SiI3132 BIOS

Version 7.3.13

 

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 Logical Drive menu.

 

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)