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    Anyone have Astek's firmware tool?

    If you only need the LSI xutil and xflash tools to work directly with the expander, you can get those here
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    Astek A33606-PCI experiences?

    I was finally able to get the Astek firmware tool from an Astek reseller. For future reference, in case someone else is looking for it, I've made it available here. The tool made all the difference. The garbage output from the serial cable was a binary protocol like I suspected. With the...
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    Anyone have Astek's firmware tool?

    I was finally able to get it from an Astek reseller. For future reference, in case someone else is looking for it, I've made it available here.
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    Astek A33606-PCI experiences?

    Hehe, if it actually comes to that, I'll put the hours to more valuable use and buy a new card with the extra income. :) I tried Supermicro's equivalent firmware tool (both are based on LSI chips), but it said it couldn't talk to the expander. I'll have to re-check the cable and see that...
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    Anyone have Astek's firmware tool?

    I'm tryin to connect to my Astek A33606-PCI via the RS232 management port and it seems I need a firmware tool to do that. It looks like Astek's tool has disappeared from the internet, and while I'm trying two other tools from LSI and Supermicro, I was wondering if anyone happens to be...
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    Astek A33606-PCI experiences?

    Update: I got hold of mobilenvidia from the ServeTheHome thread and he verified the pinout. It's correct. However, while the user manual says you will get a TTY (a terminal, in my opinion), mobilenvidia says you have use a tool to communicate. This may explain the garbage bytes I'm seeing -- the...
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    Astek A33606-PCI experiences?

    Hi mwroobel, I've read that thread already and while it goes a long way in confirming my suspicions, there's no definite conclusion to either question. I've tried to get in touch with mobilenvidia to hear directly with him, but no luck so far. As a side note, I contacted Astek about this, and...
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    Astek A33606-PCI experiences?

    Hi, I have bought an Astek A33606-PCI and installed it with backplanes into an old cabinet I had lying around. The end goal is to connect the expander to my Areca 1680ix and have it handle all the drives. However, when I connect everything and start up, the 1680ix sees all 24 PHY's that...
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    Areca 1680ix-12: McBIOS not visible during POST

    Hi, I have an old Areca 1680ix-12 that I am currently trying to connect to an Astek expander. It didn't work straight off the bat, so I did some searching and found suggestions to turn off SES2 and change other settings in the 1680's BIOS. However, I can't get to it. During POST, there is...
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    ARECA Owner's Thread (SAS/SATA RAID Cards)

    Hi, I've run into a delicate problem with my RAID. My 1680ix-12 has been running for three years now with 8 x 1 TB Seagate Barracuda ES.1 drives in a RAID 6 configuration, but during an upgrade last weekend I decided to finally add more drives and expand the RAID set. The new drives were 2...
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