psxstudio

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  1. I'm glad everything has worked out for you. It was pain in the a$$ to get ACHI working with this mobo. =[ One last thing, the amd achi driver still doesn't pass the smart data. =[ JB
  2. I have the 4220 case... Like poster above, I'd give it 8 out of 10 as well. Solid performer for your bucks. As for the temps... I'm using the stock 80mm fan board (made the 3 pin cable and it's plug into the mobo's chassis fan) and changed out the rear 80mm with Arctic 80mm pwm's. Temps are: CPU - 26-27, mobo - 23, and HD's are in 22-23 degrees (4 on mobo w/o temp data and 4 on SASLP). JB
  3. The reason why I stayed with the 80mm fans. Josh, you can rewire the fan plug to the 3 wire and plug in it into the chassis fan 2 on the mobo. Change the bios setting on the chassis fan to standard mode. I did this on my norco 4220 case along with the rear (switched it out with Arctic 80mm pwm's) and the system is pretty quiet. My desktop which is next to the norco case is ALOT noisier than the norco. Also, the system runs quite cool... cpu temp at 26-27 degrees, mobo temps at 23 degrees and HD temps (ones that are plugged into the SASLP) shows 22-24 degrees. JB
  4. yeah... I get all the SMART data from the SASLP controller but not from the mobo sata in AHCI. Glad that you got it working also. This problem was pain in the a$$. JB
  5. I'm only using the older firmware 'cause the asus mobo (M4A89GTD PRO) locks up and will not boot on 3.1.0.21 firmware. As for the SMART... if you are using AMD AHCI, no dice either in 3.1.015N or 3.1.0.21 firmware. AMD AHCI is an actually a raid driver so no SMART data gets passed on. JB
  6. Yeah... you can flash the 6440.bin but I think the SASLP is 6480 marvell chip. Not sure what's gonna happen if you flash the 6440. JB
  7. Very good question. mvf.exe is used to flash the newer firmware. The 3.1.0.15N firmware package didn't have mvf.exe, instead it had mdu.exe. Thus, I used the smc-n.bat (included in the 15N package) to flash the firmware. JB
  8. Yeah, I know. Kinda sux in a way. But I'm still setting up WHSv1 system with DE and manage the disks in WHSv1. I'm going to have duplication turned on certain things (photos and music mainly). As for the movies, I'm going to use FlexRaid (use multiple parity drives as I add more drives to the system). I know this is unRaid forum so don't flame me. LOL JB
  9. Update: Yay!!! I updated/changed the SASLP firmware from 3.1.0.21 to 3.1.0.15N and changed the mobo bios to AHCI mode... viola!!! system boots into WHS with the SASLP in PCI-Ex16 slot 2 (blue one). I'm was wondering what the Asus tech support said... "option rom isn't big enough"... the 3.1.0.21 firmware size is twice as big as the 3.1.0.15N firmware. Thus, mobo bios was able to load the SASLP rom and pass on the boot sequence back to mobo to continue the boot process. Whew! Thanx ALOT to the OP regarding the old firmware. Now, my system is setup for WHS in AHCI mode (all 6 sata ports) and SASLP fully working. Only thing bad (not really...) about the system is that the AMD AHCI driver is actually a RAID driver so it does not pass on the SMART data! Gah... UPDATE 2: How to downgrade SASLP firmware to 3.1.0.15N (I'm using Windows 7 to make the ubcd usb but should work in any OS?) I used this http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/customize.html to add a FreeDOS user customization menu option. Scroll down to "Adding FreeDOS-based applications" and DL CabPack V1.4a as well. 1. DL ubcd503.iso and extract the contents to /ubcd dir of your choice 2. Extract CabPack V1.4a to <any dir of your choice> 3. Follow the above guide to make the USB flashdrive bootable and install ubcd to the USB drive (use the Making UBCD memory stick section) 3a. Just need to modify custom.ini and custom.cfg files... skip the rest of stuff 4. Boot the system with the USB drive 5. Select User-Defined menu option 5a. At the boot menu, select 1 Boot UMBPCI (silent) option 6. Select your SASLP selection you've created in 2 6a. Once the start.bat finishes (I put that file in there... it's basically dummy file with ECHO commands), select "exit" at the UBCD popup window and you'll be in the dos prompt. 7. Flash the 3.1.0.15N firmware (execute smc-n.bat file) and reboot 8. Change settings in mobo bios and boot the system Here's my custom.cfg file: ------------------------------------------------------------------ # # Useful resources for UBCD customization: # # - http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/The_SYSLINUX_Project # - http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/customize.html # MENU INCLUDE /ubcd/menus/syslinux/defaults.cfg UI /boot/syslinux/menu.c32 LABEL - MENU LABEL .. COM32 /boot/syslinux/menu.c32 APPEND /ubcd/menus/syslinux/main.cfg LABEL - MENU LABEL SASLP V3.1.0.15N TEXT HELP SASLP Firmware Update ENDTEXT LINUX /boot/syslinux/memdisk INITRD /ubcd/images/fdubcd.img.gz APPEND raw ubcdcmd=saslp LABEL - MENU LABEL Your own boot image here TEXT HELP Your help message goes here. ENDTEXT LINUX /boot/syslinux/memdisk INITRD /ubcd/custom/boot.img APPEND - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Here's my custom.ini file: ------------------------------------------------------------------ [user Defined] saslp; "start.bat"; -$;SASLP firmware update ------------------------------------------------------------------ *** I named the cab file saslp.cab and put the file in /ubcd/ubcd/dosapps *** Now, all I need to figure out is how to get smart data from AMD AHCI drivers. There's known issue where AMD AHCI driver is an actual RAID driver, thus SMART data doesn't get passed on. Sigh... JB
  10. LOL. Josh, I got the same email reply back from Asus. Looks like canned message. Bahhh... ------------ fm Asus Tech Support: Hello, This boards shawdow ROM which is a portion of the BIOS that allows add on cards in not big enough to support AHCI/RAID. You will only be able to use this card with the settings of IDE. Best Regards, Rob Asus Tech Support --------------------------- Gonna try the 3.1.0.15N firmware on the card tonight. Going to have to create a bootable USB to install it thought. Hmmmm.... JB
  11. Yeah, I know that. I'm trying to use the SASLP card in WHS build. JB
  12. Hehe... I just got an email from SM saying that "Didn't I just sent you the 15 firmware?" cause I also emailed SM about getting a 15 firmware to test out. LOL I'll send you a PM and send me the 15 firmware pls (still waiting for a reply back from SM regarding the 15 firmware)... I want to test this out. Thanks. JB
  13. Same problem I'm having. As for the IDE and AHCI... in AHCI you get hot-swap capability. JB
  14. Yeah... it's the same problem I'm having as well as Josh. Did you change the bios sata mode to AHCI when you tried to boot? My system will only boot when the sata ports are set to IDE with the SASLP card installed. I've contacted Asus customer service regarding this and no response yet. Sigh. JB
  15. Hi, 1st post here.... I registered to post since I'm having problems with the SASLP and the same Asus mobo. Did you downgrade the SASLP's firmware? Did it work? I'm pulling my hair out 'cause I can't get the system to boot with AHCI enabled. =[ I have SASLP w/ 3.1.0.21 firmware and only time it'll boot is when the bios is set to IDE mode. JB