jester1o1 Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 With the release of the Mac Pro Silicon Image have released unibin drivers for their PCI-express sata controller (the 3132). With the 3132 being the PCI-E version of the 3112 I reckon its very likely this driver will run a 3112 with a simple plist edit! Anyone willing to give it a try? (I don't have an Si Controller). 3135 page: http://www.siliconimage.com/products/product.aspx?id=32 Drivers: http://www.siliconimage.com/support/index....&cid=3& <-- not sure whether I can attach them here... More importantly - someone want to try these with an nForce?? :censored2: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24254-silicon-image-release-universal-sata-drivers/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaderd Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Great find! I'll give the drivers a try on both the 3112 and the nf4 SATA. Will report back (hopefully without crashing my whole system!) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24254-silicon-image-release-universal-sata-drivers/#findComment-161178 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xandiztxu Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 waiting for reply.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24254-silicon-image-release-universal-sata-drivers/#findComment-161896 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaderd Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 Sorry it took so long, but somehow I managed to make my OS X unbootable trying to get the drivers to work. Didn't have success. This doesn't mean they might not work, but I'm a bit cautious now. Maybe someone else want to give them a try? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24254-silicon-image-release-universal-sata-drivers/#findComment-162321 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dasutin Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 I used the driver on a 3114 and no luck. I even tried to change the Device ID to 3114 and still no luck, but it never locked my system up, it just started fine.... damn Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24254-silicon-image-release-universal-sata-drivers/#findComment-162606 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 I just downloaded the 3132 driver and it works flawlessly!!! The wierd thing is that it is discovered as a Parallel SCSI drive instead of SATA. Check Silicon Image's website for drivers for your specific chipset. Later, Paul Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24254-silicon-image-release-universal-sata-drivers/#findComment-163922 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazor Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 I've got an ASUS P5N32-SLI Deluxe mainboard which has the SI 3132 controller (1x internal, 1x eSATA). So far it works flawlessly while stresstesting it with reading/writing about 20GB of data. Much better actually than the crashy-bashy nForce4 controller which even crashes my system while the volumes on the drive are not mounted... Will update later if it works reliable. Still no RAID with this one. What a pity! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24254-silicon-image-release-universal-sata-drivers/#findComment-164425 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazor Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Has anyone managed to get OS X installed on a drive connected to the 3132? I cloned my installation over with CCC, but not even the bootmanager loads up... Just black screen with cursor blinking in the top left corner. Any ideas? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24254-silicon-image-release-universal-sata-drivers/#findComment-165589 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 I installed using VMWare and then installed the SilImage driver. After reboot it worked great. Paul Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24254-silicon-image-release-universal-sata-drivers/#findComment-165599 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superhai Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Working great on my P5LD2 Deluxe built in Si3132 adapter. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24254-silicon-image-release-universal-sata-drivers/#findComment-165705 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester1o1 Posted August 18, 2006 Author Share Posted August 18, 2006 has anyone tried this driver with the nforce4 controller (by editing the plist?) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24254-silicon-image-release-universal-sata-drivers/#findComment-169063 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ooZberg Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 Yes, I tried that. But it didn't work. (No crash or anything, it just didn't do anything at all) But I did find a cheapish controllercard using this SI3132 chip. (This model: http://www.cwol.com/serial-ata/sata-ii-raid-card-pcie.htm ) I think I'll buy one of these, I am getting sick tiered of my non-working NF4 SATA. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24254-silicon-image-release-universal-sata-drivers/#findComment-169144 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParoXysm Posted August 20, 2006 Share Posted August 20, 2006 Hmmm, I'm trying to get these drivers to work with a MSI K8N NEO4 mainboard. Because I don't want the Nforce4 to kill my harddisks, I'll try to manage if I can hook them up at the Silicon Image 3114 SATA 5-6-7-8 ports. The problem is that the onboard si3114 chipset is flashed with a softraid5 bios, and thus I'm forced to use some kind of a RAID-configuration. Offcourse OSX will never recognize the RAID-set (even if it's a JBOD). So, I'm wondering, would it be possible to flash the onboard Silicon Image Bios with a 3114 IDE-Bios, and use the 4 ports like regular SATA-ports? I've taken a look at the site of MSI, and the bios for the si3114 is bundeld with the regular system-BIOS. I've also tried to use the updflash utility from Silicon Image, but that's only for add-on cards. I think, if we manage to succesfully flash the onboard bios, this might be a great solution for all of the Nforce4 victims with S-ATA drives, now if I could only find a way how... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24254-silicon-image-release-universal-sata-drivers/#findComment-170572 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewcher Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 Hi. RAID or IDE rom from Sil is just one of the moduls inside system BIOS file. You can look and replace it with CBROM for AWARD and with AMIBCP for AMI. But no 100% garanty that it works for any boards. I replaced RAID rom on my Tyan K8W (2875) with new version from Sil and after flashing new BIOS got soft RAID5. I think other way is posible. P.S. I looked at your system BIOS file W7125NMS.1B0 for K8N Neo4 Platinum (PCB 1.0) and i can see Sil modul 5209.bin I can replace it any version. But i can't test it. I'm going to try this method on my K8N-DL. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24254-silicon-image-release-universal-sata-drivers/#findComment-171333 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jape Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 I think, if we manage to succesfully flash the onboard bios, this might be a great solution for all of the Nforce4 victims with S-ATA drives, now if I could only find a way how...Not everyone out there has 8 SATA ports. I only have 4 nForce 4 ports, which are handled by two nForce SATA controllers. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24254-silicon-image-release-universal-sata-drivers/#findComment-171720 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewcher Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 Hi. I change Sil rom inside of system bios and nothing hapens - i can see new version 5.3.14 but it is RAID. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24254-silicon-image-release-universal-sata-drivers/#findComment-171847 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zbandito Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 Are any 3rd party cards confirmed working and bootable? AFAIK all the comments above are in reference to onboard controllers? Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24254-silicon-image-release-universal-sata-drivers/#findComment-174826 Share on other sites More sharing options...
reghost Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Ive got a Sil3112 and im goint to give the 3132 a try. ill keep you posted. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24254-silicon-image-release-universal-sata-drivers/#findComment-180071 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Lin Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 http://www.highpoint-tech.com/ RocketRAID 2322 RocketRAID 2320 RocketRAID 2310 RocketRAID 2300 It seems that all cards based on marvell PCIE SATA2 Controller work with MacOSX Universally Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24254-silicon-image-release-universal-sata-drivers/#findComment-207307 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Someone ought to check this one out as it is based on the Sil 3132 chipset which I have confirmed works. I don't know if the add-on card is bootable or not, but if it is, there are drivers for it in OSX. http://item.express.ebay.com/Computers-Net...cmdZExpressItem Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24254-silicon-image-release-universal-sata-drivers/#findComment-207361 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomtefar Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Please see this thread concerning booting of a 3132 card. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24254-silicon-image-release-universal-sata-drivers/#findComment-207638 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gixxer_drew Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Someone ought to check this one out as it is based on the Sil 3132 chipset which I have confirmed works. I don't know if the add-on card is bootable or not, but if it is, there are drivers for it in OSX. http://item.express.ebay.com/Computers-Net...cmdZExpressItem I ordered this card, will report back. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24254-silicon-image-release-universal-sata-drivers/#findComment-212996 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomtefar Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Would be nice to get a report on that one gixxer_drew! I believe it is made by Speed Dragon Multimedia, but I might be wrong. Please let us know the brandname and any success/failure (and wheter the firmware/BIOS-chip is flashable! modelnumber???? ). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24254-silicon-image-release-universal-sata-drivers/#findComment-213198 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gixxer_drew Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 They shipped it really fast, very next morning. Coming by express mail so I should be reporting back mid next week. Fingers are crossed ~$25 with shipping and tax. The charged tax so maybe they are in CA as well and I will get it even sooner. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24254-silicon-image-release-universal-sata-drivers/#findComment-213450 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMäcen Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 gixxer_drew: How did it go? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24254-silicon-image-release-universal-sata-drivers/#findComment-215801 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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