"Waiting for RAID Controller F/W to become ready..."

Hello
Lately I have been getting this message more often than not -- before Windows 7 (not) booting:  "Waiting for RAID Controller F/W to become ready..."
Any suggestions?
I have a
Areca  ARC-1680D-IX 12-ports SAS RAID
Thanks
Rowby

We sell and use these now:
http://www.intel.com/products/server/raid-controllers/RS2BL080/RS2BL080-overview.htm
http://www.intel.com/products/server/raid-controllers/RS2PI008/RS2PI008-overview.htm
But they have more here: http://www.intel.com/products/server/raid/index.htm
They also use LSI chips like Areca and Atto.
Eric
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