RAID Card Compatbility Database thread

After battling over the last few years with many RAID cards and many motherboards I thought it would be a good idea to compile a database here of what RAID cards work with what motherboards and which do not.

Also if anyone has had success with getting seemingly incompatible configurations to work (taping up pins, disabling Jmicron onboard, changing slots, disabling Int13 etc) then
it would be very helpful if they could post their workarounds here as well...

As people add more data I will update the first post and probably get a spreadsheet going if it gets too large ;)

Hopefully this database will help prevent us wasting lots of time and money buying incompatible hardware from the outset. :rolleyes:

Since this is the Intel Section lets stay focused on Intel 775 1156 1155 and 1366 boards from P35 onwards but feel free to post up other boards / fixes too...

PCI-E controllers only please :)

Lets get to it:


P35 Chipset:

Asus:

P5K Premium:

Working:

3Ware 9650SE-4LPML
Adaptec 1230SA Host RAID
LSI Megaraid 8708ELP
LSI Megaraid 9260-8i
Fujitsu-Siemens S26361-F3257-L256

DFI:

P35-T2R:

Working:

3Ware 9650SE-4LPML
Adaptec 1230SA Host RAID
LSI Megaraid 8708ELP
LSI Megaraid 9260-8i
Fujitsu-Siemens S26361-F3257-L256


P45 Chipset:

Asus:

P5Q Deluxe

Working:

3Ware 9650SE-4LPML
3Ware 9650SE-8LPML
Adaptec 1230SA Host RAID
Adaptec 2405
Adaptec 3405
Highpoint RocketRAID 2300 (Disable Relocate EBDA and Int13 in card bios)
Highpoint RocketRAID 2310 (Disable Relocate EBDA and Int13 in card bios)
LSI Megaraid 8708ELP
LSI Megaraid 9260-4i
LSI Megaraid 9260-8i
Fujitsu-Siemens S26361-F3257-L256


Gigabyte:

EP45-UD3P:

Working:

Adaptec 1230SA Host RAID
LSI Megaraid 9260-8i
3Ware 9650SE-4LPML

Not Working:

Fujitsu-Siemens S26361-F3257-L256
LSI Megaraid 8708ELP

X38 chipset:

Asus P5E WS:

Working:

LSI 9260-8i

Asus Maximus Extreme:

Working:

Highpoint Rocketraid 2320
Highpoint RocketRaid 3560

X48 chipset:

Asus:

Asus P5E3 Premium:

Working:

Adaptec 5805

Not working / 50/50:

Highpoint RocketRAID 3520LF


X58 chipset:

Asus

P6T Deluxe V2

Working:

LSI 8888ELP
LSI 9260-8i

Rampage II Extreme

Working:

3Ware 9650SE-4LPML
Adaptec 1230SA Host RAID
LSI Megaraid 8708ELP (only works in blue slots, not bottom slot)
LSI Megaraid 9260-8i
Fujitsu-Siemens S26361-F3257-L256 (only works in blue slots, not bottom slot)

Rampage III Extreme:

Working:

Areca 1880-ix
LSI 9260-4i
LSI 9260-8i

DFI:

LANParty UT X58-T3eH8:

Working:

3Ware 9650SE-4LPML
Adaptec 1230SA Host RAID
Adaptec 5805

Not Working:

LSI Megaraid 8708ELP
LSI Megaraid 9260-8i
Fujitsu-Siemens S26361-F3257-L256

EVGA:

Classified 759 / 760:

Working:

Adaptec 5805
Areca 1220
Areca 1680-ix
Highpoint RocketRAID 3520LF
Highpoint RocketRAID 4320LF
LSI Megaraid 9260-8i
LSI 9211-8i


Gigabyte:

Gigabyte EX58-UD5:

Working:

Adaptec 31605
Areca ARC-1220
Dell Perc 5/i (only works with tape mod)

Not Working:

LSI Megaraid 8888ELP


EX58 Extreme:

Working:

Adaptec 3085
Adaptec 5805
Adaptec 31605
Areca 1231ML
Areca 1680IX
Highpoint 3520
LSI 9211-8i
LSI 9260-8i


Foxconn:

Bloodrage:

Working:

Adaptec 2405
Adaptec 3405


Not working:

Highpoint Rocketraid 4310
HP Storageworks 400

Intel 5500/5520 Chipset:

EVGA SR-2

Working:

LSI 9260-4i
LSI 9260-8i

Not working:

Areca 1880-ix

eVGA Classified 760
Working:
Highpoint RocketRAID 3520LF
Adaptec 5805

Asus P5E3 Premium WiFi@n
Working:
Adaptec 5805

Temperamental:
Highpoint RocketRAID 3520LF - would occasionally drop channels on reboot. Restarting system would fix.

my 3Ware 9650SE-8LPML works with my Asus P5Q Deluxe and Asus P5Q-EM

Updated to include data for the new LSI 9260-8i...

Updated post #1 for Rampage II extreme....

Gigabyte EX58-UD5 wont even post with PERC 5/i or LSI 8888ELP.

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Originally Posted by Hiuptime

Gigabyte EX58-UD5 wont even post with PERC 5/i or LSI 8888ELP.

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Thanks for the info...

Post #1 updated.

Adaptec 5405 works fine on the Asus Z7S WS (as long as the board doesn't decide to die spontaneously, which it does from time to time..) - Intel 5400 chipset.

Perc5i on Tyan S7002 (Intel 5500) no issues.

Higpoint 2320
works with Asus P5W DH Delux and Asus Maximus Extreme
just don't try putting your computer to sleep, when it wakes up drives will be off line.

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Originally Posted by jcool

Adaptec 5405 works fine on the Asus Z7S WS (as long as the board doesn't decide to die spontaneously, which it does from time to time..) - Intel 5400 chipset.

Perc5i on Tyan S7002 (Intel 5500) no issues.

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Good to know but that Asus board sounds like FAILtrail judging from all the dead board reports in the WCG section and elsewhere :shakes:

Quote:

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Originally Posted by MadHacker

Higpoint 2320
works with Asus P5W DH Delux and Asus Maximus Extreme
just don't try putting your computer to sleep, when it wakes up drives will be off line.

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Added the Maximus Xtreme but not the P5W DH as it is getting a bit old with the 975x chipset.... (reasonable board tho... I still have 4 running in the office ;))

Thanks for posting :)

Using Gigabyte X58 Extreme mobo - the following controller/array combo works fine -
Highpoint 3520 - Mtron Mobi 3000
Areca 1680 - Mtron Mobi 3000
Areca 1680 - Acard 9010 (only at sata 1 speeds)
Areca 1231ML-2G - Acard 9010
Areca 1231ML - Mtron Mobi 3000
LSI 9211-8i - Acard 9010
LSI 9260-8i - Acard 9010

NEW BOARDS TO ADD:

AMD AM3/ sb750 chipset / LSI 9260-4i

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GIGABYTE 790FXTA-UD5 Does not work at this time (bios will not id the card) maybe a fix in upcoming bios rev but at this time pcie x16/x8 slots are vga only

BIOSTAR GA790GX-A3+ / Bios shows the card, able to config raid and drives however computer will randomly reboot once in windows 7. Ive spent countless days trying every setting to make it work but at this time I would not recommend this board for LSI 92xxx series.

IF anyone can recommend an AMD am3 board that works with lsi 92xxx series and SSD please let me know otherwise it's back to Intel for me. Sorry biker I just read this thread is intel only but as a friendly suggestion,

@ BIKER
Although this thread is a great idea and you're on the right track.... you might want to make this thread helpful to everyone regardless of chipset.. Please kindly ask a mod to add it as a sticky in the xtreme hardware section/storage. As more and more of the LSI 92xxx series is increasing in popularity...... I think this would make sense since its a Raid card compatibilty list and raid cards are universal regardless of intel or AMD. If it wasn't for SkOrPn pointing it out in a differnent thread I would've never seen it. Also, you might want posters to add specific bios steps that make the cards work (see example)
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EXAMPLE:

CONTROLLER /FW VER: LSI 9260-4i / 12.0.1-0081_SAS_FW_Image_2.0.03-0725
MOTHERBOARD: biostar GA790GX-A3+
MOBO BIOS VER/DATE:78DAA902.BST / Dec-2009
DRIVES IN ARRAY: 2 x OCZ SSD Summit (FW 19C)

NOTES:
Using kill disk I wiped the drives and meanwhile I made a 20gb windows7 partition on a raptor and installed the updates and drivers for the chipset. then I rebooted plugged in the lsi and booted into windows and installed the drivers for the 92604i and then did the flash with you. once it flashed successfully and you went to bed. I plugged in my clean ssds to the card and set the disk settings for native ide. since this board has 2 x16 slots I had to go into that bios setting that shows vga order. it usually says PEG, PEG2 PEG3, PCI and so on. since peg stands for the 1st x16 slot closest to the cpu socket, peg2 is the next x16 slot and so on. I set it to the one with the raid card. then I set my apci to s1 and gen2. rebooted got into webbios made the array using the auto config method (it was late/i was drinking) rebooted and installed win7 dvd. plugged in the usb key with the drivers/it doesnt ask for them but i did it anyway. installed windows finally no reboots. installed the drivers/updates. turned off indexing/ power options to performance/ disk drive shutdown to NEVER. etc. etc. installed the lsi mega raid manager. went in and made the changes i didnt make when I did the automatic config in web bios.
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You get the idea.

Yes!

Being useful and helpful is the whole point of this thread :)

I simply posted it in the Intel section because I have not owned a AMD board since the A8N-SLI Deluxe :D

Thanks for the Gigabyte X58 confirmations as well steveR0!

Now trans am it might be a good idea to peruse peoples' system specs or simply ask who is running ok with AMD over in this thread... I know some are.... good luck :up:

Also Gigabyte X58 Extreme LGA 1366:
I've had an Adaptec 5805, 31605, and 3085 installed at the same time. So they all worked.
Supermicro AOC-USAS-S8iR - No (flipped card around)
Perc 5/i - Worked "OK" with the tape mod, not as well as the Adaptecs.

EVGA 680i LGA 775:
Adaptec 5805, 31605, and 3085 all worked.
Supermicro AOC-USAS-S8iR - No (flipped card around)
Perc 5/i - Worked well. Even dual cards worked (including w/ the LSI firmware)
Not going to lie, I just bought another 31605 today because these Adaptec things just work... in everything.

GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775:
I've had an Adaptec 5805, 31605, and 3085 installed at the same time. So they all worked.
Supermicro AOC-USAS-S8iR - No (flipped card around)
Perc 5/i - Worked "OK" with the tape mod, not as well as the Adaptecs.

Did that help at all?

I'm sure it will...... thanks! :)

Keep 'em coming! :up:

classified motherboard E759
lsi 9260-8i and 9211-8i
areca 1680-ix and 1220
highpoint 3520 and 4320

P45 Chipset

Asus P5Q Deluxe : Working:

Adaptec 2405
Adaptec 3405

X58 Chipset

Foxconn Bloodrage : Working:

Adaptec 2405
Adaptec 3405

Bloodrage does not detect or recognize the HP P400. Highpoint 4310 posts but never sees any drives.

--Matt

Thanks for all the new info, folks :)

Post #1 updated.

Asus Rampage II Extreme, compatible with Dell Perc 5/i

There's a weird problem, though. The latest BIOS versions (1204 and later, it appears) cause the board to detect only 4GB of RAM (out of 6) in the presence of the RAID controller. Take the RAID controller out or downgrade the BIOS and all memory is detected...

Friend replicated this in his P6T WS Professional

Weirdness indeed!

Keep 'em coming :up:

Hi,

is there anyone with the Asus P6X58D Premium and the adaptec 5805?

regards

Ugo

P5Q Deluxe
Highpoint 2300 and Highpoint 2310 work.
Had to disable "Reallocate EBDA" and disable INT13 on the controllers using BIOS update SW.
Multiple 2310 cards won't work. A 2310 and a 2300 will work ok.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by ugo1

Hi,

is there anyone with the Asus P6X58D Premium and the adaptec 5805?

regards

Ugo

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Sorry dude, none that I know of.... most users ditched the 5805 when the new LSI 92xx series hit retail.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by scottk

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Thanks!

Post #1 updated :up:

Asus P5E WS (x38) works fine together with LSI 9260-8i (with WD RE3 @ RAID 0 & 1).

Here Asus Rampage II Extreme is mentioned working fine with LSI 9260-8i.
Indeed, it works, but I cannot enter controller bios. No way. Pressing key combination during boot results in nothing, the board continues booting Windows. I haven't seen Webbios since purchase of the controller. LOL I know how Webbios looks like only from screenshots in Internet)) I had to make all raid setup in Windows with Megaraid SM.
Setup tested:
Asus RIIE bios 1639, 1704, 1802 (latest)
9260-8i firmware 12.0.1-0081_SAS_FW_Image_2.0.03-0725, 12.3.0-0022_SAS_FW_Image_APP-2.30.03-0775 (latest)
Does anyone have the same problem?

Dell Perc 5i will indeed work w/ an EX58-UD5 w/ the tape mod. Areca ARC-1220 & Adaptec 31605 will work on it as well.

Asus Maximus Extream works fine with Highpoint RocketRaid 3560, my config is Raid6

Quote:

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Originally Posted by DEFLORATOR

Here Asus Rampage II Extreme is mentioned working fine with LSI 9260-8i.
Indeed, it works, but I cannot enter controller bios. No way. Pressing key combination during boot results in nothing, the board continues booting Windows. I haven't seen Webbios since purchase of the controller. LOL I know how Webbios looks like only from screenshots in Internet)) I had to make all raid setup in Windows with Megaraid SM.
Setup tested:
Asus RIIE bios 1639, 1704, 1802 (latest)
9260-8i firmware 12.0.1-0081_SAS_FW_Image_2.0.03-0725, 12.3.0-0022_SAS_FW_Image_APP-2.30.03-0775 (latest)
Does anyone have the same problem?

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I had this exact problem with the RIIE and a USB keyboard....

You can solve this by using a PS2 keyboard ;)

I believe this is a RIIE board / bios quirk....



Also thanks for all the new info, folks!

Post #1 updated :up:

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Biker

I had this exact problem with the RIIE and a USB keyboard....

You can solve this by using a PS2 keyboard ;)

I believe this is a RIIE board / bios quirk....



Also thanks for all the new info, folks!

Post #1 updated :up:

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Unfortunately, I have namely PS/2 keyboard (I stick to PS/2 cause I can start computer with key stroke), and the problem persist. The latest LSI firmware 12.6.0-0017_SAS2108_FW_Image_APP-2.60.03-0829 released on May 06 didn't solve the problem :(.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by DEFLORATOR

Unfortunately, I have namely PS/2 keyboard (I stick to PS/2 cause I can start computer with key stroke), and the problem persist. The latest LSI firmware 12.6.0-0017_SAS2108_FW_Image_APP-2.60.03-0829 released on May 06 didn't solve the problem :(.

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Awww rubbish!

It happened to me (though not 100% of the time) when I switched to a PS2 kb as well (you reminded me... lol I was so :soap: :D).


I think this is caused by several "CTRL + whatever key" to enter bios interrupts happening at the same time....


The way I got around this in the end was to disable all onboard controllers on the RIIE and then I could access the LSI web bios next reboot.... I hope that works for you! :)

I can confirm that adaptec 2405 works on Asus P5K-E Wifi however you have to remove all pci-ex cards from pci-ex x1 slots to give x4 bandwidth to lower GPU slot otherwise it runs at x2 speeds and adaptec won't boot.

X58 chipset:

motherboard: P6X58D-E

controllers:
-- Highpoint 2314, 2310 (Only works in PCIE slot #2)
-- Generic controller with Silicon Image 3132 chipset (Only works in PCIE slot #2)

notes:
On this motherboard, it appears any RAID card in PCIE slot #3 will only be polled/detected on a cold boot. PCIE slot #3 loses cards on warm restarts. Observed on (2) P6X58D-E boards, with bios 0108 and 0303.

Forcing x16/x8/x8 or x16/x16/x1 PCIE slot configs in bios settings will not correct issue. This happens with or without PCIE slot #2 populated with a card.

Anyone successful with running any RAID card in PCIE slot #3, please report back, thanks.

My Adaptec 31205 works well on the following boards:

Abit IX38-QuadGT
Intel DG33TL
Gigabyte EX58-UD4P
Intel DP55WG

IBM M1015 or LSI9240 - 8i working fine on an Asus M4A79-T.
Apologies guys, thought I was in the storage section!! :doh:

Quote:

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Originally Posted by ugo1

Hi,

is there anyone with the Asus P6X58D Premium and the adaptec 5805?

regards

Ugo

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Adaptec 5805 works fine on Asus P6X58D Premium

Ugo

Asus Maximus Formula X38 working without any problems with an LSI 9260-8i !

I've found that the "Asrock P67 Extreme4" won't post with an Adaptec 8085.
It does seem to post with the 3805 though.

Is anyone else having problems with the Asrock boards or the P67 chipset?

Tried a friend's Areca 1880-ix12 on my evga SR-2 a few days back - no go. Controller wouldn't show up for POST, and no lights were on either. Seems it didn't like the NF200 controlled lanes or something... No trouble with an LSI 9260-4i though.
Oh yeah, LSI 9260-4i also working great on an Asus Rampage III Extreme.

Nice to see all this super expensive top end hardware playing nice, isn't it?

Sheesh :shakes:

Post #1 updated, thanks to all for info :)

No p67 data yet? :(