Question I am updating the latest IT firmware for the AOC-USAS2-L8i. After executing the provided flash utility I received the error, "ERROR: Failed to initialize PAL. Exiting program ". A quick earch turned up a LSI support article indicating an workarounds to use an alternative EFI flashing utility. My X9SCM-F motherboard does utilize EFI so I was wondering if you could provide the EFI version of the SAS2flash utility & instruction. Answer You may contact Supermicro Tech Support for the EFI version of the SAS2Flash utility or download it directly from LSI website. Below is the instruction: 1. save FW and utility to flash drive 2. boot to UEFI shell 3. change to flash drive - Usually fs0 but please check "map" command - Shell> map - Shell> fs0: 4. flash FW -Shell>sasflash -f firmware.fw -b bios.rom Was this FAQ helpful? YES      NO Enter Comments Below: Note: Your comments/feedback should be limited to this FAQ only. For technical support, please send an email to support@supermicro.com.  Enter your email address below if you'd like technical support staff to reply:  Please type the Captcha (no space) H 8 4 W FAQ Stats FAQ ID Related Category / Keyword Date Posted Code 12970 BIOS: - AMI BIOS Storage: - JBOD - SAS 10/31/11 JC     Print Answer