how do i match 8k9a2+ bios bin file for latest highpoint support ?

[arosene]

i have an 8k9a2+ and suffer from poor raid performance. there are also known issues with the drives i have on my raid controller. i dont have a need for high speed external usb drives so i was wondering if anyone could please instruct me on the utilities and process by which one can update the highpoint bios to the latest from a 8k9a2+ bios bin file and then flash and have everything work normally (except for high speed usb devices).

thank you

[Brummelchen]

the hpt-bios is included in the normal bios. i dont think that there is another way to flash the hpt bios without flashing the normal bios - i never found any solution in here

[Max Headroom]

How about a few more specs. Which drives do you use. Which is the HPT BIOS version used in the 8K9A2+? There should be no great difference between 2.32 and 2.34.
I have the 8K5A2+ with two IBM drives. At the beginning they were working good but not to the max. The lack of performance resulted from not-activated bus parking.
By setting the correct registers with WCREDIT this bottleneck was gone.
I'm wondering why bus parking is not activated by default

Max

[arosene]

using cbrom utility from award i had to give it a /pci parameter the rest was up to the programs and bios file.


can i activate bus parking on the bios ? and reflash ? tell me about this problem and how to use it to get better raid / system performance.

thank you