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Hi, I bought the already flashed to IT mode LSI card 9207-81 off of Ebay, seller has a good reputation. I have tried it in both my bigger pcie slots and can't get the motherboard to pick it up. FYI: Ryzen cpu 1700X. Asrock x370 killer sli Anybody else running this board and card? Asrock support just says compatibility issue. It might be time for another board. I didn't want to change my CPU at the moment, but I do at some point. Not too many boards support a ist gen Ryzen and allow you to upgrade the cpu. Using these cables https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B012BPLYJC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_image_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Thanks

According to Asrock they say the board may not be compatible.

Hi, I have the ones with the main lead and 4 going off of that. Board is Asrock x370 SLI LSI 6Gbps SAS HBA LSI 9201-8i = 9211-8i IT Mode ZFS FreeNAS unRAID US These are the cables https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B012BPLYJC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_image_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 The funny thing is it won't let me boot into the Bios when this card is plugged in. I'm wondering if it's the drives I have plugged in. They are only going to be used as backups under unassigned devices. My main drives are Seagate 10tb, these ones are WDs 4TB. Maybe they need formatting? Isn't that what unassigned devices does? Thanks for the reply.

Looks like it just rebuilt the data, doesn't look like I lost anything. Now if I could get my LSI sata controller to pickup in unraid I would be all set. It's already in IT Mode. Just won't work. Thanks for the reply appreciate it.

I think it did have an x on it. I just went ahead and re added it It said disk is now active, it's running a parity sync / data rebuild. I read that as long as the disk was setup by unraid before it shouldn't touch the data. If I'm wrong my bad. LOL. Thanks for the reply. Appreciate it.

Hi, I had some motherboard issues and ended up unplugging my drives and plugging them back in. I have 5 10tb disks with 1 as a parity. When I booted up it said "Disk 2 Not Installed" It looks like it has put itself in Unassigned Devices. If I stop the array and use the dropdown menu and add it back to my main array will it wipe the data off? I don't want to loss the data. Thanks

Funny thing, tried logging in again and it worked. LOL...Making progress. Afraid to add my LSI controller now (Already in IT Mode) I need it to add some drives to Unassigned devices.

Hi SirReal63, Made some progress. I cleared the Bios settings from the board, rearranged a couple slots, and was able to boot up. Here's the other problem. It's booting to a different ip then what's in my network config file. Obviously I can't access unraid from the browser. Tried deleting network file but it didn't do nothing. If I go into Windows explorer and select my server, all it shows me is the flash drive folder. Normally I would see all my server folders. Any ideas? Thanks!

Yeah, didn't pay much for mine either $120. GTX 1030? Good enough for display. Hardly ever got used and still might have broke. LOL

I hope so. I didn't spend a lot on the card only using it for display. Thought about a better card for working with Plex, but they say trans coding with your cpu is better. I can't say I have never tried the other way. Thanks for going out of your way to help. I will let you know what happens. Probably just order a video card. I'm seriously thinking that is what it is. A slightly better card wouldn't hurt Be safe!

Stupid me, you are right could be the video card. This system is only about a year and a half old.

Using a Ryzen 1700x 8 core cpu. If I change this board I will probably have to change the cpu. I was looking at going a little bigger anyway, not right now if I didn't have to. Not too many boards that will support this cpu and allow for upgrading. Little frustrating LOL. I hate shopping for motherboards. Don't have another cpu.

Plugged the laptop in the same line going to the screen and it worked. You would think with nothing plugged in it would boot to an error screen. I have never seen anything like this. Maybe hdmi? I have 2 of them one on the board and one one the network card. Tried both.

Just tried what you suggested. I pulled everything except the network card. Still won't kick to the screen, thinking the board must be gone. It should at least send something to the screen, screen is not detecting anything.

Thank you, I will have to try that appreciate it.

I'm aware of that and have tried that. The problem is it won't load the motherboard screen at all. Have checked the hdmi feed it works. I'm thinking that controller screwed the board up somehow. The lights on the board are active and the network adapter is active. Doesn't mean it's still not broke, seems very odd.

Hi, FYI: Asrock x370 Killer SLI board I purchased a LSI 6Gbps SAS HBA LSI 9201-8i = 9211-8i IT Mode. I installed it but the drives I added didn't show up, so I removed it and I was going to deal with it later. Now the flash drive won't even boot to the motherboard so I can't even get into the bios settings. It just boots to a blank screen, so I'm assuming it probably changed the boot order on me when I added the controller. Not sure how to access board now. Even when I switch USB ports the light stays solid on the flash drive until I start the server up. Is that normal? Don't remember seeing that before. I originally thought it was the flash drive, just changed that a number of months ago. I know they can still go again, thinking the LSI controller broke it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! Side note: I have an old ssd drive I no longer use that I have removed from the system, but can not get it to remove from the unassigned devices. What unassigned devices app should I be using? Standard or Plus?

Also found this one: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/LSI-6Gbps-SAS-HBA-LSI-9201-8i-9211-8i-IT-Mode-ZFS-FreeNAS-unRAID-US/142748462843

Sorry, I'm assuming this would work? https://laptopparts.ca/products/new-lsi-9211-8i-sas-sata-8-port-pci-e-6gb-raid-controller-board-it-mode?variant=30263913868&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=Google Shopping&gclid=CjwKCAjwh472BRAGEiwAvHVfGjWI4X4Zd5BLRjrkSjiptMZaZt1t3xEAnZRYGXCuOIdx9XrHZOtUnRoCMikQAvD_BwE Considering buying new because I'm in Canada and have to pay exchange and shipping. Going to workout not that much different.

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Hi, FYI: ASRock - X370 Killer SLI Looking for a sata controller 6 or 8 ports that just plugs and works. Main sata controller all filled. Last one I bought didn't work. From what I understand most people buy them off Ebay and are in IT Mode. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Hi Everybody, At some point I'm going to have to change my motherboard which is a ASRock - X370 Killer SLI., and my cpu. I have a big Thermaltake case that holds up to 20 drives, but unfortunately I have used all my 6SATA3 ports. In the meantime I need to setup external backup drives that i can sync data to. These drives will not be connected to the array. Looking for at least 8 bays 3.5 drives. Anybody be able to recommend something that will play nice? Thank you Randy