Does the rev-D board use the Promise SATA chipset instead of the typical Silicon Image chipset? That might be the problem since Promise no longer supports the chipset. On my Arima HDAMB AGP board, the Promise SATA is pretty useless unless I'm running Linux or an old 32-bit Windows.
I'm not sure - the BIOS shows the option to enable or disable the onboard SATA but there are no SATA ports on the board, hence the add-on card. Enabling or disabling the onboard SATA setting in the BIOS had no effect. The PCI RAID card I had ordered was Syba-branded and used the SIL3114 chipset... the two drives attached (250GB WD) appeared during Windows Server setup, but Setup insisted it could not install to either one. Booting from a Linux-based livecd showed the card in lspci and both drives were present and seemed to be working properly, but the strange thing was that I would never be prompted during boot-up to enter the card's BIOS by hitting CTRL+S or F4. Either way, I am returning the card for a different one altogether and hoping that solves the issue.
You need to setup the array using the Silicon Image BIOS. Make sure you do that first. Then make sure you have the latest drivers.
Welcome. Thank's for upload bios files but i can't flach its. I flash bios 2.18 rackable ftp server and windows 7 installing. But when reboot in installation process reboot ind Windows loadin scrren. Then I go to Safe Mode and when disk.sys on screen computer reboot. Dear colegues plese answer for my small questions: ( Hardware: HDAMA rev.G without SATA ports [only IDE], 2x Opteron 250 E4 and SATA RAID Controller DELL CERC 1.5/6CH) 1. Iff possible install Win7 on this mashine. How to?? Maybe FAQ etc.... 2. How a can flash bios witch *.ROM extensions. I flash bios from floppy disk witch phlash16.exe and can't flash ROM files. 3. What is possible solution of disk.sys error ??? HISTORY OF MAKE TEST's: - buy server - buy sata raid controller DELL CERC 1.5/6ch - download driver - install WIN XP prof. ( Working perfectly ) - install WIN 7 Prof. - upgrade option (not work , not ACPI compatibile) - install WIN7 Prof. clean install ( not work , not ACPI Compatibile) - download BIOS from rackable 2.18B - flash bios from floppy (OK) - install WIN7 Prof. ( installing but after reboot have hang up and reboot, in safe mode when disk.sys hang up and reboot) I somebody have solution for my problem please help. Best regards from Poland. Lukasz.
My modded BIOS ROM files contain the platform data, so you can freely rename it to "BIOS.WPH". But my mod only adds the PowerNow ACPI P-States for the Opteron 250 E4...it's not necessary for installation.
Is there a modified BIOS to allow 2k8Server R2 for the HDAMA. All I'm seeing are the G and -I board revisions. My board is just the plain ol HDAMA.
Thank you very much for the prompt responce. Currently running v1.89 with label 40-CMB000-D910. It appears im using a rev. D board. I'll give rev-G v2.18B a chance later tonight.
Updated filenames All - Just an announcement that I updated all of the zip filenames (and internal ROM filenames) to clearly identify themselves as SATARAID or SATALINK. All ROM files are still the same, just renamed so no need to reflash. @alextheg - Thanks for taking the time to redo the Arima archive...as always it is much appreciated.
VIA chipset on there, so I'd double check that there are drivers for Win Vista/7/2008[R2] first. Although what are your needs for the PCI[-X] card? 1. Only SATA and perhaps e-SATA? If so, I'm using a Promise TX4302 card in a 32-bit PCI slot...it supports 66MHz PCI-X to reach the SATA300 speeds. 2. If SATA RAID, then I personally only use 3ware cards. If you want to find something cheap (i.e. SATA150), then I picked up a pair of 9500S-4LP cards for $20 USD each off of eBay. There's also a 9550SX card that supports SATA300, but that card is going to run you a bit more since it's still sold retail.
I'm not too bothered about raid at the moment, for now I only want to be able to use the hard drives, but in the future when I have a bit more money i would like to get one of the 3ware 4 port raid cards with the 4 bay caddy thing (when I can find one for sale) and then get 4x 2tb hard drives in raid 10.
As I figured was the case, my last RAID card was defective or simply incompatible - got a new PCI-X SIL3124 card into the machine today and so far it's working perfectly, got the "Press CTRL+S or F4" prompt on the first boot (never got that prompt at all with the SIL3114 card)
I remember reading somewhere that sometimes manufacturers have a jumper on the PCI[-X] card to control whether the card's BIOS gets booted or not. Did you have an open or shorted jumpers on that SIL3114 card?
Hi Guys, Once again I return for a bit of help. I'm using the 2.18B Bios on my HDAMA-G at the minute and I've just got two new processors (Opteron 280's) for it. Is it OK to plug these in, then flash the 280 specific version of the BIOS? Or will i need to do it first? Or at all? I'm just afraid of bricking my server after shelling out for the new cores. I'm currently using the Opteron 250 specific build. Any help would be fab, Thanks! SJ
The CPU-specific mods for PowerNow require an ACPI-aware OS. 1. Make sure you are prepared to flash the 280-specific BIOS under DOS. I only recommend DOS for flashing the BIOS. 2. Install the 280 CPU's and don't boot up into Windows. 3. Boot to DOS and flash the BIOS. The option is yours whether you want the plain v2.18B BIOS or to use my CPU-specific PowerNow mod for the energy savings. I don't know what problems you would run into by running the Opteron 250 PowerNow settings on the Opteron 280's...consider this a warning to not do so.