.       Right click on the “Silicon Image SiI3112 SATALink Controller” and select Properties from the pop-up menu

e.       Select the Drivers tab

f.        Find “Driver Version” reported on the tab

5.2.2        Ensure that a hard disk drive or an SV2000 is plugged into one of the SiI3112 SATA ports.

5.2.3        Launch the Silicon Image ATA Controllers application from the Windows Control Panel.

5.2.4        Click the Flash BIOS tab

5.2.5        Click the Browse button and select the b4250.bin file

5.2.6        Click the Program Flash button

 

Note: The firmware download should take less than five minutes to complete.

SIL3112 BIOS:

http://www.siliconimage.com/support/supportsearchresults.aspx?pid=63&cid=15&ctid=2&

SIL3112 Drivers:

http://www.siliconimage.com/search/searchresults.aspx?keyword=driver

Use this driver with the latest BASE BIOS to access non-RAID hard disk drives, CD-ROMs, CDRWs, DVD-ROMs, and DVD-RWs. Latest SiI3x12 BIOS: 4.x.76;

[cafrow]

I was unlucky and had 2 computers with the ICH7 chipset, I went out and got a PCI SATA adapter and could not get that to work, so I ended up looking around and found a nice tutorial on how to mod your MTKFlash to work with your chipset. I am pretty sure I got it working as the error I am getting now is it cannot write to hard drive, so I am going out to buy a floppy drive right now but wanted to post this so if anyone has a ICH7 chipset they can now use MTKflash.

http://www.rapidsharing.com/8c416b3d84c23ee25ec5be36564236c7

If anyone can rehost this please go for it,  here is Grim187's tutorial that showed me how to make it work for my chipset. Grim187's tutorial


Thanks to all the members and everyone that is working on this. I am hoping to get this all working today, I am pretty close I believe.


PS. This version that I just posted DOES NOT SUPPORT ICH5, I modified ICH5 to use the settings of ICH7. Just a heads up.

[silverpalm]

hi guys i have been to edit mtkflash this is my freinds sata details
System Name:
[SCSI]

Item   Value   
Name   VIA SATA RAID Controller   
Manufacturer   VIA Technologies, Inc.   
Status   OK   
PNP Device ID   PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3149&SUBSYS_D0071631&REV_80\3&13C0B0C5&0&78   
I/O Port   0x00009000-0x00009007   
I/O Port   0x00009400-0x00009403   
I/O Port   0x00009800-0x00009807   
I/O Port   0x00009C00-0x00009C03   
I/O Port   0x0000A000-0x0000A00F   
I/O Port   0x0000A400-0x0000A4FF   
IRQ Channel   IRQ 20   
Driver   c:\windows\system32\drivers\viamraid.sys (5.1.2600.410, 59.25 KB (60,672 bytes), 06/07/2004 22:45)   

now i know via vt8237 is supported by mtkflash but his is via vt8237r now i you need to edit  it with your details while i tried this this what i put in at the B370 hex start, 

0611 3149 9498 0000

is this right the drive is not detected by mtkflash  any help would be great thank you

[Arakon]

no, it's not right. you have to switch the 31 and 49 around, and it has to be 0090 and 0098 at the end.

[wiseguy109]

I have found a SATA PCI card that works. It has a VT6421L controller. All you have to do is use a hex edited mtkflash (I found it on the compatibility thread) and update the drivers to 520c.

[silverpalm]

hi mate yeah i have bought one from ebay yesterday but i cant wait lol

thank you Arakon i will try that 0611 4931 0090 0098  thank you once again

[will5]

To the guys that are having Problems with it freezing on windows boot screen Have you uninstalled and deleted the Driver?, you also could try updating it

For everyone That wants to Edit MTKFlash heres a Easy to Follow Tut

P.S. Will5 This should work, If it dose let me know

Thanks Grim, Ill try this, and post results soon....

[killi]

Need a little help. Unable to read firmware

Been reading for days, and working on my own for hours today

Asus a8ae-le mobo sata onboard HP computer

ms readout is
ven_1002 dev_4379
I/O  0x0000FF00--0x000FF07
I/O  0x0000FE00--0x000FE03
I/O  0x0000FD00--0x000FD07
I/O  0x0000FC00--0x000FC03
I/O  0x0000FB00--0x000FB0F
Mem Address 0xFE02F000--0xFE02F1FF

So i went to hex memory address 00B3D6
and entered 0210794300FF00FD

Before, with the generic mtkflash, i got nothing other than IDE DVDROM drives in the list.

After i made this hexedit, and disable IDE drives, i get

1. VIA8237 Master
2. VIA8237 Slave

 according to the website from HP, its a Southbridge s800, but i was just  editing an eexisting entry.

I have tried booting the samsung drive on slave sata HD master,
tried hotswapping with the samsung after the hdd is booted into dos

but every combo gives me the same choices, and no matter what i select, it hangs  after i select.

please help!  any advise would be very much appreciated.  thank you

[will5]

To the guys that are having Problems with it freezing on windows boot screen Have you uninstalled and deleted the Driver?, you also could try updating it

For everyone That wants to Edit MTKFlash heres a Easy to Follow Tut

P.S. Will5 This should work, If it dose let me know

Confirmed, its working great, Ill put in the mtk hex edited thread and give credits to you...

[Bdan629]

ok I have a buslink sata cardbus........this one buslink 2 Port SATA PCMCIA Adapter Card Model Number: CB2-S...................it is has the Sil3112 chipset.  How can I make it work??

[OBB]

[/quote]

I confirm exactly what he said. I've flashed my drive with the Highpoint RocketRAID 1520 after hex-editing mtkflash, and windows will not recognize the drive. Also confirm it runs slow as hell on boot. My compusa doesn't have any of the Sil3512 chipsets, so I might see if my drive will work under windows using a 3112 chipset(I know it's confirmed I can't flash with it, but I doubt anybody has tried windows yet). I'll confirm after trying a 3112 chipset. (It's the only option I've got over the weekend so I might as well try it)
[/quote]

thats great news to here I picked up the same card today and havent had any luck. the card bios keeps saying no drive detected. i've tried hex editing mtkflash which maybe is my problem.

Name   RocketRAID 1520 S-ATA Controller
Manufacturer   HighPoint
Status   OK
PNP Device ID   PCI\VEN_1103&DEV_0005&SUBSYS_00011103&REV_02\4&2AF9ED5&0&08F0
I/O Port   0x0000DC00-0x0000DC07
I/O Port   0x0000D880-0x0000D883
I/O Port   0x0000D800-0x0000D807
I/O Port   0x0000D480-0x0000D483
I/O Port   0x0000D000-0x0000D0FF
IRQ Channel   IRQ 22
Driver   c:\windows\system32\drivers\hpt3xx.sys (v2.36s, 40.97 KB (41,957 bytes), 10/12/2004 6:03 PM)

0311 0500 00DC 00D8 i would assume this is correct and i'm placing it at 0000B3D6. Just cant figure out whats going wrong

[Grim187]

Confirmed, its working great, Ill put in the mtk hex edited thread and give credits to you...

Great to Hear and Thanks for posting it in "hex edited MTKFLASH thread !"

Dose anyone Have a Good (Cheap) PCMCIA Card That will Detect The TS in DOS?

[Grim187]

Sorry i Cant Edit and forgot to Ask something

Will it Help (or can it hurt) to Flash Your System Bios with the Sil3112 System bios if you have a PCMCIA Card?
And Has Anyone Gotten the Sil3112 Recognized in Dos By doing so?

[OBB]

nvm i got the drive flashed with the Highpoint Rockectraid 1520. I had the correct numbers but inserted 00 and 05 backwards. 

[t_mush]

Abit NF7-S2GNnforce2 SATA (mapped as IDE ports 3+4) - Compatible???

Hello, I was looking to hear if anybody has infact successfully flashed the xbox360 dvdrom drive with an Abit NF7-S2G Motherboard with onboard SATA.  My current setup is having the Xbox360 powered on into the motherboard's Sata1, turing on the PC with a Dos Boot Disc and then switching the 1.44 floppy disck with the mtkflash and mtkflash.typ file.  My problem is that I cannot get Mtkflash to find the drive.  I've spent quite a few hours yesterday and the day before changing bios settings and I've reached the point to question what I'm doing wrong.  Somebody....Anybody..if you have a working method to flash the Xbox360 dvdrom driveplease with this motherboard let me know what your setup is and what bios settings you have enabled/disabled.  I would really appreciate it!

Current Error with Mtkflash found in the Xtreme_Package.rar
wait...
No Drive Detected

[Arakon]

with an edited mtkflash my nf7-s2 worked.