[Solved] Parity drive missing after mobo bios update

[Benji]

Unraid 6.9.2

Plugins: Community Applications and Unassigned devices

Specs:

i5 11400

ASrock H570 Phantom Gaming 4

16GB DDR4

5x HDD onboard SATA

1x NVME onboard m2

 

I just updated my motherboard bios from 1.30 to 1.70. The bios is wiped on update, so I entered in my previous settings and upon starting the server, my parity drive is now missing. The drive is showing up in bios and I can see it listed as an unassigned device on the Main page. For reference, the drive is sdb.

 

I had a browse through similar posts and someone suggested disabling VT-d, that didn't help.

 

At this point, I'm not sure what to do and would appreciate some help. Thanks.

 

 

apollo-diagnostics-20210422-1536.zip

Edited April 22, 2021 by Benji

[Benji]

Solved, but I have a question. I browsed more posts and someone suggest checking the sata cables. It was still clipped in, but out by by less than 1mm. I just pushed on all the cables to be sure and that fixed it. Should I replace the cables or can they really be that delicate?

Edited April 22, 2021 by Benji

[trurl]

20 minutes ago, Benji said:

out by by less than 1mm

Make sure the cable has no tension that might cause it to pull on the connection. Bundling cables to make them neat can sometimes cause problems.

[Benji]

2 minutes ago, trurl said:

Make sure the cable has no tension that might cause it to pull on the connection. Bundling cables to make them neat can sometimes cause problems.

 

I think this could have been the problem, it's quite a tight fit with a bunch of cables in there. I moved some around to make more space, hopefully it shouldn't happen again if I need to pull the server out.