Contents
I. Overview
II. Applicable Hardware/Software
III. Corrections
IV. Known Restrictions
I.
Overview - Contents
b7313.bin - add-in card
base BIOS
r7313.bin - add-in card raid BIOS
7313.bin - motherboard BIOS for OEM use in
development. This BIOS is not intended for general
end-users. End-users with a SiI3132 onboard a motherboard, please contact the
motherboard manufacturer for a BIOS upgrade.
II.
Programming Instructions
1.Verify the SATARAID5 SiI3132 driver version to be 1.4.3.1 or
the BASE SiI3132 driver version to be 1.0.15.0 or later. If the driver version
precedes 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 SiI3132 SATALink Controller” and
select Properties from the pop-up menu
e.
Select the
Drivers tab
f.
Find “Driver
Version” reported on the tab
2.Ensure that a SATA device is plugged into a 3132 SATA port.
3. Launch the Silicon Image ATA Controllers
application from the Windows Control Panel.
4.Click the Flash BIOS tab
5. Click the Browse button and select the b7313.bin
file
6.Click the Program Flash button
Note: The firmware download
should take less than five minutes to complete.
III.
Corrected Problems
1. A host system would fail to
boot without hard disk drives attached to the SiI3132 when interrupt line less
than 8 would be assigned to the SiI3132.
1. After selecting Rebuild Raid
1 Set from the Main Menu of the RAID Configuration Utility, the utility would
not allow you to select a RAID 1 set from
I.
Known Restrictions
1.SAMSUNG CD-ROM and LITE-ON DVD ROM attached to SiI3132 cannot be detected by the BIOS under following systems:
CPU: Pentium
2.4G-B/512/533
MB: ASUS P4P800 - VM -
CAYZ (Intel 865G/ICH5 Socket 478)
(BIOS version: ASUS P$P800-VM ACPI BIOS Revision 1012)
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 2800+ (512KB L2, Socket 754)
MB: EPOX 8HDA5J Rev1.x
(VIA K8T800 + 8237, Socket 754)
(BIOS version:
01/18/2005-K8T800-8237-6A7L0PAFC-00)
2. OS booting failure from CD-ROM/DVD-ROM under
following system
CPU: Intel XEON 2.8G
EM64T
MB: Intel SE7525GP2
(BIOS version: SE7525GP20.86B.P.08.00..0037.061720052004)