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Same firmware 02 = 1x bus 01 = 2x bus on a 4x card

I have ordered a CH341A i will dump the firmware and post a copy once i have flashed my other two cards I will dump the card with the known firmware first then find the exact bytes i have to trim the bin down to to match the crc32 then do the same with the latest firmware

My cards came just now ASM1166 PCE6SAT-A02 (1x) Firmware 201105-001f-02 ASM1166 PCE6SAT-A01 (4x) Firmware 221118-003E-00 ASM1166 PCE6SAT-A01 (4x) Orig card was 200529-00D-02 flashed with Silverstone ECS06 Firmware We need to dump the November 2022 firmware oh btw 221118-003E-00 doesnt have the removable flag on the ports the other two firmwares do

Yes the firmware is newer 19th April 2022 does anyone know how to dump a copy for other's I have two cards coming from aliexpress hopefully atleast one of them will have a newer firmware than the current one

Thanks I presumed they would be good but sometimes things are quirky

Does anyone have any experience with multiple ASM1166's in the same machine Do they work fine together? I presume so but you never know and didnt really check before ordering more cards I picked one up a couple of months ago (PCE6SAT-A01 4x Physical 2x Electrical) to compliment my LSI 9207 4i4e It has been solid I am rebuilding the server atm with a Meshify 2 in the server layout with 19 Drives I have never been happy with the heat output of the LSI card so took the case upgrade as an opertunity to move the drives in the sas enclosure into the case and ditch the LSI Controller I ordered two more ASM1166's from aliexpress PCE6SAT-A01 (4x Physical 2x Electrical) PCE6SAT-A02 (1x) They will be setup as follows Z390 Aorus Master + 9900K M2M Intel Optane 1600X 118GB (4x) M2A Intel Optane 800P 118GB (2x) M2P Intel Optane 800P 118GB (2x) PCH 1x Slot 1 ASM1166 PCE6SAT-A02 (1x) CPU 16x Slot Micron 3400 512GB OS Drive (4x) PCH 1x Slot 2 Realtek 8125B (1x) CPU 8x Slot ASM1166 PCE6SAT-A01 (2x) PCH 1x Slot 3 Realtek 8125B (1x) PCH 4x Slot ASM1166 PCE6SAT-A01 (2x) So the end result will be 18 Ports from ASM 1166's 4 Ports on the motherboard (2 of the 6 are lost due to PCH limitations using NVME Drives) so 22 Sata Ports + 4 Nvme Drives for 11 3.5" Drives + 8 2.5" drives