Download Firmware Areca ARC-11xx & ARC-12xx & ARC-1680 1.48

Areca has released new firmware for the raid controllers in the ARC-11xx, ARC-12xx and ARC-1680 series, with 1.48 as the version number. Among other things, this addresses issues with the ARC-1201 and ARC-1202 raid controllers in combination with Western Digital 1TB hard drives or Intel S5520HC motherboards. The full list of changes looks like this:

Change Log For V1.48 Firmware

2009-7-3:

• Fix PING_PONG_PCIDMA support

2009-7-7:

• Fix GUI raid5060 cannot modify raid attribute

2009-7-16:

• Fix PMC Expander + SATA Hdd performance

2009-7-23:

• Fix ARC1680:SATA HDD Update Microcode
• Add SAS HDD update microcode function
• Fix write through volume cannot be deleted after some times of operation
• Clarify SUPERMICRO EXPANDER’s enclosure temperature detection

2009-8-4:

• Add PATCH_TYAN_7025S MB

2009-8-5:

• ARC1680:Add SasStartStopUnit to start SAS/SATA Device

2009-8-14:

• Fix ARHTTP browser error when SUPPORT_128_VOLUMESETS is not defined

2009-8-19:

• Add FailDisk feature for pure SATA model

2009-8-20:

• ARC1201/1202/5020+WDC 1TB HDD problem

2009-8-26:

• Display “ENC#3 SES2Device” timeout if SES2 service timeout

2009-9-10:

• Fix SES2 disable support

2009-10-8:

• ARC1200/1201/1202+Intel S5520HC M/B Hang

2009-10-23:

• IOP34X: adjust CPU VCore 1.2V high voltage detection

2009-11-5:

• Fix PCI.C SetXferLen problem

2009-11-6:

• Correct typo : Cannot Expand RaidSet ‘Conatins’ Raid30/50/60 Volume

2009-11-16:

• Fix PCI.C SetXferLen problem

2009-12-4:

• Fix ARC1680:if cpu fan detection is disabled, do not re-check cpu fan

2009-12-29:

• ARC1680:fix hot plug of SMART failed HDD firmware hang

2009-12-31:

• Add CheckChannel to errorHandler for 6081 models
• Build All PCI RAID with 6081 chip

2010-1-4:

• Rebuild all SAS model