FAQ

Marvell provides a new FW improve Marvell 9230 HDD stability, please follow below procedure to update Marvell 9230 FW.

Download M9230_1063.zip from https://download.asrock.com/TSD/M9230_1063.zip

1. Make a DOS bootable drive on USB disk, can follow below link to do it. http://rufus.akeo.ie/
2. Make sure your MB BIOS is the latest version.
3. Unzip attached M9230_1063.zip file to bootable USB drive.
4. After boot to DOS, type “start” in the command line as below screen shot.
   
   
   
   
   
5. Shut down/Reboot the system.

Preparation:

1. A boot USB drive
   (P.S. you can build a boot USB drive by rufus https://rufus.akeo.ie/ )
2. Copy "Marvell 9230_UEFI" folder into bootable USB drive.
   Press to Download

Step:

1. Press F2 or Del into BIOS, select "Yes, Boot to SATAIII_M0_M3(UEFI Driver)" in BIOS -> Advanced -> Storage Configuration -> Bootable Marvell 9230 SATAIII
   
2. Save and exit BIOS.
3. Press F11 while booting and select "UEFI: Built-in EFI Shell".
   
4. Type "fs3:" enter to your USB Drive directory
   
5. Type "cd 9230_UEFI\Utility" then type "ui64.efi" to enter 9230 UEFI option ROM.
   
6. Select "Configuration Wizard" to start creating a RAID mode.
   
7. Press space to select free disks you want and select "NEXT" to continue.
   
8. RAID mode is created successfully.