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I have just managed to flash 2 M1015 controllers with the IT firmware. It was a bit of a challenge . Here are some results which I hope may help others going down the same route... Both M1015 controllers were new build pulls with a manufacturing date of 16th Jan 2011. Motherboards flashing tried on; MSI P45-C51 = Failed. 'Cannot initialize PAL' issue. Asus P8H67 = Failed. as above. ASRock Z68 Extreme 4 = Failed. See peculiar observations below. MSI ??? = Success. I will checkout the board model when I get home tonight. It is an old red PCB board with a 775 socket and built in VGA video (just in case someone can guess the model). Peculiar observations with the ASRock board: Megaraid Card not detected in 16x or 8x PCIe 2.0 slots Megaraid Card was detected in 4x PCIe 2.0 slot. Megaraid Bios backed up and erased but after reboot, came up with the same 'Cannot Initialize Pal' again. Luckily the board that does work has internal video, a couple of ram sticks in it and so just need to hook up a PSU and put the flash drive in and it is up and running to flash the cards. Ha, maybe I should offer a flashing service . Another interesting point is that the links to LSI provided here concerning the 'PAL' issue state that the machine should not be rebooted after clearing the ROM or it will brick the controller. This is clearly not the case from my own experience. RB