Re: dell perc 5 i sas pci-e 8x issues and POST beep codes
If you are trying to stick a perc5i in a standard pcie slot (I.e you've removed it from a poweredge server that's aquired a better card) theres 2 pins that interfere with the smbus on intel chipsets that need dissconnecting. Cover pins 5&6 on the topside of the board with a bit of tape and it should work.
--- On Wed, 17/2/10, Scott Edwards <supadupa@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Scott Edwards <supadupa@gmail.com>
> Subject: dell perc 5 i sas pci-e 8x issues and POST beep codes
> To: "debian-user" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Date: Wednesday, 17 February, 2010, 12:50
> I have tried the two different dell perc 5i
> cards in three different machines now. One HP with a core 2
> duo, an HP with a socket am2 amd, and another HP with a p4
> ht 3ghz machine. I do have a ht 3ghz p4 dell, but I'd
> rather not use it with that pc. I prefer to use one of
> these in the socket am2 amd machine, as that's already
> purposed as my surver running LVM across 4 physical disks,
> eventually to migrate the majority of this to hardware
> raid5. I don't recall the beep codes I was getting,
> but the server was too important to fiddle around with it
> for more than an hour or so. That's why I started
> trying other machines.
>
>
> I've tried it with the battery installed, and without.
> I've tried it with the memory installed, and without.
> I've tried it with the sas to 4x sata cables plugged
> into drives, and without.
> I tried a pci video card just to see if the 16x pci-e slot
> was claimed by the onboard video, and can't use both at
> the same time etc.
>
> I've messed around with various bios settings, using
> defaults and setting as few properties as neccessary etc...
>
> Any thoughts? I'm open to your suggestions. Thanks!
>
>
> Scott.
>
>
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