Nitram Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I was wondering if anyone had any experience with the Supermicro SASLP 8 port controller on the Gigabyte 880ga ud3h motherboard. Specifically in the PCIe 16x slot? I have written Gigabyte as well but no response from them yet as to whether it will work in that slot or not.. Thanks for your responses N. Link to comment
Dropkick Murphy Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 I did a Google search before I installed mine and discovered that PCIe slots are backward compatible so the 16x slot should work fine. I have a different board but the thing worked perfectly right out of the box. Just make sure you buy FORWARD breakout cables. I got some from Monoprice for under $10. Link to comment
slarco Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I just got the same card on the same board. Do i need to install some drivers on the Pendrive or Im ready to go ?? Link to comment
Nitram Posted March 23, 2012 Author Share Posted March 23, 2012 I have not yet purchased the controller as I was waiting to hear from someone on if it would work in the first x16 slot on the motherboard. Slarco, have you installed the controller in the x16 slot and achieved satisfactory performance with the controller in this slot? Gigabyte did get back to me and informed me that the x16 slot is for video cards only but the controller would likely work in the x4 slot though. Would you please tell me of your success (or not) using the SASLP MV8 controller in the x16 slot on this particular motherboard? Thanks for your interest. N. Link to comment
slarco Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I have not yet purchased the controller as I was waiting to hear from someone on if it would work in the first x16 slot on the motherboard. Slarco, have you installed the controller in the x16 slot and achieved satisfactory performance with the controller in this slot? Gigabyte did get back to me and informed me that the x16 slot is for video cards only but the controller would likely work in the x4 slot though. Would you please tell me of your success (or not) using the SASLP MV8 controller in the x16 slot on this particular motherboard? Thanks for your interest. N. right now i can't get it to work either on the 16x or the 4x slot. I been reading and it seems to be a problem with the .21 bios on the sas card. Also read that should work fine on the 16x slot. Im waiting for some one to give me some help Link to comment
slarco Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 I flashed the mobo bios to the latest version and the card bios to the older version (.15N). Now the card works only on the x4 slot. No love from the x16 slot. (this is without any drive attached to the card) As soon as i attached any drive to the sas card im back to the black scren. The HDD's are detected on the card bios and showing as ready on the card led. Tried with INT13 enabled & disabled x4 and x16 slot still no luck Any idea??? Link to comment
generalz Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 did you check the boot order when you moved the card to make sure your usb drive is still first? Link to comment
daniel.boone Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Now the card works only on the x4 slot. No love from the x16 slot. (this is without any drive attached to the card) What happens when installed in the x16 slot? If there are 2 of the x16 slots try both. My saslp only worked in one of the slots. If I added any other hba none would work. My GB motherboard, different model, reconfigures the boot order every time I add a drive. Generalz may have nailed your boot issue. Link to comment
daniel.boone Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 This may help http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=19517.0 Link to comment
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