ASUS M2V (VIA K8T890 + Marvell 6121 SATA2)

[Guest roman modic]

Hello!

 

I've installed 64-bit Vista SP1 on PC with motherboard ASUS M2V:

http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=1171&l1=3&l2=101&l3=305

 

OS works OK (PC has 3GB of DDR2), but there are two problems:

 

1) Both Nero 7.11.10 and Nero 8.3.6 do not recognize SATA optical

drive (Optiarc AD-7173S) which is connected to the VIA Serial ATA

controller (0591). I can normally copy data from it. It also works

OK on dual boot Windows XP SP3.

 

BTW, I've also installed ImgBurn and when starting it returns:

I/O Error! Device [0:0:0] (F:) (ATA)

CDB: 12 00 00 00 60 00

Interpretation: Inquiry

Reason: The parameter is incorrect.

 

InfraRecorder x64 does not work either :(

 

 

2) Mobo has also SATA2 controller (Marvell 6121), but it seems

that there are no 64-bit drivers with digital signature. The latest on

ASUS site are "V1.0.2.15 beta 6" and Marvell do not offer newer

on its website (there are only drivers for Yukon LAN adapters) :(

 

Does anyone know the solution to the above two problesms?

 

Thanks, ROman

[Guest Carlos]

RE: ASUS M2V (VIA K8T890 + Marvell 6121 SATA2)

 

Hi Roman,

Some "optical" SATA issues can be fixed by setting the SATA mode (in BIOS)

to "Native IDE", "Legacy IDE" or something like that.

I had to switch from AHCI Mode for SATA to Native IDE and that fixed my

burner problems.

Carlos

 

"roman modic" wrote:

> Hello!

>

> I've installed 64-bit Vista SP1 on PC with motherboard ASUS M2V:

> http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=1171&l1=3&l2=101&l3=305

>

> OS works OK (PC has 3GB of DDR2), but there are two problems:

>

> 1) Both Nero 7.11.10 and Nero 8.3.6 do not recognize SATA optical

> drive (Optiarc AD-7173S) which is connected to the VIA Serial ATA

> controller (0591). I can normally copy data from it. It also works

> OK on dual boot Windows XP SP3.

>

> BTW, I've also installed ImgBurn and when starting it returns:

> I/O Error! Device [0:0:0] (F:) (ATA)

> CDB: 12 00 00 00 60 00

> Interpretation: Inquiry

> Reason: The parameter is incorrect.

>

> InfraRecorder x64 does not work either :(

>

>

> 2) Mobo has also SATA2 controller (Marvell 6121), but it seems

> that there are no 64-bit drivers with digital signature. The latest on

> ASUS site are "V1.0.2.15 beta 6" and Marvell do not offer newer

> on its website (there are only drivers for Yukon LAN adapters) :(

>

> Does anyone know the solution to the above two problesms?

>

> Thanks, ROman

>

>

>

[Guest roman modic]

Re: ASUS M2V (VIA K8T890 + Marvell 6121 SATA2)

 

Hello!

 

"Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:B98A1D3F-5B11-4812-8A0B-45171B92AFD3@microsoft.com...

> Hi Roman,

> Some "optical" SATA issues can be fixed by setting the SATA mode (in BIOS)

> to "Native IDE", "Legacy IDE" or something like that.

> I had to switch from AHCI Mode for SATA to Native IDE and that fixed my

> burner problems.

> Carlos

 

I can choose only SATA or RAID (I have the latest BIOS).

The current setting is SATA. I doubt that RAID will work,

but I'm going to try it.

 

Thx, Roman

[Guest Carlos]

Re: ASUS M2V (VIA K8T890 + Marvell 6121 SATA2)

 

Roman,

DON'T try RAID.

It won't work with your optical drive!!!

Carlos

 

"roman modic" wrote:

> Hello!

>

> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:B98A1D3F-5B11-4812-8A0B-45171B92AFD3@microsoft.com...

> > Hi Roman,

> > Some "optical" SATA issues can be fixed by setting the SATA mode (in BIOS)

> > to "Native IDE", "Legacy IDE" or something like that.

> > I had to switch from AHCI Mode for SATA to Native IDE and that fixed my

> > burner problems.

> > Carlos

>

> I can choose only SATA or RAID (I have the latest BIOS).

> The current setting is SATA. I doubt that RAID will work,

> but I'm going to try it.

>

> Thx, Roman

>

>

[Guest Bobby Johnson]

Re: ASUS M2V (VIA K8T890 + Marvell 6121 SATA2)

 

A couple of years ago there was a web site that had a

compatibility chart for SATA optical drives and I almost

think VIA chips were one of the non-compatible chips; you

could use a SATA optical drive to install an OS because of

the chipset.

 

 

Carlos wrote:

> Roman,

> DON'T try RAID.

> It won't work with your optical drive!!!

> Carlos

>

> "roman modic" wrote:

>

>> Hello!

>>

>> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:B98A1D3F-5B11-4812-8A0B-45171B92AFD3@microsoft.com...

>>> Hi Roman,

>>> Some "optical" SATA issues can be fixed by setting the SATA mode (in BIOS)

>>> to "Native IDE", "Legacy IDE" or something like that.

>>> I had to switch from AHCI Mode for SATA to Native IDE and that fixed my

>>> burner problems.

>>> Carlos

>> I can choose only SATA or RAID (I have the latest BIOS).

>> The current setting is SATA. I doubt that RAID will work,

>> but I'm going to try it.

>>

>> Thx, Roman

>>

>>

[Guest Carlos]

Re: ASUS M2V (VIA K8T890 + Marvell 6121 SATA2)

 

Bobby,

I have not had good experiences with the VIA chipset mobos I used in the past.

I am now using an AMD/ATI chipset based motherboard for the first time and I

have also run into some troubles, though I could sort them out.

My very best experiences have been with the NVIDIA chipset boards.

No problems at all and its RAID is natively "seen" by Vista during the

install process.

Getting back to the SATA opticals...

That's why I recommend to have an IDE optical at hand for bullet-proof Vista

installs.

Now this guy is having problems with his optical drive after the installation.

Could it be that in the "Properties" of this device he has unchecked the

mark for enable the burning properties of it?

I cannot think of anything else.

Or maybe a driver update from VIA (there was this web site they had called

viaarena or something like that)

Carlos

 

"Bobby Johnson" wrote:

> A couple of years ago there was a web site that had a

> compatibility chart for SATA optical drives and I almost

> think VIA chips were one of the non-compatible chips; you

> could use a SATA optical drive to install an OS because of

> the chipset.

>

>

> Carlos wrote:

> > Roman,

> > DON'T try RAID.

> > It won't work with your optical drive!!!

> > Carlos

> >

> > "roman modic" wrote:

> >

> >> Hello!

> >>

> >> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> >> news:B98A1D3F-5B11-4812-8A0B-45171B92AFD3@microsoft.com...

> >>> Hi Roman,

> >>> Some "optical" SATA issues can be fixed by setting the SATA mode (in BIOS)

> >>> to "Native IDE", "Legacy IDE" or something like that.

> >>> I had to switch from AHCI Mode for SATA to Native IDE and that fixed my

> >>> burner problems.

> >>> Carlos

> >> I can choose only SATA or RAID (I have the latest BIOS).

> >> The current setting is SATA. I doubt that RAID will work,

> >> but I'm going to try it.

> >>

> >> Thx, Roman

> >>

> >>

>

[Guest Bobby Johnson]

Re: ASUS M2V (VIA K8T890 + Marvell 6121 SATA2)

 

I made a typing error in my post. The last sentence should

read "... could NOT use a SATA optical drive to install and

os..." I tried looking for that info, but could find it. I

do remember a lot of people had problems with optical drives

on SATA ports at the time.

 

 

Carlos wrote:

> Bobby,

> I have not had good experiences with the VIA chipset mobos I used in the past.

> I am now using an AMD/ATI chipset based motherboard for the first time and I

> have also run into some troubles, though I could sort them out.

> My very best experiences have been with the NVIDIA chipset boards.

> No problems at all and its RAID is natively "seen" by Vista during the

> install process.

> Getting back to the SATA opticals...

> That's why I recommend to have an IDE optical at hand for bullet-proof Vista

> installs.

> Now this guy is having problems with his optical drive after the installation.

> Could it be that in the "Properties" of this device he has unchecked the

> mark for enable the burning properties of it?

> I cannot think of anything else.

> Or maybe a driver update from VIA (there was this web site they had called

> viaarena or something like that)

> Carlos

>

> "Bobby Johnson" wrote:

>

>> A couple of years ago there was a web site that had a

>> compatibility chart for SATA optical drives and I almost

>> think VIA chips were one of the non-compatible chips; you

>> could use a SATA optical drive to install an OS because of

>> the chipset.

>>

>>

>> Carlos wrote:

>>> Roman,

>>> DON'T try RAID.

>>> It won't work with your optical drive!!!

>>> Carlos

>>>

>>> "roman modic" wrote:

>>>

>>>> Hello!

>>>>

>>>> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>>>> news:B98A1D3F-5B11-4812-8A0B-45171B92AFD3@microsoft.com...

>>>>> Hi Roman,

>>>>> Some "optical" SATA issues can be fixed by setting the SATA mode (in BIOS)

>>>>> to "Native IDE", "Legacy IDE" or something like that.

>>>>> I had to switch from AHCI Mode for SATA to Native IDE and that fixed my

>>>>> burner problems.

>>>>> Carlos

>>>> I can choose only SATA or RAID (I have the latest BIOS).

>>>> The current setting is SATA. I doubt that RAID will work,

>>>> but I'm going to try it.

>>>>

>>>> Thx, Roman

>>>>

>>>>

[Guest Carlos]

Re: ASUS M2V (VIA K8T890 + Marvell 6121 SATA2)

 

I had already figured out the missing "not"

:)

Carlos

 

"Bobby Johnson" wrote:

> I made a typing error in my post. The last sentence should

> read "... could NOT use a SATA optical drive to install and

> os..." I tried looking for that info, but could find it. I

> do remember a lot of people had problems with optical drives

> on SATA ports at the time.

>

>

> Carlos wrote:

> > Bobby,

> > I have not had good experiences with the VIA chipset mobos I used in the past.

> > I am now using an AMD/ATI chipset based motherboard for the first time and I

> > have also run into some troubles, though I could sort them out.

> > My very best experiences have been with the NVIDIA chipset boards.

> > No problems at all and its RAID is natively "seen" by Vista during the

> > install process.

> > Getting back to the SATA opticals...

> > That's why I recommend to have an IDE optical at hand for bullet-proof Vista

> > installs.

> > Now this guy is having problems with his optical drive after the installation.

> > Could it be that in the "Properties" of this device he has unchecked the

> > mark for enable the burning properties of it?

> > I cannot think of anything else.

> > Or maybe a driver update from VIA (there was this web site they had called

> > viaarena or something like that)

> > Carlos

> >

> > "Bobby Johnson" wrote:

> >

> >> A couple of years ago there was a web site that had a

> >> compatibility chart for SATA optical drives and I almost

> >> think VIA chips were one of the non-compatible chips; you

> >> could use a SATA optical drive to install an OS because of

> >> the chipset.

> >>

> >>

> >> Carlos wrote:

> >>> Roman,

> >>> DON'T try RAID.

> >>> It won't work with your optical drive!!!

> >>> Carlos

> >>>

> >>> "roman modic" wrote:

> >>>

> >>>> Hello!

> >>>>

> >>>> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> >>>> news:B98A1D3F-5B11-4812-8A0B-45171B92AFD3@microsoft.com...

> >>>>> Hi Roman,

> >>>>> Some "optical" SATA issues can be fixed by setting the SATA mode (in BIOS)

> >>>>> to "Native IDE", "Legacy IDE" or something like that.

> >>>>> I had to switch from AHCI Mode for SATA to Native IDE and that fixed my

> >>>>> burner problems.

> >>>>> Carlos

> >>>> I can choose only SATA or RAID (I have the latest BIOS).

> >>>> The current setting is SATA. I doubt that RAID will work,

> >>>> but I'm going to try it.

> >>>>

> >>>> Thx, Roman

> >>>>

> >>>>

>

[Guest roman modic]

Re: ASUS M2V (VIA K8T890 + Marvell 6121 SATA2)

 

Hello!

 

"Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:1931CF56-E64B-4547-AB47-BF79B59B2C95@microsoft.com...

> Roman,

> DON'T try RAID.

 

Too late ... fortunately :)

 

First, I reinstalled VIA SATA driver by deleting DVD and

VIA controller from device manager and using driver from

VIA Hyperion 5.18a (ViBusX64.sys and ViPrtX64.sys).

DVD-RW still didn't appear in Nero.

 

Second, I rebooted into BIOS and changed the setting

"Serial ATA IDE Controller" to [RAID]. New setting named

"Serial-ATA BOOTROM" appeared and I left it at [Enabled].

 

At BIOS boot sequence, the following text now appears:

.... VIA VT8237A SATA RAID CDROM BOOT V1.20

.....

Scan Device, Please wait

No Raid

....

Ctrl0 Chnl0 Master Optiarc DVD DW AD-7173S - SATAPI mode

....

 

I had to replace the SATA driver with VIA RAID driver (viamrx64.sys) and

now Nero is properly working (DVD is recognized as SCSI device).

 

Last, I've found valid Marvell 61xx SATA2 driver V1.2.0.20

(mv614x.sys) at

http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=M2N32%20WS%20Professional

in the wrong (RAID) section ... BTW, there is also new

RAID driver V1.2.0.57 (mv61xx.sys) at

http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=P5Q%20WS

but I use the non-RAID flavour because of the eSATA port.

 

Regards, Roman

[Guest roman modic]

Re: ASUS M2V (VIA K8T890 + Marvell 6121 SATA2)

 

Correction:

> Last, I've found valid Marvell SATA 614x driver V1.0.2.20

> (mv614x.sys) at

> http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=M2N32%20WS%20Professional

> in the wrong (RAID) section ... BTW, there is also new

> RAID driver V1.2.0.57 (mv61xx.sys) at

> http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=P5Q%20WS

> but I use the non-RAID flavour because of the eSATA port.