Hi, I am having the same problem trying to identify the real deal....
When looking online, even newegg, it looks different to what I would expect, has anyone got a picture of am authentic LSI LSI00244 9201-16i controller?
I can see different colouring of the PCBA, some transistors have different colouring, LSI logo missing sometimes, the heatsink looks different. Maybe the layout was changed by LSI, maybe not....
At the moment I am really unable to tell what the original should look like. Too many counterfeit controllers on the web for premium prices.
If you look at the pictures, all of them claim that their controllers are the authentic LSI controllers, any help would be appreciated.