How to update jmicron

[conca666]

i want to update my jmicron controller due to problems recognizing my drives on my p5b. i dont no how to update it (1.06) to the latest 1.17, does anyone know how

 

[conca666]

help! does anyone know how

 

[o1die]

For xp or win 2k, it's sometimes difficult to do a fresh windows install with the jmicron driver. Try getting a floppy drive if you don't have one. Also, check your hardrive utility program for a jmicron driver. I use the manufacturer's utility to set up my hardrive (example- maxblast for maxtor drives). You have to install the jmicron driver before loading windows. I had so much trouble with win 2k that I ended up making an exact drive to drive copy. For updating the motherboard bios, try the asus crashfree bios program on the motherboard cd. It will look for a floppy during the process; if none is found, it will use the cd to flash the bios. Be carefull when flashing the bios. You must wait for it to finish and it will tell you when to reboot.

 

[nukemaster]

Are you seeing the drives on the jmicron screen where it says press any key to continue? if you see them there, its just as said above, Windows 2k/XP tend to need a floppy containing the drivers. With that floppy in(and drivers on it), when windows says press f6 to install 3rd party scsi drivers, just tap F6 a few times for good measure.

If you do NOT plan raid or to use the drive as a removable, you can just enter the bios and set the controller to work in IDE MODE and use the drive without any extra drivers at all. The performance hit (if any) should not be noticeable.

 

[conca666]

For xp or win 2k, it's sometimes difficult to do a fresh windows install with the jmicron driver. Try getting a floppy drive if you don't have one. Also, check your hardrive utility program for a jmicron driver. I use the manufacturer's utility to set up my hardrive (example- maxblast for maxtor drives). You have to install the jmicron driver before loading windows. I had so much trouble with win 2k that I ended up making an exact drive to drive copy. For updating the motherboard bios, try the asus crashfree bios program on the motherboard cd. It will look for a floppy during the process; if none is found, it will use the cd to flash the bios. Be carefull when flashing the bios. You must wait for it to finish and it will tell you when to reboot.

irecently bought a new cpu so i had to update bios, but now it wont recognize my ide. so i was hoping to update my jmicron without a flesh installation

 

[conca666]

Are you seeing the drives on the jmicron screen where it says press any key to continue? if you see them there, its just as said above, Windows 2k/XP tend to need a floppy containing the drivers. With that floppy in(and drivers on it), when windows says press f6 to install 3rd party scsi drivers, just tap F6 a few times for good measure.

If you do NOT plan raid or to use the drive as a removable, you can just enter the bios and set the controller to work in IDE MODE and use the drive without any extra drivers at all. The performance hit (if any) should not be noticeable.

i dont see the drives it just says no drives detected, i've tried different leads & drives. can you help

 

[nukemaster]

Some things to check, When you update the bios, certain settings get factory reset. When the system shows the Jmicron screen, does it show a drive at all? or does it show nothing.

Is your boot order set to start with the jmicron drive?

This is just for illustration, but it should look like this but showing jmicron, Gigabyte changed it, but it is a jmicron controller too

If you see no such thing, maybe your jmicron controller has been shut off or set wrong.

Enter the bios, Under Advanced select Onboard Devices and then see if you Jmicron SATA/PATA controller is set to Enabled. setting it to IDE mode may be an idea, but its not needed if your drive on it is an IDE anyway.

Save your settings and restart then reenter the bios and go under Boot then Boot Device Priority and see if your drive is in there, if it is, set it to the first boot device.

Since I do not have your board here to play with, i am going by the manual. I hope this may help you see if there is a issue there.

If that does not help, you may want to flash back to the first bios that listed support for your new CPU. I have seen bios flashes break things like that. In fact once Asus broke a VIA controller(K8V SE) in such a way that it would cause system wide pauses for about a second or so every 20-30 min. A quick flash back and it was fixed.

 

[conca666]

Some things to check, When you update the bios, certain settings get factory reset. When the system shows the Jmicron screen, does it show a drive at all? or does it show nothing.

Is your boot order set to start with the jmicron drive?

This is just for illustration, but it should look like this but showing jmicron, Gigabyte changed it, but it is a jmicron controller too
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9740/jmicron.jpg

If you see no such thing, maybe your jmicron controller has been shut off or set wrong.

Enter the bios, Under Advanced select Onboard Devices and then see if you Jmicron SATA/PATA controller is set to Enabled. setting it to IDE mode may be an idea, but its not needed if your drive on it is an IDE anyway.

Save your settings and restart then reenter the bios and go under Boot then Boot Device Priority and see if your drive is in there, if it is, set it to the first boot device.

Since I do not have your board here to play with, i am going by the manual. I hope this may help you see if there is a issue there.

If that does not help, you may want to flash back to the first bios that listed support for your new CPU. I have seen bios flashes break things like that. In fact once Asus broke a VIA controller(K8V SE) in such a way that it would cause system wide pauses for about a second or so every 20-30 min. A quick flash back and it was fixed.

i've tried all you said, but still not detecting the ide, my screen looks the same but with jmicron instead of gigabyte & saying no drive detected. however the bios is detecting a atapi cd, but the jmicron isn't

 

[o1die]

I would also check your hardrive connections at the drive and the board. Those tend to come loose easily. Or, you can try a different sata port on the board.

 

[conca666]

I would also check your hardrive connections at the drive and the board. Those tend to come loose easily. Or, you can try a different sata port on the board.

only 1 ide & check all connections

 

[nukemaster]

Then I am back to my other suggestion, Flash the bios back to the first revision to support your cpu.

Since you checked all the cables(Power , IDE), for the hell of it also remove the drives jumpers or set it to master if this is not done already.

 

[j2innet]

i want to update my jmicron controller due to problems recognizing my drives on my p5b. i dont no how to update it (1.06) to the latest 1.17, does anyone know how

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jmicron chipset go to ftp://driver.jmicron.com.tw/jmb36x/XP_Vista_Win7/

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