Sil 3112A PCI Controller BIOS needed

error404error404
edited December 2005 in Science & Tech
I need an old BIOS (older than the BIOS from the siliconimage homepage) to flash my controllers back. My two Sil 3112A Controllers with the newest BIOS wouldn't work on my System, it freezes up on system start. I think with on older BIOS my Problem will solved, but there can be another Problem, after the Flashing?

When i connect an drive to one of the 2 controllers i can't boot my System. :banghead:

The Motherboard is an Asus P5A-B or so...

I hope anyone can help me

Thanks!

Comments

  • error404error404
    edited September 2004
    Can anyone help me? I need the data from the Harddisks :bawling:
  • MediaManMediaMan Powered by loose parts.
    edited September 2004
    We're looking into it. I have not been able to find older BIOS for 3112a. Perhaps an email to SI may be in order?
  • error404error404
    edited September 2004
    I already send an email, but don't recieve an answer since 3 days. Can no one read out an older BIOS from his card? Must be for the PCI-Card and a RAID version.

    Please help me :/
  • SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
    edited September 2004
    Give us some more information about the problem-

    How did you get to this point of not being able to use the controller? etc. Are you using RAID 0? RAID 1? or are you just using a single disk setup on the controller, i.e no RAID array? We might be able to side step the whole BIOS issue. The latest BIOS's should work better by default, the process of flashing may have caused you the problems, not the latest BIOS.

    I haven't been able to find an older BIOS version regardless, but if you give us more information as I've suggested above we might be able to help get you up and running again.

    Regards

    SPINNER
  • error404error404
    edited September 2004
    I have an Asus P5A-B Motherboard with the newest BIOS i found (Version 1011.005).

    I have two sil 3112a RAID PCI-Controller with the BIOS version 4.2.47. (Buyed so)
    I have four Samsung SP1614C SATA Harddisks with 160GB.
    two of them used in another System 16k Stripesize. With all my data :/
    I have one 4GB IDE Boot Harddisk with Windows 2003 (Siemens Fujistu).

    My system will hang after the PCI-Listing, when one harddisk is connected to one of the two controllers (RAID or SINGLE). If i disconnect the Harddisks from the Controllers my System will boot. I have tried with only one controller first the one then the other, but will get the same problem.

    I tried an Controller with the BIOS version 4.1.50 (from a Friend) and it would run without problems, but his idea to update his controller to 4.2.47 will bring me the same Problems again.

    In his System my Controllers would run without Problems, but in my System not...

    With the old BIOS version it would run in my System again i think, but there can be a Setting in my Motherboard BIOS to run the Controllers with the new BIOS?!?

    I allready tryed something but don't find an answer for my Problems
  • SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
    edited September 2004
    I don't think the answer is to flash your controller cards back to an older version. Am I correct in understanding you've never got these cards to work properly in your system? And am I correct in presuming that the controller card you borrowed off a friend which you got working in your system, was not exactly the same as the two you are having difficulty with, i.e not the same manufacturer? More info on this please.

    The problem may be with your motherboard BIOS settings. It could be a boot order problem. If I understand you correctly, Windows is installed onto your 4GIG drive which remains independant from the controller cards and uses the motherboards onboard IDE controller, if this is in fact the case, then make sure that the 'Boot from third party controller' is disabled in your motherboard BIOS, and that the onboard IDE controller and the 4GIG hard disk are set for first boot priority in your motherboard BIOS.

    Try that, then post back.

    Do not try and flash your controller cards to any other BIOS version than the latest v4.2.47 for now.

    Cheers

    EDIT: Having realised how old your motherboard is (I actually used to have one like yours), I can't say I'm suprised you're having problems. Try one controller card in your system at a time, considering your mobo is baby-AT form factor, it could be assignment conflicts causing you this grief.
  • error404error404
    edited September 2004
    I am already tried all these settings, but the MB-Bios will hang completly after the listing of the PCI-Devices. One of these Controller is get run a longer time with the old BIOS till the day of the Update to 4.2.47.

    Only one Card in one of the slots, will bring the same Problem

    EDIT: The Card of my Friend was exactly the same 3112a with bios version 4.1.50
  • SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
    edited September 2004
    error404 wrote:
    I am already tried all these settings, but the MB-Bios will hang completly after the listing of the PCI-Devices. One of these Controller is get run a longer time with the old BIOS till the day of the Update to 4.2.47.

    Only one Card in one of the slots, will bring the same Problem

    EDIT: The Card of my Friend was exactly the same 3112a with bios version 4.1.50
    I didn't understand half of what you just said mate... are you saying when you bought the PCI cards they weren't flashed to v4.2.47? and then you flashed them to that version? Have you had your cards working in your system? Please clarify.
  • Deg0Deg0
    edited October 2004
    Dont Panic 404. Just set up new system (for example XP Pro) add the controllers, but DONT INSTALL they DRIVERS! Connect the drives and collect your data. Good Luck! ;)

    Dont try to install drivers to Sil3112A as long as you like your system not to hang on boot. Little yellow thing in device manager does not make a big difference.
    I am waiting for SI to solve the problem too, but for now, they say that this problem is related to nVidia chipsets... ok, but problem exists even if you dont use any!

    If anybody could get this old bios, that 404 mentioned above pls post me a line.
  • sentofunosentofuno
    edited March 2005
    this may help. i had the same problem with a similar asus board (A7N8X-E) until about 10 minutes ago. this post was something that came up in google when i was looking for ideas so i thought i'd give you some advice :)


    the motherboard BIOS and the PCI card BIOS are confusing eachother. there should be a BIOS upgrade for both our boards, mine doesn't have one but yours might. when i say 'should' i mean other asus boards have BIOS revisions which allow for a 'SATA' option in the boot order which specifies the onboard controller over any PCI controller to boot from. if you can get this upgrade try it, if there isn't one for your motherboard try this:

    make sure the drive(s, if in a RAID array) are connected to the PCI card and not the onboard controller. DISABLE the first-third boot devices in BIOS but ENABLE the option to try other devices which should be directly below the boot order options. this forces BIOS to check for other boot devices and it seems to work for me. incidently i have 4 samsung SP1614C's in 2x2 RAID 0 arrays too so it should hopefully work for you too.
  • kdk_warheadkdk_warhead
    edited December 2005
    error404 wrote:
    I am already tried all these settings, but the MB-Bios will hang completly after the listing of the PCI-Devices. One of these Controller is get run a longer time with the old BIOS till the day of the Update to 4.2.47.

    Only one Card in one of the slots, will bring the same Problem

    EDIT: The Card of my Friend was exactly the same 3112a with bios version 4.1.50

    I thought that I should share my experience of SIL 3112A.

    Setup:
    MB ASUSA7N9X-Delux rev 2.0
    MB Bios 1008 (SIL 3112A bios 4.2.47) onboard
    HighPoint Rocket133 PCI PATA ”RAID” card (Bios 1.22) + 2 Samsung 150GB HD (5400 rpm)
    + 2 Samsung 150GB HD (5400 rpm) + Seagate 40 GB (onboard PATA controller)
    + 1 NEC DVD writer (onboard PATA controller)
    + 1 Seagate 200GB (7200 rpm) on onboard SATA controller

    Everything worked when I removed power to SATA HD or removed al drives from Rocket controller.

    Computer freeze when OS is supposed to start if I connect everything.

    Solution:
    After reading this thread I decided to try an older bios and I worked just perfect.
    MB Bios 1006 (SIL Bios 4.1.50): OK :rockon:
    MB Bios 1007 (SIL Bios 4.2.27): OK :rockon:
    MB Bios 1008 (SIL bios 4.2.47): Don’t work :banghead: (Latest ASUS bios for rev 2.0 MB)

    I’m sorry to say that I don’t have a bios that I can give to you but I hope the info can help someone else.
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