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You can flip back and forth between the BIOS's included 9128 firmware and the downloaded firmware by changing the "GSATA_6+7" setting in the BIOS.
#Marvell raid controller windows 10 install#
If you install the firmware from Station Drivers (above), my understanding is since it is newer that the on-chip firmware, it will now be loaded instead of the BIOS's firmware (if you have the "Auto" setting configured). If this is set to "On Chip", the firmware revision from the 9128 is used instead of the updated BIOS's firmware.
#Marvell raid controller windows 10 driver#
This virtual driver does not seem to be able to talk to the actual Marvell 9128 driver, only the MS ACHI driver.Īlso, elsewhere on the web I discovered that some of the newer released BIOS for Gigabyte motherboards included updated firmware for the Marvell 9128 controller and to install it you have to sometimes make sure the BIOS setting for "GSATA_6+7 firmware" is on "Auto" so the latest BIOS firmware is loaded for the 9128. To add a little more confusion (I'm still confused.), I have not been able to find a way to uninstall the Marvell "console driver" (the virtual driver that allows the MRU to interface with the MS ACHI driver) other than going into Device Manager, System Devices, and uninstalling the driver for the "Marvell 91xx Config Device". You need to install the updated MRU from Station Driver in order for it to communicate with the actual Marvell driver. Gigabyte does include a driver on the CD that can be manually installed (version 1.) but installing this breaks the MRU software. Instead Gigabyte uses the Microsoft ACHI driver combined with a virtual "console" driver that allows the Marvell Raid Utility (MRU) to communicate with the 9128 controller.
#Marvell raid controller windows 10 full#
Note that as of today (January 23, 2011), Gigabyte does not actually use the Marvell driver even if you do a full driver install from the Gigabyte Install CD and/or download and install the latest Marvell 9128 driver from the Gigabyte website. Just in case anyone else comes upon this thread after doing a search for the "best driver for their Marvell 9128 SATA 6G controller", I'll include a link that I found to the latest drivers, firmware and MRU (Marvell Raid Utility) here: Currently I am using the Intel SATA controller and seeing roughly 250-270 MB/s throughput for the RAID 0. At the time I didn't understand the PCIe x1 limitation so I never tried enabling Turbo SATA (I left it on auto and the performance was terrible and the system was unstable - BSODs). Without doing this the maximum throughput is something like 130 MB/s (based on my experience with two Seagate drives in a RAID 0). Why hasn't Gigabyte updated the driver for the 9128? Why don't they include a driver for download at all?Īnother thought I had is if the 9128 is connected to a pair of decently performing SataII hard drives, it probably makes sense to force "Turbo Sata" mode in the BIOS. Does this advice still stand or should the latest Marvell driver be installed (or perhaps the older one if the firmware is not flashed to the latest version). Which of these options provides the best performance for the 9128 controller? I have read in various forums that there are issues with Marvell's driver (at least the older versions) so it was recommended to use the generic Microsoft AHCI driver. At the website " ", I found there is a newer driver (1.), newer firmware (2.), and a newer MRU (4.). Alternatively the same driver is located within the "Other/Marvell" folder and again it can be installed manually.Ĥ. This driver can be manually installed, replacing the generic Microsoft ACHI driver. Looking on the Gigabyte driver CD, within the "Bootdrv" folder there is a 9128 driver version 1. It does have a newer version of the MRU (4.) though.ģ. If I download the latest driver from Gigabyte, it does not include a driver at all for the Marvell 9128. is physically on the CD but it does not install when using the setup program to install the drivers.Ģ. Instead it allows the generic MS ACHI driver to install, combined with the virtual console driver (that allows access to RAID configuration) and an old version of the MRU (Marvell Raid Console).
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If I use my Gigabyte driver CD that came with my motherboard, it does not install a driver at all for the Marvell 9128.
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What is the best driver/"Marvell Raid Console"/firmware for the Marvell 9128 on a Gigabyte P55A-UD4P? I am running Windows 7 64-bit.ġ.