Recent content by Polynomial-C

No need to be sorry. In the end it was my own fault although I am under the impression that the documentation for upgrading a SAS-Expander firmware in ARC-1880ix cards is worse compared to the documentation from ARC-1680ix card series. Yes, I did read the documentation for the ARC-1880ix cards...

Well, the documentation is solely based on Windows + Hyperterminal. So I had to figure out myself how to perform this with the right tools on Linux. I ended up bricking an ARC-1880ix-12 card because it requires different steps to flash the SAS-Expander than on older ARC-1680ix cards.

Perhaps I didn't express myself good enough. All I wanted to tell is the reason for the 1680 cards with SAS-Expander setting the SATA link speed for (perhaps not even all, but mine were all affected) SSDs to 1.5G and not 3.0G. And yes, Areca stopped supporting this card a long time ago. But the...

Hello, first of all, thank you very much for this really valuable thread. I've read it from the beginning and learned a lot about my Areca controllers. I'd like to reply to two requests that IMHO have not been answered thoroughly yet. There were some inquries about ARC-1680 controllers...