Hello All,

 

I'm brand new here and attempting my first build. Unfortunately I ran into trouble right away and am having problems getting my AOC-SASLP-MV8 controller cards set up. I installed them onto a Supermicro MBD-X9SCM-F-O motherboard. But whatever I do I can't get the card bios to show up during boot. I have tried each of the card separately using multiple PCIe slots.

 

Is there some step I'm missing or some BIOS setting that I need to change. I searched the forums and it seems like other are using this board/controller combo without mention of any problems.

 

A created a USB boot to dos and ran the mdu.exe program that is included in the firmware downgrade (.21 to .15). I tried to backup the card configuration and it errors. I really don't know what to do. Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated.

Bad card perhaps?

Since I have 2 of them and both behave the same way I figured that it wasn't the cards, but just to be sure I tried them in another computer.

 

I still don't see a prompt to get into their bios. I even tried hitting ctl-m constantly though the boot just in case it was just flashing by too fast, but no luck.

 

Anyone have an idea what to try next? Or should I just return the cards?

FYI, in case anyone find this,

 

I re-flashed that latest bios onto both cards and I'm good to go.

If you find the delay on boot up annoying while the cards are initiating the unused RAID feature then this can also be disabled. I've been running the cards like this for a few months without issue.

 

Good to hear you solved the issue.

 

TheWombat

TheWombat,

 

I saw your post and modified the 6480.txt file that came with the firmware (before I flashed it). After re-flashing, [RAID FEATURE] and [RAID5] show "disable" as you described.

 

Now it initializes the cards, and waits while the drives spin up. It takes maybe 10-15 sec for both cards.

 

Thanks for the help.

Good to hear.

 

TheWombat