They do not all have dual Bios, and once bootblock is bollixed one cannot do a recovery "blind" flash either.
That is ample reason to not lightly advise Flashing, it is still something one should only do when there are serious ducumented issues.

Anyway, tim_st knows about flashing and did some firmware "injection".

and sometimes, it is best to not do it.. we killed a mobo doing that, once.

you flashed the backup bios also, knowing that the bios did not work.
So.... that wasnt a very smart thing to do

just a short reply to your last post:

As far as my system is concerned, I am using two seperate 74GB Seagate drives in an NON-RAID configuration and everything is now working perfectly with the 70319nightly. Both hard disks are regognised as seperate drives.

Quite to my surprise the SiI driver works independent of the SiI BIOS Version: I am currently using the onboard SiI3112 controller with the very latest BIOS version 4.2.83, but I have also tried the rather outdated Version 4.2.47 which is still shipped with the latest ASUS BIOS for for my A7N8X Deluxe mainboard. Maybe someone else who is running a RAID configuration on this particular controller could confirm this.

to all people using this version,
Most important.. We need to know what happens when NON-raid drives on Silicon Image chips are used.
We also want to know if your RAID array was a problem, and if this version fixed it.

If this version gets setup to NOT see single hard drives on all Silicon Image, then we have to really bang our heads together. Silicon has been a problem for so long, and so often, see..
Anyway, the purpose of the INI is that one can now fairly easily change things.

I have also been able to confirm this by manually changing the order of the SiI3112 IDE and SiI3112 RAID Drivers in the mass storage INI of DP MS 7.01.1. Once the RAID driver is loaded before the IDE Driver, everythings runs perfectly.

This seems to be exactly the same problem as in this post:
http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic.php?id=1354

Kind regards, tim_st

can you test this one for us, please?
http://rapidshare.com/files/22957253/DP … nightly.7z
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-M-M
Update marvell Driver
replaced Ver= 11/14/2006,1.1.0.51 with marvell downloaded from intel 02/09/2007,1.2.0.24
(this version does not conflict with iastor)

[Marvell]
%mv61xxDesc%=mv61xx_Inst,PCI\VEN_11AB&DEV_6101
%mv61xxDesc%=mv61xx_Inst,PCI\VEN_11AB&DEV_6111
%mv61xxDesc%=mv61xx_Inst,PCI\VEN_11AB&DEV_6121
%mv61xxDesc%=mv61xx_Inst,PCI\VEN_11AB&DEV_6122
%mv61xxDesc%=mv61xx_Inst,PCI\VEN_11AB&DEV_6145

-M-M-O
old marvell DriverVer= 01/06/2006,1.0.0.3 Edited out HWID supported by newer version
Enabled for these three
PCI\VEN_11AB&DEV_6120
   PCI\VEN_11AB&DEV_6140
      VEN_11AB&DEV_6141

Massstorage INI update

removed a duplicate entry
[V-3] appeared twice
adjusted drivercount

edit to Highpoint [H-1] (reported by overflow, confirmed jtdoom)
a Fix for win2003, driver does not exist in XP. (also a Bart_PE fix)

Fixed (Muiz)
ATI (Siliconimage) 3112 driver
-\M\S\4 10/23/2006, 1.3.67.0

TEST
edit in Mass storage ini makes Silicon Image raid mode drivers load before Silicon Image NON-raid
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note
this post was eddited, the load order in 70319 is same as as in 70322
70322 has a change in marvel, aimed at intel iastor/marvel conflicts, the below report about silicon image is still valid

I have obviously had a thorough look at the following topic:
[SOLVED] SiI 3112r controller doesnt work: 0x7B BSOD
http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic.php?id=87

I have paid particular attention to the issue concerning various BIOS Versions for this controller: I have used the original ASUS BIOS 1009 which contains the SiI3112 BIOS Version 4.2.47 and I have also tried injecting the SiI3112 BIOS versions 4.2.50, 4.2.79 and even the very latest Version 4.2.83 - all to no avail. I have also tried replacing the SiI3112 Driver 1.0.56.1 from Driver Pack MassStorage 7.01.1 with the previous version 1.0.51 and repackaging the DriverPack, but that didnt't help either. No matter what I do - whenever Windows Setup has finished file copying I will inevetably get a BSOD 0x0000007B on reboot and the advice to run chkdsk /f... :-(

I should stress that I have also tried using the original Windows XP SP2 CD and inserting the SiI driver with the F6 method: Setup proceeds without any problems at all, no matter if I use SiI Driver Version 1.0.51 or 1.0.56.1. But since I am trying to run Windows Setup unattended, this is no solution to my problem. I should think there must still be an incompatibility with other drivers in "DriverPack MassStorage 7.01.1" but I have got absolutely no idea where to start from.

Incidently: Apparently I am not the only one experiencing this problem. Please have a look at this post under "Feedback and Support":

http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic.php?id=1361

Any help into solving this mystery would be much appreciated.