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Adaptec (Microsemi) scsi drivers and docs removed from support site?

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First post, by sgray

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Unless it's just me, it seems that all of the old Adaptec drivers have finally been removed from the Microsemi support site. Can someone else try the link below and verify also? The pages are still there, but can't get to any of the files. If that is the case, not to worry, I mirrored that whole site in 2023 to a sterile archive while it was still alive and it's in-line to be shared with the rest of the software archive I have been working on for the last several years.

It just blows my mind that these companies have that itch to delete that part of their history that requires no maintenance, just a little storage space on their hosting servers and an "as-is, no liability" disclaimer. Apparently it's keeping them from being able to work on a day-to-day basis and taking their lunch money too!

https://storage.microsemi.com/en-us/support/s … /2940/aha-2940/

Reply 1 of 3, by Horun

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Everything is still there. They just made some web page changes so those links do not always work.
two ways to get there: Change the .htm to .php on the 404 page and try again. See Vogons Driver library and Vetz post
or use this and find the same name bios: http://web.archive.org/web/*/https://download.adaptec.com/*
For older adaptec stuff use can use this link first to see what was there: https://storage.microsemi.com/en-us/support/_eol/index.php

Hate posting a reply and then have to edit it because it made no sense 😁 First computer was an IBM 3270 workstation with CGA monitor. Stuff: https://archive.org/details/@horun

Reply 2 of 3, by sangokushi

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Horun wrote on 2024-12-14, 02:47:
Everything is still there. They just made some web page changes so those links do not always work. two ways to get there: Chang […]
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Everything is still there. They just made some web page changes so those links do not always work.
two ways to get there: Change the .htm to .php on the 404 page and try again. See Vogons Driver library and Vetz post
or use this and find the same name bios: http://web.archive.org/web/*/https://download.adaptec.com/*
For older adaptec stuff use can use this link first to see what was there: https://storage.microsemi.com/en-us/support/_eol/index.php

Thanks! I was trying to download the drivers and noticed the same issue.

Reply 3 of 3, by nhattu1986

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you can just rename the download url from .htm to .php and it will working again.

for example this was the link for vista driver: https://storage.microsemi.com/en-us/speed/scs … v605456_exe.htm which get 404 error

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and you can rename the last .htm to .php and it became accessible again : https://storage.microsemi.com/en-us/speed/scs … v605456_exe.php

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