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Originally posted by squawker squawker wrote:

Originally posted by parsec parsec wrote:


Did you notice that your 950 Pros are now shown in the M.2 slot entries in Storage Configuration? At least my two NVMe SSDs are now shown there, which is new. With your 950's in a RAID array, maybe they aren't shown.



Yes, my 950's raid array aren't yet shown there. Same thing in Samsung Magician ....Cry


The Samsung Magician software has never been able to detect ANY of their SSDs, SATA or NVMe, when used in a RAID array, in any version of that software. Nothing new and not a problem with your board.

If you check the Magician User Guide, you'll find it does not "support" RAID. There are multiple versions of RAID, Intel's use a common standard, but others exist. Each would need its own detection and translation system in the Magician software.

For years the Magician software did not work with AMD's SATA/AHCI driver. Only MSoft and Intel drivers. AMD SATA drivers were finally supported in late 2015 or early 2016.

The Magician software's message when it detects RAID implies something is wrong with the PC. "AHCI Mode is needed...", or something like that, which is misleading, RAID has every feature of AHCI. But the 950 Pro is not a SATA protocol drive, so AHCI does not apply, it is NVMe.

RAID does prevent detection of drives in the usual way, for drives in a RAID array. Use the IRST entry in the UEFI, and the IRST software in Windows to see your 950 Pros, that's all you need. Plus you should see them in System Browser.
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on the 7.10 bios, is there still a slow down issue with RAID PCIe SSDs after waking from sleep?
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Thank you all for your messages.

I finally got the time and I've done installing the new BIOS 7.10.

What has changed:

in OC Tweaker/DRAM Configuration some values for XMP profile as tWTR_L, tWTR_S, tRDRD_dd, tWRRD_sg/dg, tWRWR_dr/dd.

What is new:

in Advanced is new item Trusted Computing - Security Device Support

What is bad:

In EZ Mode at storage configuration is missing connected device DVD at SATA3_A4.
And more - port SATA3_A3 and SATA3_A4 are just displayed as blank, not 'n/a'.
Despite the fact that the device is seen in the boot menu.

The result is that I went back to the previous version of BIOS 3.10.
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Originally posted by Kladno Kladno wrote:

Thank you all for your messages.

I finally got the time and I've done installing the new BIOS 7.10.

What has changed:

in OC Tweaker/DRAM Configuration some values for XMP profile as tWTR_L, tWTR_S, tRDRD_dd, tWRRD_sg/dg, tWRWR_dr/dd.

What is new:

in Advanced is new item Trusted Computing - Security Device Support

What is bad:

In EZ Mode at storage configuration is missing connected device DVD at SATA3_A4.
And more - port SATA3_A3 and SATA3_A4 are just displayed as blank, not 'n/a'.
Despite the fact that the device is seen in the boot menu.

The result is that I went back to the previous version of BIOS 3.10.



Do you still see the DVD drive listed in the Advanced Mode, Storage Configuration screen?

You lost me about the ASMedia SATA ports. I don't use them so can't check myself.

So you have drives connected to those ASMedia SATA ports? That are seen in the Boot order, but not in the EZ Mode display? I also do not understand the difference between blank and N/A.
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>Do you still see the DVD drive listed in the Advanced Mode, Storage Configuration screen?
No.

>So you have drives connected to those ASMedia SATA ports?
Yes, only one DVD drive, but detected are two blank devices.

>That are seen in the Boot order, but not in the EZ Mode display?
Yes, that is correct.

The difference between blank and N/A:

for N/A I can not get any information, but for "blank description" I got e.g. this device has 0 GB etc.

There must be something wrong with device detection.


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Originally posted by Kladno Kladno wrote:

>Do you still see the DVD drive listed in the Advanced Mode, Storage Configuration screen?
No.

>So you have drives connected to those ASMedia SATA ports?
Yes, only one DVD drive, but detected are two blank devices.

>That are seen in the Boot order, but not in the EZ Mode display?
Yes, that is correct.

The difference between blank and N/A:

for N/A I can not get any information, but for "blank description" I got e.g. this device has 0 GB etc.

There must be something wrong with device detection.


Ok, that does not sound good.

I don't have an optical drive in that board's PC, and just one SSD on an Intel SATA port. All other drives are M.2 SSDs in the M.2 slots, and one in an M.2 to PCIe adapter card.

I normally do not use EZ Mode, but I'll look at it today with my setup. I can't verify most of your issues without some work. I believe what you said, I just can't say, "me too".
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On Asrock web (http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z170%20Extreme7+/%3Fcat=Download&os=BIOS) is a new BIOS 7.30 with description:

1. Update Microcode
2. Update Intel ME

My questions are:

Are Asrock BIOS upgrades cumulative (the last BIOS version includes updates done in all previous versions)?

Can I update the BIOS to the latest one directly without updating of previous versions?

Thank you.
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Yes. BIOS Updates are cumulative. ie: 7.30 includes all updates from prior/older revisions.


Chasing air and risking a bad flash are we?
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Thank for reply.

Good question, I'm interested only in update for Intel ME.
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The latest BIOS 7.30 still has the SSD RAID half speed issue.... :(



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