Is my LSI 9271-8i defected ?

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Hi

i wrote a thread earlier here about this card

most replies told me to re-flash the card and i follow this guy instruction to do so :

How to flash the firmware of your LSI RAID controller, using MegaCLI on a DOS boot USB drive | TinkerTry IT @ Home

but sadly i got this message ( i tried this with two MoBo one of them is my server and the other one is a regular PC MoBo)



note : i just bought this from ebay the guy claim it is a new card pulled from new system and I am starting to think that i get a defected card !!
 
Try doing a cleanflash first with the megarec, if that doesn't let you flash it, clear the firmware with the writesbr command and then flash it.

How to Flash IBM ServeRAID M5014 to LSI 9260-8i Firmware
i tried to use this command line

megarec -writesbr 0 sbrempty.bin

with bootable USB have DOS on it

but get output "bad comand or file name"

so should i add some files into the USB or how can i clear this card ?
 
You probably had the wrong flash utilities download for the tutorial.

The dir command would show you the files in the current folder.
 
You should be able to get all of the tools from this link, just download the sas2208.zip.

SAS2208 (LSI 9265) based firmware files - Projects, Tools, Utilities & Customized INFs

According to that, the megarec tool doesn't work on the 2208, so try using the second set of commands to flash and reset the card.

do you mean these commands only :

Now flash with MegaCLi:

Megacli -adpm0flash -f 0xxx_yyy.rom
megacli -adpfacdefset -a0


also what should i do with the .zip file should i extract it into the bootable USB ?

thanks
 
Yup, put the contents of the zip file into the same location on the usb stick as where you have the current megacli and rom.
 
Yup, put the contents of the zip file into the same location on the usb stick as where you have the current megacli and rom.

i know it took long enough but please bear with me

now this is what the bootalbe USB look from inside


i boot the computer from it again and typed first command :

Megacli -adpm0flash -f 0xxx_yyy.rom

and i got this output


then the second command :

megacli -adpfacdefset -a0

and i got this output


so is there something wrong with this commands or files order inside the USB or is it something else !
 
it's not actually 0xxx_yyy.rom

it's the name of the bios file.

0xxx_yyy.rom the x's and y's are place holders.

from what i can tell your rom name is mr2208fw.rom
 
it's not actually 0xxx_yyy.rom

it's the name of the bios file.

0xxx_yyy.rom the x's and y's are place holders.

from what i can tell your rom name is mr2208fw.rom

oh shit i feel stupid right now :D

i think i flashed it corrictly finaly :
i wrote this command :
Megacli -adpm0flash -f mr2208fw.rom

and get this output:



now should i do the second one :

megacli -adpfacdefset -a0


or just restart the system and every thing will be just fine ?
 
it can't hurt to do the reset but since it actually flashed, you're probably fine at this point.
 
since it actually flashed, you're probably fine at this

i powered off the system and start it again and (without the bootable USB)
and get this



then i thought maybe i need to do the other command line

megacli -adpfacdefset -a0

so i insert the USB again and restart the system to boot from it to write the command but i get this



the good thing is the server stopped peeping after i flashed the card so this is a good sing but still cant deploy it yet
 
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Try flashing it again and then running the reset command before rebooting.
 
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