Recent content by NLS

Most backplanes I've seen have SFF-8484 but anyway. Also if I had a system with a backplane I would probably NOT use my on-board SATA controller. In any case still useless to me. If it was useful to you, you should tell me earlier to send it over.

No thanks. Useless to me. The 32 euros I got back were more important. Read: I am Greek. Read #2: Wtf would I need a cable that goes from 4 SATA controller ports to a single SFF-8087 (that most backplanes do NOT use)?

OK I have the final update and case close for this: It was the cables. I just received LSI's own "forward" cables and yes, the controller detects the drives AND my motherboard BIOS also does (if I needed to boot from them - which I don't). (quick to dismiss my motherboard and chipset eh?)...

Not easy...

Yeah, as far as I know...

Nobody bothered to give an idea (unlike other fora, I have to say). Anyway an update... I flashed the card back to stock M1015 firmware (latest version). NO disks detected again. One thing I noticed is that (like in 9211-8i IT mode WITH mptsas2 bios installed), I cannot invoke configuration...

Nobody? I searched around and found there are issues about a "forward" and a "reverse" version of the cable? Correct cable for M1015 and sata drives? - [H]ard|Forum The cable I bought above, I don't see any clear indication... Could that be the issue? Here I found the only proper...

OK I (think I) successfully flashed my newly acquired IBM M1015 to LSI9211-8i in IT mode. It was a bit difficult as I needed to find a motherboard that could see the card AND flash it. The first I tried saw the card, but froze when trying to query the card before flashing. Next motherboard...