New Marvell (beta) Controller Driver is Released - but not for MSI?

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I've been following the Marvell controller situation pretty closely the past week or so because of the BSOD it's been causing on my board.

ASUS has just posted a new Marvell driver for the 91XX, which is on the XPower (88SE9128) and I assume many other X-58 boards.

My question is, does Marvell release one driver that's compatible with all the X-58 boards? Or do they make one for each manufacturer?

I'm very anxious to try it, see if it helps with the BSOD. Should I wait until MSI posts it on their download page, or am I waiting in vain because maybe they never post Beta releases?

Thank you guys!
 
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Should I wait until MSI posts it on their download page, or am I waiting in vain because maybe they never post Beta releases?
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To the best of my knowledge, MSI will not list a beta for download. If they have the one you are looking for in testing, you might open a ticket with Tech Support & see what they have to say about it.
 
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Ah Thanks HU that's a great idea.

I'm sure I'll find it eventually but...where do I begin the process of "opening a ticket with Tech Support"?

Thanks again!
 
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Stupid question but - I want to roll back the mv91xx.sys driver. The last one I got from the MSI site is just not working for me - the BSOD are increasing and performance is terrible.

I still have the setup.exe file from the previous driver.

But what happens when I uninstall the current one? From Programs and Features in the Control Panel. Will the system just stop working or ... it's my OS driver after all. I'm nervous about uninstalling it. Should I be? I can immediately install the previous one like I said...
 
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Which driver are you using?

Marvell has V1.2.00.1002 for MV9xxx Sata3 controllers.  If you want to try, you can download from www.station-drivers.com.  Just be cautious using drivers not approved by MSI.

I have found the Marvell Storage Utility Windows software to be poorly written and problematic.  If you have it installed, remove it.  That may fix your problem.
 
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Thanks Clay - I never did install the MSU software. I was using the most current driver on MSI's site - the 1.0.0.1047 WHQL.

I've asked around about station-drivers and some say they're fine, others say basically what you did, "be careful."

They've had the 1.2.00.1002 on their site for awhile, and now I see ASUS has it on their site for their X-58 boards. It's listed as a "Beta."

Not sure if I'll even bother with it. I rolled back to the msahci and I'm getting the performance I was was getting originally. I think it was only the last official driver - the 1047 - that caused all (or most) of the problems for me.
 
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