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    ARECA Owner's Thread (SAS/SATA RAID Cards)

    If you click on a specific drive in your RAID Set Hierarchy screen, you will be able to see that particular drive's Firmware version.
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    ARECA Owner's Thread (SAS/SATA RAID Cards)

    This is where you find the expander firmware on Areca's support web site
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    ARECA Owner's Thread (SAS/SATA RAID Cards)

    For my 1882ix-12 I use the updated 1.16 expander firmware (4.01.160116) that I updated via the serial port on the card. Most issues with disk compatibility are fixed by updating the expander and not the controller itself. The firmware comes in two files and you use a null modem cable and a...
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    Areca 1680ix optimization - firmware and SATA speed.

    I've recently acquired an older Areca card - ARC-1680xi. I've noticed that my SATA drives were running at SATA150 (SATA 1) instead of the card's maximum SATA300 (SATA 2) speed even though they were all SATA 3 drives. Upon reading some about it I've decided to ensure that the card has the...
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    Areca SSD RAID performance low

    You have to use the CLI interface via a terminal to program the SAS expander build into the card for SATA300 minimum speed. See ftp://ftp.areca.com.tw/RaidCards/BIOS_Firmware/ARC1680/Expander/SAS_RAID_Expander_CLI_V1.0_201007.zip for more info
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