Bad Areca 1120?

[Farva]

I have an Areca 1120, which when connected to the motherboard, the computer does not even POST. It powers on for a few seconds, then power cycles. When I disconnect it, the computer boots up fine. Anyone know if my Areca is bad?

 

[Deadjasper]

Try another slot?

 

[Farva]

That would be the easy solution to check, but it is a Supermicro MNL-H8SCM(-F), which only has 1 PCI slot (card is PCI-X).

 

[Deadjasper]

Do you have access to another system you could try it in?

 

[sean1121]

That would be the easy solution to check, but it is a Supermicro MNL-H8SCM(-F), which only has 1 PCI slot (card is PCI-X).

That board doesn't have a PCI-X slot, just plain PCI. PCI-X will not work in a PCI slot.

 

[Farva]

Do you have access to another system you could try it in?

Will be doing that tonight.

That board doesn't have a PCI-X slot, just plain PCI. PCI-X will not work in a PCI slot.

That is false. I have another computer with PCI-X cards in PCI slots.

 

[sean1121]

That is false. I have another computer with PCI-X cards in PCI slots.

Some PCI-X cards work in PCI slots and some don't. I'd bet the areca is one that doesn't.

 

[sean1121]

Digging more, found this.

http://www.areca.us/support/download/RaidCards/Documents/Hardware/MBCompatibilityList.zip

There are a few boards that support this card in a PCI slot, but yours isn't listed.

 

[Farva]

Just threw it in my main rig with has a Biostar motherboard. System yells at me for not having drivers, but still boots.

 

[Farva]

So no one knows?

 

[Farva]

So no one knows?