Dell FusionIO SX350-3200 headaches on Windows 10 Pro

[JohnMLTX]

Hi all,

I've been reading every thread I can about how to get this card working. I have a Dell-tagged SX350-3200, and I can't get it to attach or format at all. When I run the fio-sure-erase command, it always spits out something about a hardware issue and can't be used.

I don't really know what else to do from here, and any bit of advice is very much appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[oneplane]

It looks like it is overheating, is the air path for your fans or the air duct in your server restricted or something like that? Some servers run the air via specific paths and there are break/tear/cutouts if you need to let air flow over PCIe-riser-attached cards.

 

[JohnMLTX]

It's in a gaming desktop case, since I really want to use it as a local storage, mainly for video editing and steam games. I have my fans set to run rather high to compensate, though.

I also have a proper server with the airflow paths, a Dell PowerEdge tower, running UnRaid, but I don't know how to get this configured in there.

 

[ecosse]

Someone claims that they resolved this by firmware updates - see 3.2TB SSD for $240 - not convinced but worth a look?

 

[oneplane]

It looks like as long as the temperatures are that high it will be a problem, even with a firmware hack the temperature will be high and the chips will still die because of it.

You probably need to either put a bigger heatsink on it or have a fan with direct airflow on top of it.

 

[JohnMLTX]

Someone claims that they resolved this by firmware updates - see 3.2TB SSD for $240 - not convinced but worth a look?

You bloody legend. After trying multiple different firmwares, this one finally got it to sure erase, format, and attach to Windows.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

 

[JohnMLTX]

It looks like as long as the temperatures are that high it will be a problem, even with a firmware hack the temperature will be high and the chips will still die because of it.

You probably need to either put a bigger heatsink on it or have a fan with direct airflow on top of it.

Will do, looking at getting more heatsinks for it and a few fans underneath it.

 

[oneplane]

Will do, looking at getting more heatsinks for it and a few fans underneath it.

I think the method is similar to the RAID cards that are for servers where you essentially put a Northbridge cooler on it to make it a bit cooler around 50 degrees.

 

[JohnMLTX]

I think the method is similar to the RAID cards that are for servers where you essentially put a Northbridge cooler on it to make it a bit cooler around 50 degrees.

Cool, I'll go hunt down some parts for that!