H310 - bricked or not bricked

[viph]

Hi there,
I've been follwoing advises here and there around a forhtcoming buid, my 1st one.

I ordered a Dell cards from eBay, H310, supposed to be in IR mode.
Whatever I did, the card refused to let the computer boot (yes, i protected the pin 5 & 6..) I found a Dell server (T110II) with the same result.
So... contacting the seller, he sent me another card.
fairenough.
I tried the crossflash... with rather no luck.
Yes, I'm very newbie and English is not my mother tongue :)
anyway, I'm now in a situation where :
megarec sees the card, consider it's a "MR adapter", manufacturer 0x1000, device ID 0x73, in PCI slot 4
but, coz there's a but:
sas2flash (tried on different machines, dos only, efi too) sees nothing
sas2flash -listall return no card. period.
all sas2flash command return the same.
Of course, I "megareced clean" again, saw the slow progress (about 2 minutes) but then, same player fall again.

or am I the one to be bricked?

 

[viph]

hummm, looks like my question is so stupid

 

[HoneyBadger]

No stupid questions, many stupid answers sometimes. ;)

What is the exact guideline and steps you have followed? Try this guide:

SAS HBA crossflashing or flashing to IT mode, Dell Perc H200 and H310

Please visit the updated guide here: UPDATE: I’ve updated this post as of 2013-09-21. I’ve removed parts about the IBM M1015 and focused more on the Dell H310 and H200. I’ve also …

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Clear the flash with Megarec, then push the official Dell SBR file with Megarec again. See if you can return it to an official H310 card. Then try again from the beginning.

 

[viph]

Thank you and sorry for my slow feedback.
Would you know SBR file name ?

in the meantime, i tried this

Revert your Perc H310 back to it’s Dell firmware

A lot of people have asked me how to revert the Perc H310 back to it’s original state. You’ll need the newer zip file I’ve created with all the necessary files. LSI 9211-8i zip fi…

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indeed, after megarec -cleanflash

all sas2flash commands are claiming "no card"

megarec -m0flash 0 FW2657A.ROM
sometimes stucked
sometimes seems passed but sas2flash fall again.

i tried to use Dell tools.
nocheck.bat or update.bat from their pack... but tools are telling me no dell card

basically, only megarec -cleanflash 0 works perfectly and result is replicable :)

 

[viph]

Hi there,

quick update, replying to myself as it might help people.
out of my 2 cards, one has been "saved" and now usable.

with a bios only motherboard (asus P5B deluxe)... megarec was (still) OK, and sas2flsh too.
It looks like command the bios could not be updated... so, no more access to the card at bios leve during boot phase.
meanwhile 6gbpsas and 2118it ok

same procedure on the other card has not been succesful
may be should i try with other "Px" ?