X38 and Areca cards

[tiro_uspsss]

sorry for the slighty OT question: is the any problems running the Arecas in a nV680 mobo? TIA

[safan80]

We had big trouble with 965 and 975x boards, too. I have a whole bunch of controllers, working fine in several socket 939 boards and IIRC none of the 4 socket 775 boards I had would deal with e.g. my 4-channel Adaptec.

I'm ready to support conspiracy theories >= just lazy BIOS writers.

I think it's just the bios writers being lazy in this case because this card worked fine in two different asus boards Intel and AMD. The card works great in this board I just can't get into the bios. with the 0401 bios the card with change speed from x4 to x8 every other boot up.

[Ace-a-Rue]

sorry for the slighty OT question: is the any problems running the Arecas in a nV680 mobo? TIA

i think it all depends on how the bios is written to handle the 2nd PCIe slot, assuming that you have your main VC in the 1st PCIe slot.

i can speak to Abit mobo's not hindering the function of Areca Raid card.

[lowbid]

Iam running a areca 1230 on a asus p5nt ws with 2 8800 ultras in sli with no problem.

[safan80]

Iam running a areca 1230 on a asus p5nt ws with 2 8800 ultras in sli with no problem.

but that's not an X38 board. other boards work fine with the card.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Iam running a areca 1230 on a asus p5nt ws with 2 8800 ultras in sli with no problem.

it all depends on how the bios code is formulated to accept PCIe cards

[Brother Esau]

Well I can tell you right now if its from DFI it will work as I have yet to have a incompatibility issue with my Areca Controller as of yet

[lowbid]

I have a maximus exstreme x38 i will try the areca 1230 card in.

[safan80]

Well I can tell you right now if its from DFI it will work as I have yet to have a incompatibility issue with my Areca Controller as of yet

I have a maximus exstreme x38 i will try the areca 1230 card in.

the card works fine.
the only problem I have is getting into the areca card bios. I don't think any other X38 will be any different. it goes back to the rumors about raid cards and X38. the X48 is suppose to carry over the same problem. As for DFI they take too long to release their boards. I for one would like to see bios screenshots if anyone with an X38 can get into the bios.

[NapalmV5]

same issue here @ maximus se

same issue @ p5ke deluxe?
maximus extreme?

since both carry 3rd x16 pcie

[Ace-a-Rue]

when i get my Abit IX38, i will post back here with the results on using the areca card.

[lowbid]

safan80 you are right i cant get into the bios on the card to set it up on a maximus extreme.

[shawn1998]

Hopefully this is just an Asus X38 mobo problem. I have the DFI X38 on the way, it will be here on Monday. I should have it put in by Tuesday evening and I will post here with results. If it doesn't work with the Areca 1210, the board goes back...

[safan80]

here's the rumor

According to a list of errata's that we've seen from Intel with regards to its X38 chipset, there's a problem with some PCIe cards and the x16 PCI Express slots. There's no real need to worry though, as graphcis cards will work just fine.

Intel isn't planning on fixing the issue either, since it's aparently only related to some x4 and x8 cards, such as RAID controllers and dual or quad network cards and these aren't really intended for the X38 chipset.

[tiro_uspsss]

yes because enthusiast hardware is not meant to be with enthusiast chipset/mobo

what a bunch of retards, those intel ------

[Nizzen]

I'm curios myself if the Areca and Raid Controllers will work with PCI-E 2.0

I have a Abit ix38 quad gt and I have a LSI SAS controller card. This card will only boot in the black PCI-E slot. This black slot is pci-e x4 eletrical i think. In the other 2 blue pci-e 2.0, there was no way to get it to boot

In my other MB, Asus p5k deluxe, the PCI-E sas controller is working in the pci-e x16 port..

I need a MB that support 2x pci-e x4/x8 SAS controllers! Someone tested MSI x38 diamond or Asus x38 w64 ?

[Nizzen]

What is bump? :p

[ewitte]

Sounds like problems with the Areca board not being fully tested on non server boards. Cards are supposed to be designed to work with the majority of motherboards out there, not the other way around. I understand the occasional product/brand not working completely but entire chipsets should have been worked out before the board went out.

[ewitte]

What is bump? :p

Same as a nudge.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Sounds like problems with the Areca board not being fully tested on non server boards. Cards are supposed to be designed to work with the majority of motherboards out there, not the other way around. I understand the occasional product/brand not working completely but entire chipsets should have been worked out before the board went out.

you care but the majority of board makers do not!..simple!

[shawn1998]

I e-mailed Areca and they said they were going to try and get ahold of an X38-based motherboard and look into it for us. I e-mailed then Sunday and got the response yesterday. Just thought I would pass that on...

Also, I should have my DFI X38 up and running in a few hours, so I will report back here on if the card works or not in the 2nd pci-e X16 slot.

[shawn1998]

Well, the card does work in the 2nd pci-express 16X slot, but only at 1X. I have it in the top slot running at 4X, as it was on the P35-TR2, in lieu of the 2 HD3580 512meg cards I have arriving tomorrow.

Just thought I'd let you all know.

[Ace-a-Rue]

I e-mailed Areca and they said they were going to try and get ahold of an X38-based motherboard and look into it for us. I e-mailed then Sunday and got the response yesterday. Just thought I would pass that on...

Also, I should have my DFI X38 up and running in a few hours, so I will report back here on if the card works or not in the 2nd pci-e X16 slot.

where did you buy your DFI X38 board?

[shawn1998]

I had it on pre-order at motherboardpro.com since mid-Novemeber. I finally got it this afternoon. So far, so good, other than the issue already mentioned with the card. but, I figure with just 3 hd's on it, it won't be hindered at all running at 4X (vice 8X).

[Ace-a-Rue]

i changed gears and ordered the DFI X38 board from NCIX...read a post from andre that said there is no droop on the board when the droop control is enabled.