Technical Advisory

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Charge level thresholds have been improved as described in the table below:
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Improvement Solution
1
Eliminatetheconditionwhereaknown
goodSuperCapacitorswillbedeclared
as“Bad”prematurelywhengasgauge
bumpsthechargevoltagetonextlevel
astheSuperCapacitorsage.
UpdateFAULTConfigurationregisterinthegas
gaugetodisableassertionofFAULTfora
legitimatechargebump.
2
EliminatereportingofSuperCapacitors
failureswhenalearncyclefailsto
completesuccessfullydueto
componenttolerances.
Updatetapervoltagesettingstoredinthegas
gaugetotakeintoaccountoftheworstcase
componenttolerances.
3
Addresstheconditionwherethegas
gaugedevicedoesnotappropriately
increasethechargevoltagerequiredto
completeacacheoffloadsuccessfully
astheSuperCapacitorsage.
Incorporatelatestfirmwarefromgasgauge
manufacturerthatfixesthisissue.
4
Adjustthegasgaugeparametersto
assurereliableproductperformance
overthelifeoftheSuperCapacitors.
Updatecacheoffloadrelatedparameters
storedinthegasgauge.Updatecacheoffload
power,time,andminvoltagesettings.
Changes to the charge level thresholds can be applied to an RMFBU by booting the system into EFI and running the
gas gauge FW update utility. Instructions for applying this update are provided in the release notes for this update
which is available on the Intel support website at http://www.intel.com/support. The update is currently available for the
following products:
Raid Product Release Package Availability date
RAID Modules RMS25PB080,
RMS25PB040, RMT3PB080,
RMS25CB080, RMS25CB040,
or RMT3CB080 that have an
AXXRMFBU2 attached
FWUPD_0016.Zip May 1, 2014
RAID controllers RS25AB080
and RS25SB080 that ship with
an RMFBU and the RMFBU is
attached
RS25AB080_RS25SB008_TMMB_FWUPD_0016.zip May 1, 2014
RAID Controller RS25ZB040 or
an RS25ZB080LX with an
AXXRMFBU3 attached
TBD Estimated availability date is
May 15, 2014
RAIC Controller RS3DC080 or
RS3DC040 with an
AXXRMFBU4 attached
TBD Estimated availability date is
May 15, 2014
An update to this Technical Advisory with additional sechedule and availability information will be posted on or before
May 15
th
2014.
Intel will implement these changes in the factory as soon as possible; this factory change notification will be made via
the standard Intel Product Change Notification (PCN) process.
Please contact your Intel Sales Representative if you require more specific information about this issue.