Flashing Bios on an Adaptec 1220 SATA drive controller

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Hello all,

I'm going to install RC1 in the next few days.

I was looking to test the stability within RC1 of an adaptec 1220SA card I have to control the system drives. I have the Vista 64bit driver for the card as this is the newest listed.

I have created a recovery disc in beta build 7000 and hope to use this to boot into a DOS shell and follow the instructions given on the adaptec site:

This is the BIOS release v6.0-0 Build 2330 for the Adaptec SATA II RAID 1220SA Controller.

This BIOS should only be used together with Driver v1.6.12086 in Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista.

This self-extracting archive includes the flash utility, the BIOS image file and the Release Notes.
Caution: If the BIOS update fails with an error message "unable to find file" or "target controller does not match", please see ASK Answer ID 15241

Installation Instruction: This file is self extracting and will unzip to the directory \adaptec\1220sa. Copy the expanded files to a floppy diskette. The expanded files can also be copied to a USB device or CD-R.
Shut down the operating system and reboot to DOS from a bootable floppy disk, USB device or CD-R. Insert the media with the update files. Run the flash utility program named AFU.EXE included in this download to backup the current BIOS and flash the new BIOS image.
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I'm hoping to expand the bios update file onto a cd for the second drive or alternatively stick it on a USB stick.

My question is this, when I am in the dos shell, what do I do!

I suddenly realised that i've never had a need to use the command line :o
 

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if i've got the card installed but not with any discs attached to it could I just not use the command line within W7?
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Professional 64bitIntel Core Quad 955016GB factory installedNVIDIA Quadro K2100M
Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Lenovo
OS
Windows 7 Professional 64bit
CPU
Intel Core Quad 9550
Motherboard
Mobile Intel QM87 Express Chipset
Memory
16GB factory installed
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA Quadro K2100M
Sound Card
Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
Apple iMac 27" display
Screen Resolution
2560 x 1440
Hard Drives
160gb factory fitted ssd
512gb pcie m2 2242 ssd
No you can't. See attached:
 

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My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Win 7 RCC2D E6700 2.6Ghz4GBATI Radeon X1950 Pro
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Self Build
OS
Win 7 RC
CPU
C2D E6700 2.6Ghz
Motherboard
Asus P5N32-Sli Premium
Memory
4GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon X1950 Pro
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell S2309W
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
Maxtor 6V250F0
WDC WD2500JD-00HBB0
WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
PSU
Xclio 700W Modular
Case
Akasa Mirage
Keyboard
Logitech LX-300
Mouse
Logitech MX Revolution
yes I saw that in the documentation afterwards!

Oh well, uncharted territory here I come!
 

My Computer My Computer

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Windows 7 Professional 64bitIntel Core Quad 955016GB factory installedNVIDIA Quadro K2100M
Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Lenovo
OS
Windows 7 Professional 64bit
CPU
Intel Core Quad 9550
Motherboard
Mobile Intel QM87 Express Chipset
Memory
16GB factory installed
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA Quadro K2100M
Sound Card
Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
Apple iMac 27" display
Screen Resolution
2560 x 1440
Hard Drives
160gb factory fitted ssd
512gb pcie m2 2242 ssd
Well, I decided against the bios upgrade and chose to just install drivers - downloaded the signed vista x64 drivers from adaptec and guess what - no banana,

Se7en just said that it couldn't find any signed drivers and I refuse to go back and tit around with floppy drives and discs :mad:

So anyway, I decided to use the second sata controller on the asus mainboard to run a drive for backups and other stuff so that it's away from the intel controller where all the other discs are.

On the plus side - I installed from a USB stick and it went like clock work :D
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Professional 64bitIntel Core Quad 955016GB factory installedNVIDIA Quadro K2100M
Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Lenovo
OS
Windows 7 Professional 64bit
CPU
Intel Core Quad 9550
Motherboard
Mobile Intel QM87 Express Chipset
Memory
16GB factory installed
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA Quadro K2100M
Sound Card
Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
Apple iMac 27" display
Screen Resolution
2560 x 1440
Hard Drives
160gb factory fitted ssd
512gb pcie m2 2242 ssd
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