Hi, I have a CM5571 Asus which uses a P5QL-M-EPU motherboard. I've upgraded the bios to use the latest CPU codes and indeed it runs fine with a socket 771 XEON X5460 chip + the usual mods. Since it's an OEM MoBo, it already had the SLIC tables that allowed me to jump from OEM Win7 to Win 10 cost-free.
The motherboard is believed to be an OEM variation on the P5QL-VM-EPU. Visually the to boards look nearly identical (heat sinks/component placement etc).
The P5QL-M has an G43 chipset and the ICH10 controller. Unfortunately there is no menu to switch the hard drives into AHCI mode. They are stuck in IDE mode. In IDE mode I can't update the SSD firmware. I suppose it's a minor thing, but AHCI mode would be nice if it's possible.
Using AMIBCP v 3.46, there appears to be no *hidden* AHCI settings menu in the BIOS, however the bios for the P5QL-VM MoBo has those settings and much more. I've wondered if swapping out the 8086:2E22 PCI Option Rom component in the rom for an updated intel pchAHCI.bin file would help but I suspect I'd still be left without a way to select AHCI mode.
Although I'd rather DIY this, adding menu items is currently beyond me (unless someone wants to point out a how-to thread for non UEFI AMI bioses).
The latest (unmodified w/ CPU codes) P5QL-M bios is here.
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/Desktop...1-0407.zip
The latest P5QL-VM bios is here:
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/sock...S-0601.zip
Is anyone willing to take a look to see if AHCI selectability can be added to the P5QL-M bios? Thanks!
The motherboard is believed to be an OEM variation on the P5QL-VM-EPU. Visually the to boards look nearly identical (heat sinks/component placement etc).
The P5QL-M has an G43 chipset and the ICH10 controller. Unfortunately there is no menu to switch the hard drives into AHCI mode. They are stuck in IDE mode. In IDE mode I can't update the SSD firmware. I suppose it's a minor thing, but AHCI mode would be nice if it's possible.
Using AMIBCP v 3.46, there appears to be no *hidden* AHCI settings menu in the BIOS, however the bios for the P5QL-VM MoBo has those settings and much more. I've wondered if swapping out the 8086:2E22 PCI Option Rom component in the rom for an updated intel pchAHCI.bin file would help but I suspect I'd still be left without a way to select AHCI mode.
Although I'd rather DIY this, adding menu items is currently beyond me (unless someone wants to point out a how-to thread for non UEFI AMI bioses).
The latest (unmodified w/ CPU codes) P5QL-M bios is here.
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/Desktop...1-0407.zip
The latest P5QL-VM bios is here:
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/sock...S-0601.zip
Is anyone willing to take a look to see if AHCI selectability can be added to the P5QL-M bios? Thanks!