I acquired two AliExpress.com PCI SATA cards with Sil3112ACT144 with AM28F010 EEPROM ICs. They provide two internal SATA ports (and, alas, no external ports, nor provisions to add any).
As expected I wasn’t able to reprogram the AM28F010 EEPROMs since as DOSDude1 discovered they require 12 V...
Thanks so much Collin - your work and expert guidance are superb, and class act generous! I'd like to try to purchase Sil3112ACT144 ICs, in both physical sizes if available, then replace the other bridges with them, or just the HPT372NLF if the Sil3112ACT144 is only available in the larger size...
Testing one card at a time, I successfully installed dosdude1's latest firmware into one of my four SATA PCI cards in my Power Macintosh 9500/120 (with a 445 MHz G3 PowerPC processor card) running OS 9.1 with utter ease - the application is quite straightforward and elegant. And an attached HFS+...
I'm not privy to Collin and 68KMLA.Org sensitivities in the matter, so I just posted a request for permission to post exact copies of his files here with DosDude1 and 68KMLA.org attribution. In the meantime as I recall registration to 68KMLA.org is free and easy, and perhaps many...
Amazing work! A decompression conflict with USB functionality arose but Collin (DosDude1) appears to have resolved it. His 7 February post at https://68MMLA.Org/bb/index.php?threads/silicon-image-sil3112-flashing-easier-way-using-flashrom.7013/page-3 describes it, and provides three downloads...
Many thanks XodiumRetro! DosDude1's announcement, which includes a download for the new firmware, seems to be at https://68KMLA.Org/bb/index.php?threads/silicon-image-sil3112-flashing-easier-way-using-flashrom.7013/page-2#post-470798. (The file seems to download via...
Many thanks - very generously shared exploration and development work, especially XodlumRetro!
1. Additional information or clarification requests:
Do I understand correctly that the SATA card's native flash ICs are of sufficient storage capacity and compatible? So there's no need to replace...