While it is possible that code was added in one of the BIOS updates allowing BIOS to more efficiently and effectively detect, identify, and manage hardware, "specific" support of a third-party RAID controller would not have been added. According to the release notes, this is what the BIOS updates include: System:         Dell(TM) PowerEdge(TM) 840~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Version:        A08Release Date:   06/24/2009* Support PERC6i and SAS6iR Cards.System:         Dell(TM) PowerEdge(TM) 840~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Version:        A07Release Date:   06/04/2009* Support PERC6i and SAS6iR Cards.System:         Dell(TM) PowerEdge(TM) 840~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Version:        A06Release Date:   08/19/2008* Update Intel(R) Microcode for Conroe M-0/G-0 stepping & Celeron CPU.* Update ATI VBIOS. Version:        A05Release Date:   10/04/2007* Microcode for Intel(R) E21x0 E4x00 M0 stepping microcode added.* Microsoft (R) Windows Server(R) 2008 Support [URL] Nothing that would appear - to me - to help your situation, but you it can't hurt to try.
Hi, I have an older server, a Dell Poweredge 840 (running Windows 2003 SBS) that has 1 1TB SATA harddrive in it. I am wanting to setup a RAID 1 array, but am not completely sure how to go about doing this. As far as I realized, the motherboard does not come with an integrated RAID controller. I have a PCI SATA RAID card that does have drivers supporting Server 2003, but I cannot figure out how to make the server boot up through the PCI SATA card..  Any help will be greatly appreciated as I havent done this before Thanks
Dell Poweredge 840 RAID 1