dawscaus Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 I have a corsair P-128 and I would like to check what firmware I have. Can someone tell me how to do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawscaus Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 can someone give me some insight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synbios Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 use crystaldiskinfo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawscaus Posted March 1, 2011 Author Share Posted March 1, 2011 I downloaded and installed crystaldiskinfo 3.10.0. However it does not recognize any drives on my system. Any suggestions? the p128 is my system drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawscaus Posted March 1, 2011 Author Share Posted March 1, 2011 I am going to take it out of raid mode and try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawscaus Posted March 1, 2011 Author Share Posted March 1, 2011 Ok i am a slightly uneducated. I originally had my bios in RAID mode however my p-128 drive is not in a RAID array. So i changed my bios to AHCI and windows would not boot. I then changed my bios to IDE and it booted fine. So i run crystal disk info and it tells me that I have firmware 1.0. I thought the Performance series had a number like VBM19C1Q for the latest firmware. Can someone please tell me or direct me on where I should go. Also can someone tell me why windows would not boot in AHCI mode but in IDE and RAID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synbios Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 damascus, Usually if you have it set to RAID mode and you are not really using a RAID array it will default to AHCI but it sounds to me like in your case it defaults to IDE. You will have to follow the sticky guide here in the corsair SSD forum to switch from IDE to AHCI mode. You modify the registry and then reboot, then in your BIOS change it to AHCI mode. With regards to your firmware question please provide a screenshot (use snipping tool or other) and show us the crystaldiskinfo page for the drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 See if the SAMSUNG UPDATE TOOL will show your firmware number. Boot with a DOS disk with the controller in IDE mode. Also, when did you buy the drive and have you looked at the sticker on the drive to see if the firmware revision is listed there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawscaus Posted March 2, 2011 Author Share Posted March 2, 2011 Ok my system is in IDE mode and boots, I have created a usb boot drive using the ultimate boot drive usb tool, and have run the firmware updater. however when the firmware updater searches for my ssd it finds no devices. What to do. Also I here is a picture of what crystal disk info shows when I am in IDE mode. http://i721.photobucket.com/albums/ww214/dawscaus/crystaldiskinfo.png i will check and see if there is a firmware version sticker on my drive, and report back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 VBM19C1Q is firmware for the original Performance series, not the Performance 3 series. They haven't released any info regarding firmware IDs yet, so presumably 1.0 is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 I have a corsair P-128 and I would like to check what firmware I have. Can someone tell me how to do that? You do not have a P-128. You have a P3-128. There is no firmware update available for the P3 series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawscaus Posted March 2, 2011 Author Share Posted March 2, 2011 ahh all is explained thanks so much. I have one last question. I want to run this drive as my boot device, and I want to run my mechanical drives in a raid configuration. I want to do all of this with out adding a raid card. I want all the features of ahci also like trim ect. I am going to reinstall windows so that isnt an obstacle that I need to work around. What should be my plan of action? This is what I think I need to do. 1. wipe SSD clean with some SSD clean tool 2. Boot to windows 7 installer 3. Install amd RAID/AHCI driver 4. Install windows This should enable me to switch from RAID to AHCI and back and forth correct just not IDE right? This will also enable all the features of AHCI, correct? Please let me know what you think, and I need to move this to a different section I will do so. Thank you for all your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synbios Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 That's what I suspected haha, you do have the P3 drive. Use secure erase (Parted Magic) and wipe the SSD. Set your BIOS to AHCI mode for the primary controller and install windows. Plug your two mechanical drives to another controller and set that to the desired RAID mode. When you boot into windows, you can install the RAID driver there. ps. AHCI is not required for TRIM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawscaus Posted March 2, 2011 Author Share Posted March 2, 2011 with my motherboard I have to set all my sata controllers to the same settting. What would be the implication of setting my bios to raid and installing the os in that mode eventhough the drive wont be in an array? Isn't raid a superset of ahci? If I install in ahci mode will i be able to change my controllers to raid and still boot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synbios Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 If you have to set all the sata ports to the same setting (ie, you have one sata controller), I don't think what you're asking is possible, but I could be wrong. If anything, set it to RAID mode, then in your RAID ROM utility, include the two drives you want in the array and build it, then leave the other one alone, perhaps it will run in IDE mode on it's own. From what you said earlier, it should be in IDE mode, though usually from what I've seen it runs in AHCI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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