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Rajeev N Revankar

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Since: Sep 15, 2007
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 12:31 am
Post subject: Running SAS and U160 concurrently?
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Hello,

I have both SAS and U160 drives I'd like to use at the same time. I have
an Adaptec 29160 and a 4805SAS.
When I add the 4805 to my MB, on boot up the U160 drives register fine
with the 29160, but when it gets to the 4805 it says: can not invoke ROM
And the SAS drives do not register.
But when I take out the 29160, the 4805 registers the SAS drives.

I have the 4805 in a PCI-E slot, and the 29160 in a PCI slot.

Can both of these controller cards be run at the same time? Or is it the
specifics of my MB that does not allow this?

What if any MB support this?

Thanks for any help!

Rajeev

MB: MSI K8N Neo4 (7125)
WinXP 64

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Folkert Rienstra

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:45 am
Post subject: Re: Running SAS and U160 concurrently? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Rajeev N Revankar wrote in
news:Pine.SOC.4.64.0709150023360.29378@ubunix2.acsu.buffalo.edu
> Hello,
>
> I have both SAS and U160 drives I'd like to use at the same time. I have
> an Adaptec 29160 and a 4805SAS.
> When I add the 4805 to my MB, on boot up the U160 drives register fine
> with the 29160, but when it gets to the 4805 it says: can not invoke ROM
> And the SAS drives do not register.
> But when I take out the 29160, the 4805 registers the SAS drives.
>
> I have the 4805 in a PCI-E slot, and the 29160 in a PCI slot.

> Can both of these controller cards be run at the same time?

Shoot, is that damned Adaptec website down, again?

> Or is it the specifics of my MB that does not allow this?
>
> What if any MB support this?
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> Rajeev
>
> MB: MSI K8N Neo4 (7125)
> WinXP 64

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Rajeev N Revankar

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:44 pm
Post subject: Re: Running SAS and U160 concurrently? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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The Adaptec site is now working.

Still need help with this. I contacted MSI about the MB I have and they
said that since I have a RAID supported MB, I can only use one of the
controller cards, but if I get a MB w/o RAID, then I can use both
controller cards.
I don't know if this is true for all MB's?


Rajeev



On Mon, 17 Sep 2007, Folkert Rienstra wrote:

> Rajeev N Revankar wrote in
> news:Pine.SOC.4.64.0709150023360.29378@ubunix2.acsu.buffalo.edu
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have both SAS and U160 drives I'd like to use at the same time. I have
>> an Adaptec 29160 and a 4805SAS.
>> When I add the 4805 to my MB, on boot up the U160 drives register fine
>> with the 29160, but when it gets to the 4805 it says: can not invoke ROM
>> And the SAS drives do not register.
>> But when I take out the 29160, the 4805 registers the SAS drives.
>>
>> I have the 4805 in a PCI-E slot, and the 29160 in a PCI slot.
>
>> Can both of these controller cards be run at the same time?
>
> Shoot, is that damned Adaptec website down, again?
>
>> Or is it the specifics of my MB that does not allow this?
>>
>> What if any MB support this?
>>
>> Thanks for any help!
>>
>> Rajeev
>>
>> MB: MSI K8N Neo4 (7125)
>> WinXP 64
>
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Arno Wagner

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Since: Nov 07, 2003
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:46 am
Post subject: Re: Running SAS and U160 concurrently? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Previously Rajeev N Revankar <rnr2 RemoveThis @buffalo.edu> wrote:
> Hello,

> I have both SAS and U160 drives I'd like to use at the same time. I have
> an Adaptec 29160 and a 4805SAS.
> When I add the 4805 to my MB, on boot up the U160 drives register fine
> with the 29160, but when it gets to the 4805 it says: can not invoke ROM
> And the SAS drives do not register.
> But when I take out the 29160, the 4805 registers the SAS drives.

> I have the 4805 in a PCI-E slot, and the 29160 in a PCI slot.

> Can both of these controller cards be run at the same time? Or is it the
> specifics of my MB that does not allow this?

> What if any MB support this?

> Thanks for any help!

Seems like Adaptec did screw up again. I have no doubt they
could have made these two compatible. I do not see
your mainboard being responsible for the issue.

You may be able to get help form Adaptec, but in my experience
they do not even know their own products in tech support there.

Personally I have had two very bad experiences with Adaptec
and I think their products are substandard trash. The only
think that keeps them going is that many people believe
them to be a reputable manufacturer.

Arno
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