Hi all, I recently purchased a used LSI 9201-16e from eBay and have had a number of problems. Drives added with a mini-SAS expander do not appear in Windows and every possible way I've attempted to flash p20 firmware (DOS, efi) results in a variety of errors. The most common of which is a fault state error. While sas2flash is able to see the card, it isn't able to flash any firmware and the card does not present any attached drives. In Windows, the MegaRAID GUI doesn't see the card. In FreeDOS megarec doesn't see the card either.
The only other factor that I figured could be causing the card to not work is the motherboard so I tried using 3 other consumer motherboards, 2 resulting in the same error, the other refusing to boot but that's probably because it was a cheap motherboard. All of the motherboards were consumer motherboards.
I also tried taping the 5th and 6th pins on the front, still no change.
Should I RMA this card? I'm a complete novice when it comes to HBAs so I wanted to cover my bases before sending it back. I'd appreciate any advise, thanks!
The only other factor that I figured could be causing the card to not work is the motherboard so I tried using 3 other consumer motherboards, 2 resulting in the same error, the other refusing to boot but that's probably because it was a cheap motherboard. All of the motherboards were consumer motherboards.
I also tried taping the 5th and 6th pins on the front, still no change.
Should I RMA this card? I'm a complete novice when it comes to HBAs so I wanted to cover my bases before sending it back. I'd appreciate any advise, thanks!
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