Hello again
Glad to hear that more guys (YardBouncer) have adopted the "disable option rom" solution.
After some time now system is working fine.
However P420 (and I suspect P812 also) run very hot. It seems that some or even more than extra cooling is needed.
So I added a blower on top of...
Hello again
Just to report back to the forum - Here is my 2 cents :
After a nerve braking say and a strong wish to put the controller (and the PC) under the wheels of my car and hear withe pleasure the crashing sound I have found a solution to the problem.
I went to BIOS PC and specifically to...
I could try tomorrow when I get to the office , however I am not quite sure why that would make a difference if the pc hangs just after Raid controller initialization !! - it seems is BIOS related as it never goes beyond that stage to even try to boot !
There must be something in the...
Hi and thanks for the reply
System running Windows 10 Pro/64bit
BIOS ver before upgrade : V1.15
BIOS ver after upgrade : V2.48 (see picture from array Config BEFORE update)
P42o firmware : 6.68
Some more info
Using Legacy boot :
SATA SSD is using MBR connected on SATA 0...
Hello everybody
I got a similar problem and I posted on the forum
https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/hp-p420-smart-raid-controller-with-1gb-fbwc-hangs-hp-workstation-z440.25084/
My system is HP Workstation Z440, with HP P420 Smart RAID controller
System hangs after controller...
Hello everybody
I got an HP Z440 which was on Bios ver. 01.55 (23Apr2015) with a P420 Smart Controller.
PC was running Ok . - Boots from SSD on SATA and uses RAID as storage
Yesterday I upgraded BIOS to latest version v2.48 (11April2019) and when PC is booting initializes Smart Controller...
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