******************** Using the Host Adapter Flash Utility ******************** This document provides information for the PCI Flash Utility V1.14.00 for DOS. It contains a feature and description section. * * * * * * * * * * * Feature * * * * * * * * * * * * o Supports host adapter selection for updating with a specific BIOS image * * * * * * * * * * * Description * * * * * * * * * * * This utility allows you to update the LSI Logic PCI SCSI BIOS on a host adapter based on a LSI53C815, LSI53C825, LSI53C825A, LSI53C875, LSI53C876, LSI53C885, LSI53C895, LSI53C895A, LSIC53C896, LSI53C1010, and LSI53C1000 SCSI chip. All LSI Logic devices and host adapters have undergone a name change. They have transitioned from a SYM prefix to an LSI prefix. New versions of the PCI SCSI BIOS are released periodically. Your host adapter must have a flash on board to use this utility. The utility is labeled FLASH8X5.EXE and is located on your LSI Logic SDMS drivers diskette. It is required that you place this utility on a DOS bootable diskette and execute it from this diskette. Power down any hard disk drives attached to the host adapter you are updating. Using DOS 5.0 or higher, create a bootable diskette by formatting it with the /s option (for example, format a: /s). Do not install any memory managers or SCSI drivers on the diskette. A minimum of 200K of conventional memory is needed to execute the Flash Utility. Add the DOS mouse driver to AUTOEXEC.BAT for mouse control of the utility, if desired. Insert the diskette into drive "a:". Boot the system to the DOS prompt a:\>. Type FLASH8X5 and press Enter. Note: Some systems contain a specific PCI bus design, known as a Peer Bus implementation. This design provides an expanded PCI bus capacity by means of a secondary PCI bus. This implementation may cause issues with this Flash utility's ability to correctly identify 8XX boards installed on this secondary PCI bus. For example, an error could occur or the system could become hung up after executing this Flash utility. If you system contains a Peer Bus implementation, the only two alternatives available to correct these issues are: 1. Reboot the computer. 2. Type FLASH8X5 /q at the prompt to invoke an optional mode of identifying LSI Logic host adapter boards in a secondary PCI bus environment. or 1. Turn the machine off. 2. Move the LSI Logic host adapter boards to be flashed over to the primary PCI bus. Note: These two alternatives are the only ones available at this time. The first screen displayed indicates what files are necessary to upgrade and general instructions to upgrade. Press Enter to continue to the next window. The Main Menu for the Flash Utility appears and displays these six choices: 1. Update the EEPROM. 2. Backup the current BIOS image. 3. View board summary. 4. Exit to DOS. 5. Reboot. 6. About Flash8x5. LSI Logic recommends that you do a view the board summary (option 3) and perform a backup (option 2) prior to updating the flash. The view identifies the SCSI controller, its Device ID, the Flash Chip, and the current BIOS version. The backup will store the BIOS image currently residing in the flash ROM of the first board only to the diskette. In the event that there are problems with the new image, you can get back to the original one. To update the current SCSI BIOS, follow these steps: 1. Choose option 1 to give you a summary of boards installed. 2. Press the spacebar to mark at least one board, even if there is only one to choose from. A new window appears asking for the BIOS filename to upgrade. 3. Type the filename in manually at the A:\prompt and press Enter or Press F2 to view the available files on the diskette. If you press F2, the available files should be: the BIOS file just backed up and 8XX BIOS image files. Highlight the 8XX BIOS image file (*.ROM) and press Enter. The utility displays the file name and notifies you when the file is successfully read. 4. Press Enter to continue. The system prompts you whether or not to overwrite the BIOS that is currently flashed in. 5. Select "Y" to upgrade. This causes the flash to get erased and updated. The system displays the card information and verifies that the new BIOS is flashed. 6. Press any key to get back to the Main Menu. 7. Choose option 5 to Reboot. 8. Remove the floppy if you want to boot off your hard drive. To verify the new BIOS installation, watch carefully during boot and look at the 3rd line of the SDMS banner when displayed. or Rerun the Flash utility from the floppy and choose the view option to see the current BIOS version. Note: Due to smaller flash ROMs on these host adapters, it may not be possible to upgrade earlier host adapters with newer versions of the BIOS. The flash ROM size can be determined by the part's description displayed on the "Summary of boards installed" screen in the flash chip column. Flash ROM part numbers and corresponding sizes are shown below. Flash ROM part numbers and corresponding sizes are: 256/256A - 32K byte capacity 512 - 64K byte capacity 101/010 - 128K byte capacity 201/020 - 256K byte capacity Host adapters supported: LSI8150SP LSI8750SP LSI8250ASP LSI8751SP LSI8251ASP LSI8751D LSI8251AD LSI8751SPE LSI8951U LSI8952U LSI8953U LSI22801 LSI22802 LSI21002 LSI22910 LSI21003 LSI21040 LSI22902 LSI22903 LSI22915A LSI20160 LSI20160L (Previous versions of the host adapters use the format NCR8150S, NCR8250S, ...)Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
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