FredRed315

No, I had issues trying to flash the firmware, I don't know command line/linux commands enough to get through the process if it doesn't go exactly as laid out. I don't have another controller, but I'm about to buy one that is already updated.

I tried it with some scotch tape (for a temp fix) and it didn't change anything.

Soooo... Where do I go from here? Take a loss and toss the drives in the trash bin?

So, I tried formatting the drives to see if the sector size was the issue, followed the instructions here: I get this, and I'm not sure what to do from here: root@Tower:~# sg_scan -i /dev/sg0: scsi10 channel=0 id=0 lun=0 [em] Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 PMAP [rmb=1 cmdq=0 pqual=0 pdev=0x0] /dev/sg1: scsi9 channel=0 id=0 lun=0 ATA KINGSTON SA400S3 K1B3 [rmb=0 cmdq=1 pqual=0 pdev=0x0] /dev/sg2: scsi9 channel=0 id=1 lun=0 SEAGATE ST33000650SS 0005 [rmb=0 cmdq=1 pqual=0 pdev=0x0] /dev/sg3: scsi9 channel=0 id=2 lun=0 SEAGATE ST33000650SS 0005 [rmb=0 cmdq=1 pqual=0 pdev=0x0] /dev/sg4: scsi9 channel=0 id=3 lun=0 SEAGATE ST33000650SS 0005 [rmb=0 cmdq=1 pqual=0 pdev=0x0] root@Tower:~# sg_format --format --size=512 -v /dev/sg2 SEAGATE ST33000650SS 0005 peripheral_type: disk [0x0] PROTECT=1 << supports protection information>> VPD_UNIT_SERIAL_NUM gave res=5 mode sense(10) cdb: [5a 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 fc 00] mode sense(10): Descriptor format, current; Sense key: Not Ready Additional sense: Logical unit not ready, cause not reportable Descriptor type: Field replaceable unit code: 0x0 Descriptor type: Vendor specific [0x80] 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 MODE SENSE (10) command: Device not ready, type: sense key

First time setting up Unraid, complete newbie, so bear with me please - Using an old computer as a NAS, here's the pertinent bits and parts: Motherboard - Asrock Z77 Extreme4 CPU - i7-3770 Memory - 16Gb (4x4) Gskil Ripjaw PC3-12800 DDR3-1600 LSI SAS 9201-8i 1 x Kingston 480GB A400 Sata3 2.5" Internal SSD 3 x Seagate Constellation ES.2 ST33000650SS 3TB 7.2KRPM 3.5" SAS HDD Have all four hard drives connected to the 9201 via this cord. Booted/installed Unraid from a USB, everything seemed to go fine, but it only sees the Kingston SSD, which I planned on using as a cache drive. The Seagate drives aren't showing up, except in Tools > System Devices > SCSI Devices. I just can't seem to do anything with them in Unraid. In the boot sequence, I jumped into the LSI 9201 config, tried to format the drives though that, but it fails for all of them. Tried using Gparted, it doesn't see the drives either. I'm not thinking this is necessarily an Unraid problem, but I have no clue where to go from here. On another note, one of the Seagates sounds like absolute trash/grinding for the first 20 seconds after booting, then quiets down. I'm sure there's an issue somewhere with (hopefully only) one of them, but I can't even get far enough to run tests on them. Diagnostics Zip attached. tower-diagnostics-20200411-1856.zip