June 26, 20215 yr Sitting on the breadboard right now. I can get into the BIOS and even boot to the unRAID USB with the CPU, RAM, and m.2 SSD insalled, but with the LSI card in the x16 slot I get nothing but a blank screen. The green LED on the card is blinking and the heatsink is getting warm, but still no magic after 15 minutes in this state. This is a used/refurb card that I found on eBay advertised as already flashed into IT mode and ready for unRAID, trueNAS, etc. At this point, I'm wondering about two things: 1) is this card compatible with my motherboard? I did a cursory search but didn't turn up anything meaningful. I can't imagine why they shouldn't work together, but it's one possibility. 2) is this card working as it should? I got it from a reputable seller, but I suppose unexpected failures can and do occur during shipping. I have been crawling through a few forum posts of people with problems similar to mine, but none of what I've found seems to be getting me anywhere. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Hardware: intel core i5-9400T Gigabyte B365M DS3H motherboard 2x Team Elite 16GB DDR4 3200 Sabrent Rocket Q 500GB NVMe PCIe M.2 2280 LSI 9207-8i (IBM M5110) RAID card, flashed to IT mode*
June 26, 20215 yr Can you get to the "bios" of the LSI card (CTRL-S if I remember) when it's itemizing the drives connected to it?
June 27, 20215 yr 16 hours ago, gillflicka said: but with the LSI card in the x16 slot I get nothing but a blank screen. Maybe a defective controller... And yes, the card is working on your hardware. Edited June 27, 20215 yr by Zonediver
June 29, 20215 yr Author On 6/27/2021 at 7:59 AM, Zonediver said: Maybe a defective controller... Beginning to lean in that direction. Spamming Ctrl-C or Ctrl-S on startup doesn't affect behavior. The computer boots up and the green LED on the card blinks for a few seconds and then two red LEDs flash and the whole rig, or the fans at least, cuts off and powers back up. It will stay in that state and just get warmer indefinitely it seems. At this point I intend to reach out to the seller and see if they have any better ideas before settling on a return. Thanks a bunch for the help.
July 14, 20214 yr Was it a defective card? I'm looking to purchase the same card on ebay. I noticed the seller say the card does not come with any boot services, did your card come with uefi bios?
May 22, 20251 yr On 6/26/2021 at 4:13 PM, gillflicka said:Sitting on the breadboard right now. I can get into the BIOS and even boot to the unRAID USB with the CPU, RAM, and m.2 SSD insalled, but with the LSI card in the x16 slot I get nothing but a blank screen. The green LED on the card is blinking and the heatsink is getting warm, but still no magic after 15 minutes in this state. This is a used/refurb card that I found on eBay advertised as already flashed into IT mode and ready for unRAID, trueNAS, etc. At this point, I'm wondering about two things: 1) is this card compatible with my motherboard? I did a cursory search but didn't turn up anything meaningful. I can't imagine why they shouldn't work together, but it's one possibility. 2) is this card working as it should? I got it from a reputable seller, but I suppose unexpected failures can and do occur during shipping. I have been crawling through a few forum posts of people with problems similar to mine, but none of what I've found seems to be getting me anywhere. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Hardware:intel core i5-9400TGigabyte B365M DS3H motherboard2x Team Elite 16GB DDR4 3200Sabrent Rocket Q 500GB NVMe PCIe M.2 2280LSI 9207-8i (IBM M5110) RAID card, flashed to IT mode*Did you ever resolve this? I am experiencing the same symptoms with the same model card right now.
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.