AlexCherny

For information. What I've done: 1) I moved HP SC44Ge to another computer (there was an error "Failed to initialize PAL" on my PC, googled this error, there is problem with my MB) 2) Created DOS-USB key, added to key soft for rewriting version 1.26 and copies of old FW & BIOS 3) Boot from DOS 4) Erase FW and BIOS by "sasflash -o -e 6" 5) Rewrite with my FW & BIOS. Everything was well 6) Rewrite with more fresh FW & BIOS. No problem!

My best regards and please help me if possible! I have bought new HP StorageWorks LTO-4 Ultrium 1760 SAS Tape Drive and HP SC44Ge (LSI 3442e). I saw that firmware of my SC44Ge is old enough - 1.23.42.00-IR dated 2008/05/14 So I have tried to rewrite this firmware to new - FW:1.33.00.00, BIOS 6.36.00.00 / 22-AUG-11 (LSI P21) So I downloaded LSI SAS1068E Controllers(P21).rar - 1.46 MB (Windows), unpack it, read it and start 2_Backup_Current_Firmware_&_Bios_x64.bat at first. I got 1068E-Backup-BIOS.rom and 1068E-FW-Backup.fw files. After this I started 3_Flash_to_IR_mode_x64.bat (see attached Flashlog.txt) - no problem, firmware of controller was changed (see attached AdaptersCurrentFW-Bios.txt and AdaptersAfterFW-Bios.txt). But after restart of PC my Ultrium tape drive was lost. I cannot see it anywhere. Neither during initializing SC44Ge, nor in Windows (i have Win7 64 bit home edition). I have made conclusion that HP does not allow such operation. So i have tried - I used 1068E-Backup-BIOS.rom against mptsas.rom and 1068E-FW-Backup.fw against 3081ERB3.fw and have tried to run command line "sasflash_x64.exe -l Flashlog.txt -o -f 1068E-FW-Backup.fw -b 1068E-Backup-BIOS.rom" But operation was aborted due "Cannot move backwards from NVDATA version 2D03 to 2B89". (see attached Flashlog2.txt) Have I lost this controller? What can I do to make my tape drive alive again? Sorry for my poor english. Oleksandr Flashlog.txt AdaptersAfterFW-Bios.txt AdaptersCurrentFW-Bios.txt Flashlog2.txt