08-17-2011, 07:22 PM
I'm not sure... the last time I used a SATA card was a SiI3112 SATA150 card when SATA was pretty young. I know that some cards/chips don't support multiples in a system and I also know that some other cards will load an OROM one time and detect multiple chips with it. Perhaps you could try it in another computer and try a firmware update on it... Not too sure, otherwise. I'll think about it a bit and get back to you if I think of anything.
By the way, many consumer boards don't support both Intel Matrix RAID and third-party RAID enabled at the same time. Option ROMs are stored in the BIOS in compressed form and are decompressed into memory when enabled. In addition to the BIOS image needing enough space, depending on the motherboard, the memory reserved for OROMs may be too small for this stuff. Especially when Intel's RAID OROM keeps getting WAY bigger.
By the way, many consumer boards don't support both Intel Matrix RAID and third-party RAID enabled at the same time. Option ROMs are stored in the BIOS in compressed form and are decompressed into memory when enabled. In addition to the BIOS image needing enough space, depending on the motherboard, the memory reserved for OROMs may be too small for this stuff. Especially when Intel's RAID OROM keeps getting WAY bigger.
Feel free to use/link/host any BIOS I post, no credit necessary. However, this is at your own risk and I take no responsibility. Always keep a backup of a known-good BIOS. Don't flash a motherboard if you don't have a backup computer just in case.
Always use RAID mode. RAIDFix
Always use RAID mode. RAIDFix