PCI-e card's BIOS
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From: Kev on 21 Jan 2007 19:06 I have installed a PCI-e RAID card (Silicon Image SiI3132) which apparently has installed ok, apart from not being able to alter the settings. According to the instructions, the settings can be altered by accessing the card's BIOS. When booting, a message is displayed to indicate that the card's BIOS can be accessed by pressing either F4 or Ctrl+S. However, there is no response when pressing these keys and the boot process just continues. I have tried installing the card in 3 different PCI-e slots but this made no difference. The motherboard is Epox EP-9NPA Ultra. I reported the problem to the manufacturer via their website, but the automated reply was unhelpful. Any ideas? Kev
From: srog on 21 Jan 2007 23:23 Kev wrote: > I have installed a PCI-e RAID card (Silicon Image SiI3132) which apparently > has installed ok, apart from not being able to alter the settings. > According to the instructions, the settings can be altered by accessing the > card's BIOS. When booting, a message is displayed to indicate that the > card's BIOS can be accessed by pressing either F4 or Ctrl+S. However, there > is no response when pressing these keys and the boot process just continues. > I have tried installing the card in 3 different PCI-e slots but this made no > difference. The motherboard is Epox EP-9NPA Ultra. > > I reported the problem to the manufacturer via their website, but the > automated reply was unhelpful. Any ideas? > > Kev I have a Vantec PCIe two port card with some similar problems for which I havd found no solution yet. I cannot access the BIOS as you mentioned. I have dl'd and installled new drivers and BIOS, 1.0.19.0 and 7.3.7.0. The card works with a WDC 2500 KS but checking Device/Info in System Devices I see: Current Transfer Mode Ultra DMA Mode 6 Device Link Speed Generation 2 (3.0 gb/sec) Host Link Speed " The drive should be running at least in SATA 1 speeds. Hope someone can offer some advice. Have not yet heard from Vantec support.
From: Paul on 22 Jan 2007 05:52 Kev wrote: > I have installed a PCI-e RAID card (Silicon Image SiI3132) which apparently > has installed ok, apart from not being able to alter the settings. > According to the instructions, the settings can be altered by accessing the > card's BIOS. When booting, a message is displayed to indicate that the > card's BIOS can be accessed by pressing either F4 or Ctrl+S. However, there > is no response when pressing these keys and the boot process just continues. > I have tried installing the card in 3 different PCI-e slots but this made no > difference. The motherboard is Epox EP-9NPA Ultra. > > I reported the problem to the manufacturer via their website, but the > automated reply was unhelpful. Any ideas? > > Kev > I don't see any options in the manual: http://www.epox.nl/downloads/files/manual/mu-9npa+ultra&+&j.pdf On my motherboard here, related functions are: Interrupt 19 Capture [Enabled] "...allows the option ROMs to capture Interrupt 19" and is known in other manuals as 0x16 as the hexidecimal version of the same number. AFAIK, when the option ROM loads, it registers the fact that the system can boot from it. If the above setting is disabled, then the ROM is not loaded. Add-On ROM Display Mode [ ] This setting controls what is printed on the BIOS screen. This item explains Interrupt 19 a.k.a 0x16 http://www.techarp.com/showFreeBOG.aspx?lang=0&bogno=290 This item explains Add-On ROM Display, and this one appears to be mostly cosmetic from the perspective of not getting the ROM to load at all. http://www.techarp.com/showFreeBOG.aspx?lang=0&bogno=371 Maybe the actual motherboard BIOS contains more settings than are shown in the manual, in which case you might find it. AFAIK, the above would still apply to PCI Express cards. Another place to look for info, would be forums.2cpu.com , as people have been using things like the Areca RAID controller cards for a while. That would be the only other forum I know of, who are leading edge enough to have run into a problem like this. Many other enthusiast sites concentrate more of their energy on overclocking. Paul
From: Michael Hawes on 22 Jan 2007 14:08 "Mike Huskey" <mikehsk(a)worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:cph9r21glh99q7a303oll7q026rqdvegmf(a)4ax.com... On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:06:14 GMT, "Kev" <ijk(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: >I reported the problem to the manufacturer via their website, but the >automated reply was unhelpful. Any ideas? >Are you using an USB keyboard that the BIOS might not detect? If so, see if you can enable Legacy USB support. If your keyboard has an F-Lock key, press that before pressing F4. Mike.
From: Kev on 22 Jan 2007 15:39
>Are you using an USB keyboard that the BIOS might not detect? No, it's ps/2. I tried another keyboard (also ps/2) and this didn't work either. Kev |