Hi All,
Purchased an LSI 9207-8i from eBay, brand new, listed as a plain old LSI card. Connected it to 4 different machines, none of which sees the card at all.
The card does seem to be receiving power, as the heatsink is warm to the touch. I tried to contact LSI/Broadcom for support or replacement, but they told me it is a Dell OEM card
I don't think Dell will support me as I didn't buy from them, and the card shows as unavailable on their support website. I have gone back to LSI, but am not hopeful.
Firstly, does anyone think the card is salvagable? I am wondering if there is custom Dell firmware preventing it from being detected, and I might be able to flash it to the plain old LSI firmware?
Failing that, what do people recommend as my next step? Return it and ask for another?
Cheers
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Purchased an LSI 9207-8i from eBay, brand new, listed as a plain old LSI card. Connected it to 4 different machines, none of which sees the card at all.
The card does seem to be receiving power, as the heatsink is warm to the touch. I tried to contact LSI/Broadcom for support or replacement, but they told me it is a Dell OEM card
I don't think Dell will support me as I didn't buy from them, and the card shows as unavailable on their support website. I have gone back to LSI, but am not hopeful.
Firstly, does anyone think the card is salvagable? I am wondering if there is custom Dell firmware preventing it from being detected, and I might be able to flash it to the plain old LSI firmware?
Failing that, what do people recommend as my next step? Return it and ask for another?
Cheers
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