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RocketRaid 4320 Installation mayhem
Anybody have any clue how to “flash” a bios.blf file?
I’m sitting on a RocketRAID 4320, purportedly one hell of a great card, but for the life of me, I can’t get it up and running; and Highpoint’s Tech Support is anything but.
I installed the software that came with the RAID, then uninstalled it, went to their website, downloaded the appropriate drivers & found the BIOS file (in a completely different part of the website), and still, every time I try to boot up my Mac Pro with the RAID card connected to the 4 drives in my SATA drive slots, all I get is a big white screen. And it’s not even my boot drive. I have a RAID 0 2 x 500 GB drive set up in my 2nd optical drive connected via the motherboard’s connectors behind the fan array.
I’ve used the Expansion Slot Utility to ensure that the RAID card is connected to the correct PCI slot so that it’s getting all the juice that it needs; but still nothin.
Anybody anywhere got some advice? Calling all COW— HELP!!
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I recall a thread about RocketRAID a while back. Could have been last summer when I was checking out RAID cards for our shop. Try a search and see what pops up.
John
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[John Fishback] “I recall a thread about RocketRAID a while back. Could have been last summer when I was checking out RAID cards for our shop. Try a search and see what pops up.
“Several, and none without major league headaches. To the best of my knowledge, not a single person on this forum has had an easy time installing a and getting a Rocketraid card to function. Honestly, with their known history of problems and horrific customer support, I frankly can’t imagine why anyone would go in that direction.
In my opinion the CalDigit Raid Card is a far better and safer choice and certainly worth investigating.
Ed, while you still have your sanity, and can return the card, do yourself a favor and call Jon Schilling at CalDigit.
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