Silicon Image based Sata/IDE controllers that are flashable or not

**mciahel** · 17-09-2008

Hi,

after some discussion here (http://club.cdfreaks.com/f7/sata-ide-converter-235682/), I thought it is a good idea to have a collection of controller cards which are flashable (or not).

Some cards are not flashable since Silicon Image supports only a few flash chips. See the "How to update Bios" document on Silicon Image support website.

I suggest this structure:

Brand Model# (mode out-of-the-box)
Additional information
Chipset
Flash information
Availability (optional: price information)

Let me start with these:

#1:

Delock 70096 (Sata Raid)
2 Sata ports
SiI 3512
Flashable within DOS and Windows
Available in several european countries (~ 11 €)

#2:

Delock 70098 (IDE Raid)
2 IDE ports (up to 4 drives)
SiI 0680A
Flashable within DOS only
The driver for the Raid version is too old to have the "Flash Bios" functionality. After having flashed the card to non-Raid and installing latest drivers, the "Flash Bios" functionality is present.
Available in several european countries (~ 12 €)

*KTL* · 18-09-2008

#3

Rosewill RC-209-EX, SATA RAID
6 SATA ports (up to 4 internal or 2 internal and 2 external devices)
SiI 3114
Eon EN29LV040B, 4-Mb, flashable in DOS
Available at Newegg, $25 USD

#4

Sabrent SBT-SRD4, SATA RAID
4 SATA ports (up to 4 devices)
SiI 3114
AMD AM28F010A, 1-Mb, NON-FLASHABLE, Tigerdirect version
Bought from Tigerdirect, $25 USD, or available on Newegg, $28 USD

#5

CompUSA-branded, SATA RAID
4 SATA ports (up to 2 internal or 2 external devices)
SiI 3512
Eon EN29LV040A, 4-Mb, flashable in DOS
Not available anymore, bought from Microcenter when it absorbed some CompUSA stock, was $15 USD

#6

SIIG SC-PE4B12-S4, IDE RAID
2 IDE ports (up to 4 devices)
SiI 680A
SST 39SF010, 1-Mb, flashable in DOS
Available at Newegg, $39 USD

#7

Syba SD-ATA133, IDE RAID and non-RAID
2 IDE ports (up to 4 devices)
SiI 680A
AMD AM29F010B, 1-Mb, flashable in DOS
Available at Newegg as RAID, $22.99 USD, or as non-RAID, $16.99 USD

DISCLAIMER
There is no guarantee that the flash chips are the same as the ones posted above.

*uSerKey* · 18-09-2008

#8:

* Manhattan PCI-IDE
* 2 IDE ports (support 4 drives)
* SiI 0680a
* NOT Flashable within DOS or Windows
* Purchased in Malaysia (about $US 22, Oct.2006)

*CDan* · 18-09-2008

SYBA SD-SATA-4P PCI SATA Controller Card
4 port PCI card
SIL 3114
Can be flashed in DOS or Windows
Available at NewEgg

*bevills1* · 18-09-2008

That SYBA SD-SATA-4P PCI SATA Controller Card is also available from ChiefPick for $5 less than NewEgg price plus USPS first class shipping is less than $3 compared to $7 shipping from NewEgg. USPS first class took just 5 business days for mine shipped to Georgia.

*KTL* · 29-01-2009

#10

Rosewill RC-209, SATA RAID
6 SATA ports (up to 4 internal or 2 internal and 2 external devices)
SiI 3114
Holtek HT27C010-70, 1-Mb, NON-FLASHABLE
Not available any longer

0pt1x · 01-04-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by KTL

#10

Rosewill RC-209, SATA RAID
6 SATA ports (up to 4 internal or 2 internal and 2 external devices)
SiI 3114
Holtek HT27C010-70, 1-Mb, NON-FLASHABLE
Not available any longer

I was considering getting that at one point but emailed Rosewill support to find out if it had a flash BIOS first. It didn't so I didn't.

mattrix007 · 06-04-2009

#11

CompUSA-branded, PCI SATA (not RAID) SKU #329648; also shown on card is #p143512-2x3b
4 SATA ports (up to 2 internal or 2 external devices, only 2 at a time)
SiI 3512
HOLTEK HT27C010 -- CMOS 128Kx8-Bit OTP EPROM (write once, read-only) , NON-FLASHABLE
Got it at CompUSA a few years ago, was $20-30, probably not available

cdmagic · 08-04-2009

great list! thanks

*bevills1* · 07-05-2009

The "How to update Bios" link in first post of this thread no longer works. Does anybody know of an updated link that works?

**mciahel** · 07-05-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by bevills1

The "How to update Bios" link in first post of this thread no longer works. Does anybody know of an updated link that works?

This should work:
http://www.siliconimage.com/support/faq.aspx#q5 (Took me one minute to find

)
PDF document: http://www.siliconimage.com/docs/SII-TT-0003.pdf

Saucerful · 21-07-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by KTL

#7

Syba SD-ATA133, IDE RAID and non-RAID
2 IDE ports (up to 4 devices)
SiI 680A
AMD AM29F010B, 1-Mb, flashable in DOS
Available at Newegg as RAID, $22.99 USD, or as non-RAID, $16.99 USD

According to the SiI website, this chip is flashable using their Windows flash utility. Can anyone confirm that?

*bevills1* · 21-07-2009

The Syba link from the KTL post no longer works, but if it's the same Syba adapter at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815124020, then it is flashable. I purchased one of them, and it flashed and worked without problem. I've also read other posts on CDFreaks where users have had good results with this card.

**mciahel** · 21-07-2009

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by Saucerful

According to the SiI website, this chip is flashable using their Windows flash utility. Can anyone confirm that?

My personal experience with a 0680A card was, that I needed to flash from plain DOS. The Windows drivers for the Raid mode were too old and didn't come with the GUI flash tool built-in.

Michael

*bevills1* · 21-07-2009

My flash was done from Windows to non RAID, IDE mode on an old Dell 4550 without RAID, and there were no issues. I have no experience flashing to RAID mode for which DOS flash may be needed.

**mciahel** · 21-07-2009

It was just the other way round with my card, which came as Raid.
After having installed latest Raid drivers (running W2k here), there was still no "Flash" tab in the properties of the driver. And if I remember correctly, there wasn't the SiI applet in Control Panel either.
So I had to use the DOS tool to flash my card from Raid to non-Raid.

Michael

*pinto2* · 26-07-2009

Code:

The SiFlashTool.exe supports the following Silicon Image, Inc. controllers.

SiI 0680
SiI 3x12
SiI 3114
SiI 3124
SiI 3132

SiFlashTool .exe supports the following flash memory chips:

· AMD Am29F010B
· AMD Am29LV010B
· AMD Am29LV040B
· AMD Am29LV400BB
· AMD Am29LV400BT
· Atmel AT29LV010A
· Atmel AT49BV512
· Macronix MX29LV004B
· Macronix MX29LV004T
· Macronix MX29LV040
· Macronix MX29LV400B
· Macronix MX29LV400T
· Sanyo LE28C1001D
· SST 39SF010
· SST 39SF020
· SST 39VF010
· SST 39VF020
· ST Micro M29F010B
· ST Micro M29W040B
· ST Micro M29W400DB
· ST Micro M29W400DT
· Winbond W29C011A
· Winbond W29EE512

Procedures to run SiFlashTool .exe
· Open Windows command prompt
· Change to a directory where the SiFlashTool .exe and BIOS binary file are located.
· Run SiFlashTool to update the flash memory with BIOS binary code

The SiFlashTool.exe command line syntax is as follows:

SiFlashTool [/BusNum:xx /DevNum:xx] [/File:filespec] [/v]
Where:

BusNum / DevNum: These parameters specify the PCI bus and device number respectively of a Silicon Image storage controller. These parameters only need to be used if there is more than one Silicon Image storage controller in the system.
File: This parameter specifies the path and name of the BIOS image file to be programmed.
/V: This switch causes the program to only display the version number of a controller's BIOS. No BIOS image is programmed when this switch is used. The /File parameter is ignored if specified along with this switch. If /BusNum and/or /Devnum are specified, then only the BIOS versions of controller's at the specified PCI locations are displayed.

The following list identifies SiFlashTool.exe return codes noted when the program exits.
· 0 – BIOS update succeeded. SiFlashTool successfully confirmed a match between the bin file and resulting FLASH contents.
· 1 – Invalid parameter value specified.
· 2 – Unrecognized parameter specified.
· 3 – SiFlashTool does not support the implemented FLASH chip.
· 4 – Silicon Image controller not found.
· 5 – BIOS image file was not found.
· 6 – Error encountered while reading the BIOS image file.
· 7 – Image file is too large for the implemented FLASH ship. Download was aborted.
· 8 – Failed to perform FLASH chip erase before writing the BIOS to the FLASH chip.
· 9 – Failed to perform a FLASHchip write.
· 10 – After writing BIOS to the FLASH chip, failed to verify FLASH chip contents to the BIN file.
· 11 – Incorrect controller selected

This from SiI document that came with my latest SiL0680 bios.
Note, SiFlash is a command line tool. Not sure if a GUI version exists.

LikelyNot · 23-01-2010

I have a Bytecc SiI3512 PCI card.

http://www.byteccusa.com/product/PCI...I-SATA-150.htm

This card came with the SATARaid BIOS, and
it uses the EN29LV040A flash memory.

I see in an earlier post (#2 by KTL) that this
device is flashable in DOS. But when I try, the
flash utility requests that I choose from a
list of flash chip parts.

Which one should I choose?

(I'm using the latest Silicon Image flash utility - UpdFlash ver3.36)

*zhadoom* · 23-01-2010

Quote:

Which one should I choose?

Using updflash.exe select "Pm39LV040 4MB compatible" to flash via DOS.

My SIL3132 card uses the same flash chip.

LikelyNot · 23-01-2010

Thanks for the reply, zhadoom.

So, do you think I should wait for other opinions? ; )
How did you decide to choose "Pm39LV040 4MB compatible"?

*zhadoom* · 23-01-2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by LikelyNot

Thanks for the reply, zhadoom.

So, do you think I should wait for other opinions? ; )
How did you decide to choose "Pm39LV040 4MB compatible"?

After much research in forums and Google I could find a Russian forum with a user in the exact same situation. In my case SIL3132 + EN29LV040A . I used the PMC 4mbit option and it flash OK.

http://www.rom.by/comment/160942

LikelyNot · 19-04-2010

Thanks for the assistance, zhadoom.

I flashed the EN29LV040A by choosing the
option "Pm39LV040 4MB compatible", and
three months on, my Bytecc SiI3512 PCI card
still seems to be functioning correctly.

Be warned that this Bytecc card has been sold
with at least three different flash chips over the
last couple of years, including a non-flashable
(one-time programmable) chip. So examine any
potential purchase closely if you hope to be able
to modify the firmware.

*zhadoom* · 19-04-2010

*KTL* · 08-05-2010

#12

Syba SY-PEX40028, SATA RAID, low profile bracket

2 SATA ports (internal)

SiI 3132

SST 39SF010, 1-Mb, flashable in Windows and DOS

Available at Newegg, $19 USD

These ones should be similar, if not the same, but just different PCB and/or mounting bracket.
Syba SD-LP-PEX2IR (low profile bracket)
Syba PEX-40015
Syba SD-SA2PEX-21R

*_chef_* · 10-05-2010

Hi KTL,

nice info!

08-04-2009	#9
cdmagic New on Forum Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 5	Re: Silicon Image based Sata/IDE controllers that are flashable or not great list! thanks

21-07-2009	#13
bevills1 MyCE Resident Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,671	Re: Silicon Image based Sata/IDE controllers that are flashable or not The Syba link from the KTL post no longer works, but if it's the same Syba adapter at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815124020, then it is flashable. I purchased one of them, and it flashed and worked without problem. I've also read other posts on CDFreaks where users have had good results with this card.

21-07-2009	#15
bevills1 MyCE Resident Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,671	Re: Silicon Image based Sata/IDE controllers that are flashable or not My flash was done from Windows to non RAID, IDE mode on an old Dell 4550 without RAID, and there were no issues. I have no experience flashing to RAID mode for which DOS flash may be needed.

21-07-2009	#16
mciahel Senior Moderator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 17,048	Re: Silicon Image based Sata/IDE controllers that are flashable or not It was just the other way round with my card, which came as Raid. After having installed latest Raid drivers (running W2k here), there was still no "Flash" tab in the properties of the driver. And if I remember correctly, there wasn't the SiI applet in Control Panel either. So I had to use the DOS tool to flash my card from Raid to non-Raid. Michael __________________ Mini-FAQ for Samsung DVD writers * HOWTO Flash Firmware of a Samsung (TSST) DVD writer How to attach disc quality scans

23-01-2010	#18
LikelyNot New Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 9	Re: Silicon Image based Sata/IDE controllers that are flashable or not I have a Bytecc SiI3512 PCI card. http://www.byteccusa.com/product/PCI...I-SATA-150.htm This card came with the SATARaid BIOS, and it uses the EN29LV040A flash memory. I see in an earlier post (#2 by KTL) that this device is flashable in DOS. But when I try, the flash utility requests that I choose from a list of flash chip parts. Which one should I choose? (I'm using the latest Silicon Image flash utility - UpdFlash ver3.36)

17-09-2008	#1
mciahel Senior Moderator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 17,048	Silicon Image based Sata/IDE controllers that are flashable or not Hi, after some discussion here (http://club.cdfreaks.com/f7/sata-ide-converter-235682/), I thought it is a good idea to have a collection of controller cards which are flashable (or not). Some cards are not flashable since Silicon Image supports only a few flash chips. See the "How to update Bios" document on Silicon Image support website. I suggest this structure: Brand Model# (mode out-of-the-box) Additional information Chipset Flash information Availability (optional: price information) Let me start with these: #1: Delock 70096 (Sata Raid) 2 Sata ports SiI 3512 Flashable within DOS and Windows Available in several european countries (~ 11 €) #2: Delock 70098 (IDE Raid) 2 IDE ports (up to 4 drives) SiI 0680A Flashable within DOS only The driver for the Raid version is too old to have the "Flash Bios" functionality. After having flashed the card to non-Raid and installing latest drivers, the "Flash Bios" functionality is present. Available in several european countries (~ 12 €) __________________ Mini-FAQ for Samsung DVD writers * HOWTO Flash Firmware of a Samsung (TSST) DVD writer How to attach disc quality scans Last edited by mciahel; 21-07-2009 at 17:39. Reason: fixed br0ken link

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18-09-2008	#2
KTL MyCE Resident Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 3,278	Re: Silicon Image based Sata/IDE controllers that are flashable or not #3 Rosewill RC-209-EX, SATA RAID 6 SATA ports (up to 4 internal or 2 internal and 2 external devices) SiI 3114 Eon EN29LV040B, 4-Mb, flashable in DOS Available at Newegg, $25 USD #4 Sabrent SBT-SRD4, SATA RAID 4 SATA ports (up to 4 devices) SiI 3114 AMD AM28F010A, 1-Mb, NON-FLASHABLE, Tigerdirect version Bought from Tigerdirect, $25 USD, or available on Newegg, $28 USD #5 CompUSA-branded, SATA RAID 4 SATA ports (up to 2 internal or 2 external devices) SiI 3512 Eon EN29LV040A, 4-Mb, flashable in DOS Not available anymore, bought from Microcenter when it absorbed some CompUSA stock, was $15 USD #6 SIIG SC-PE4B12-S4, IDE RAID 2 IDE ports (up to 4 devices) SiI 680A SST 39SF010, 1-Mb, flashable in DOS Available at Newegg, $39 USD #7 Syba SD-ATA133, IDE RAID and non-RAID 2 IDE ports (up to 4 devices) SiI 680A AMD AM29F010B, 1-Mb, flashable in DOS Available at Newegg as RAID, $22.99 USD, or as non-RAID, $16.99 USD DISCLAIMER There is no guarantee that the flash chips are the same as the ones posted above. __________________ Codeguys Binflash - Liggy/Dee How To: Identify MTK A/B- or NEC Y-based LiteOn drives Get CD-DVD Speed 4.7.7.16 SE3 Change Buffer Size in CD-DVD Speed Enable SolidBurn in CD-DVD Speed Enable Samsung Scanning in CD-DVD Speed Show Nero Burning Speed Remove upper and lower filters Check Silicon Image add-on controller cards

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18-09-2008	#4
CDan MyCE Resident Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: USA Posts: 3,913	Re: Silicon Image based Sata/IDE controllers that are flashable or not SYBA SD-SATA-4P PCI SATA Controller Card 4 port PCI card SIL 3114 Can be flashed in DOS or Windows Available at NewEgg __________________ Current drives running here: LG-GSA-H62N, iHBS 112-2, LG-WH14NS40, iHAP 422

29-01-2009	#6
KTL MyCE Resident Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 3,278	Re: Silicon Image based Sata/IDE controllers that are flashable or not #10 Rosewill RC-209, SATA RAID 6 SATA ports (up to 4 internal or 2 internal and 2 external devices) SiI 3114 Holtek HT27C010-70, 1-Mb, NON-FLASHABLE Not available any longer __________________ Codeguys Binflash - Liggy/Dee How To: Identify MTK A/B- or NEC Y-based LiteOn drives Get CD-DVD Speed 4.7.7.16 SE3 Change Buffer Size in CD-DVD Speed Enable SolidBurn in CD-DVD Speed Enable Samsung Scanning in CD-DVD Speed Show Nero Burning Speed Remove upper and lower filters Check Silicon Image add-on controller cards

06-04-2009	#8
mattrix007 New on Forum Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1	Re: Silicon Image based Sata/IDE controllers that are flashable or not #11 CompUSA-branded, PCI SATA (not RAID) SKU #329648; also shown on card is #p143512-2x3b 4 SATA ports (up to 2 internal or 2 external devices, only 2 at a time) SiI 3512 HOLTEK HT27C010 -- CMOS 128Kx8-Bit OTP EPROM (write once, read-only) , NON-FLASHABLE Got it at CompUSA a few years ago, was $20-30, probably not available Last edited by mattrix007; 06-04-2009 at 21:28. Reason: format cleanup, a bit more detail

07-05-2009	#10
bevills1 MyCE Resident Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,671	Re: Silicon Image based Sata/IDE controllers that are flashable or not The "How to update Bios" link in first post of this thread no longer works. Does anybody know of an updated link that works?

19-04-2010	#22
LikelyNot New Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 9	Thanks for the assistance, zhadoom. I flashed the EN29LV040A by choosing the option "Pm39LV040 4MB compatible", and three months on, my Bytecc SiI3512 PCI card still seems to be functioning correctly. Be warned that this Bytecc card has been sold with at least three different flash chips over the last couple of years, including a non-flashable (one-time programmable) chip. So examine any potential purchase closely if you hope to be able to modify the firmware.

19-04-2010	#23
zhadoom MyCE Resident Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Brasil - RS Posts: 1,369	Re: Silicon Image based Sata/IDE controllers that are flashable or not __________________ My drives: BD-Writer LiteOn iHBS112 PL05 LG BH12LS30 1.01 LG BH08LS20 2.00 LG GGW-H20L YL07 Samsung SH-S223C SB06 - SH-S203B(SB04 FR FB EOPC) - SH-W162C TS11 - TS-H552U US09 BENQ 1620 B7W9 - LG H42N@H44N RB01 - Region Reset H10A@H10N@H12N UJ13 - H22N 1.02 - H55N 1.06 - GH22NP20 2.00 - GH22NS50 Liteon iHAS122B@524B Liteon iHAS122A@524A Sony AD-7190A@DH20A3P XV68 - EOHT - FB - FR - EOS / XV6D - Sony G120A@165P6S MS0R Pioneer DVR-K17 - DVR-108 1.18 by nil:

08-05-2010	#24
KTL MyCE Resident Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 3,278	#12 Syba SY-PEX40028, SATA RAID, low profile bracket 2 SATA ports (internal) SiI 3132 SST 39SF010, 1-Mb, flashable in Windows and DOS Available at Newegg, $19 USD These ones should be similar, if not the same, but just different PCB and/or mounting bracket. Syba SD-LP-PEX2IR (low profile bracket) Syba PEX-40015 Syba SD-SA2PEX-21R __________________ Codeguys Binflash - Liggy/Dee How To: Identify MTK A/B- or NEC Y-based LiteOn drives Get CD-DVD Speed 4.7.7.16 SE3 Change Buffer Size in CD-DVD Speed Enable SolidBurn in CD-DVD Speed Enable Samsung Scanning in CD-DVD Speed Show Nero Burning Speed Remove upper and lower filters Check Silicon Image add-on controller cards

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