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Dell T5600 PCIE Expansion Card Issues
Dell T5600 PCIE Expansion Card Issues
Hello,
I recently added a PCIE SATA Expansion Card to my Dell T5600. I am using all flash in this server, so no HDDs. For some reason, the expansion card is not showing up in the BIOS or in the Diagnostics. I have a Crucial 1Tb SSD connected to it, but the system does't recognize any devices.
Has anyone ran into this and found a fix for it? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
ejn63
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April 11th, 2024 20:37
Most of these cards lack a boot ROM -- and can be used for storage, but not for use as a boot device. Check with the card's manufacturer to see what they say.
Does the operating system's drive manager see the drive at all?
bradthetechnut
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April 11th, 2024 23:58
What OS is being used? If it's Windows, go into Device Manager and check for any yellow triangles with "!". Update drivers for those items.
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April 12th, 2024 13:49
@ejn63 I’m not trying to use it as a boot device. It doesn’t show up in the BIOS or in any drive manager.
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April 12th, 2024 13:50
@bradthetechnut I’m using Proxmox at the moment. It doesn’t show up at all.
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April 24th, 2024 23:14
I used a Startech 6 port in an old T7400 and all of the drives showed up in bios drive list, after all of the onboard drives, and the card showed up as a PCIe mass storage device. Of course, that was an old legacy machine. I'm not sure if you're using UEFI, but if so, and if you have a bios option for Legacy ROMS, you might try that.
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