RTL9210

Firmware and tools for RTL9210A and RTL9210B USB to NVMe/SATA bridge controller. They are provided by station-drivers.com, Realtek, etc.

Don't hesitate to support station-drivers.com, they are a great source for drivers and firmware.

All procedures described in this Git repository are at your own risk. In case of software issues, you can find some solutions in the Unbrick section.

Table of Contents

• Firmware
• Chipset List
• Files and Folders
• Supported Devices
• How to Flash the Firmware
• Configuration
• Create your own configuration
• Unbrick
• Firmware changelog
• Contribute
• Sources

Firmware

The table below lists all known firmware versions available in this git repository's firmware folder.

| Firmware version | RTL9201(A) | RTL9210(A) | RTL9210B | RTL9220A | Links | | -------------------- | ---------- | ---------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | | 1.20.12 | ❓ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | Download | | 1.23.5 | ❓ | ❓ | ❓ | ❌ | Not found yet | | 1.23.9 | ❓ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | Download | | 1.23.15 | ❓ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | Download | | 1.24.2 | ❓ | ❓ | ✅ | ❓ | Not found yet | | 1.25.7 | ❓ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | Download | | 1.25.14 | ❓ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | Download | | 1.25.18 | ❓ | ✅ | ❓ | ❌ | Download | | 1.27.24 | ❓ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | Download | | 1.27.25 | ❓ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | Download | | 1.28.17 | ❓ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | Download | | 1.29.8 | ❓ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | Download | | 1.29.12 | ❓ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | Download | | 1.29.12.011122 | ✅ | ❓ | ✅ | ❓ | Download | | 1.29.391 | ❓ | ✅ | ❌ | ❓ | Download | | 1.30.17 | ❓ | ❓ | ✅ | ❓ | Download | | 1.30.21.070622 | ❓ | ✅ | ✅ | ❓ | Download | | 1.30.24.030822 | ❓ | ❓ | ✅ | ❓ | Download | | 1.30.28.081022 | ❓ | ❓ | ✅ | ❓ | Download | | 1.31.17.102022 | ❓ | ❓ | ✅ | ❓ | Download | | 1.31.17.102022 (2) | ❓ | ❓ | ✅ | ❓ | Download | | 1.32.16.010923 | ❓ | ❓ | ✅ | ❓ | Download | | 1.32.45.041323 | ❓ | ❓ | ✅ | ❓ | Download | | 1.32.49.140423 | ❓ | ❓ | ✅ | ❓ | Download | | 1.32.49.140423 (Lcd) | ❓ | ❓ | ✅ | ❓ | Download | | 1.32.68.062623 | ❓ | ❓ | ✅ | ❓ | Download | | 1.32.87.082923 | ❓ | ❓ | ✅ | ❓ | Download | | 1.32.901.120722 | ❓ | ❓ | ✅ | ❓ | Download | | 1.33.5.100623 | ❓ | ❓ | ✅ | ❓ | - | | 1.33.7.191023 | ❓ | ❌ | ✅ | ❓ | Download | | 1.33.44.011824 | ❓ | ❓ | ✅ | ❓ | Download | | 1.33.98.090324 | ❓ | ❌ | ✅ | ❓ | Download | | 1.34.29.011325 | ❓ | ❌ | ✅ | ❓ | Download | | 1.34.39.032625 | ❓ | ❌ | ✅ | ❓ | Download |

Chipset List

| Hardware | USB | PCIe/NVMe | SATA | Others features | | ----------- | ------------ | --------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | RTL9201(A) | 3.x 10Gbps | - | SATA 3 | Many bugs | | RTL9201R | 3.x 10Gbps | - | SATA 3 | | | RTL9210(A) | 3.x 10Gbps | 3.0x2 | SATA 3 | Some enclosure only support NVMe or SATA | | RTL9210VA | 3.x 10Gbps | 3.0x2 | SATA 3 | | | RTL9210B | 3.x 10Gbps | 3.0x2 | SATA 3 | RTL9210B-CG | | RTL9210VB | 3.x 10Gbps | 3.0x2 | SATA 3 | | | RTL9210BPD | 3.x 10Gbps | 3.0x2 | SATA 3 | Power Delivery support, RTL9210BPD-CG | | RTL9220 (A) | 3.2 20Gbps | 3.0x4 ? | - | | | RTL9220VA | 3.2 20Gbps ? | 3.0x4 ? | - | | | RTL9220DP | 3.2 40Gbps | 3.0x4 | - | RAID0, RAID1 |

Files and Folders

• configure: All configurations for each device.
• dump: All dumps for each device.
• firmware: All found firmware.

Supported Devices

There are dozens of devices with the RTL9210B, I have gathered in this git repository some firmware configs found on the www.station-drivers.com forums.

You can check in the configure folder or use values from the dump folder to create your own configuration.

| Brand | Model | Controller | config file | dump | Notes | | -------------- | ----------- | ------------ | ---------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ | ----- | | Fideco | M211CP | RTL9210B | config | dump | | | Inateck | FE2025 | RTL9210B | config | dump | | | Sabrent | EC-SNVE | RTL9210B | config | | | | Mokin | MOUD0501 | RTL9210B |