Hi,

I just finished an Unraid build with the following hardware ( more in the diagnostics 😞

B-550i

Ryzen 5600G

32GB DDR4

I added a 2 port PCI-E to SATA( 【PCI-E to SATA III Controller】Master chip ASM1061, supports IDE/AHCI mode. Support Sports Multiplier ) today to expand my 4 MOBO ports. When no drive connected it boots perfectly into unraid and that's when I downloaded the diagnostics file. When a HD is connected the boot takes super long and I get ata 7/8 sata link down error messages. ( those are the ones from the pcie card ).

Update: using fdisk -l i can see the drive on my unraid command line, but it doesn't show up in unassigned devices

 

When i insert the card with drives into my windows machine, it recognizes everything instantly.

 

 

 

Does anyone have a clue to direct me the right way? Thanks a lot!

tower-diagnostics-20220626-1037.zip

Edited June 26, 20224 yr by SteveW

Those controllers work well with Unraid, try connecting a different disk there, but there could also be some compatibility issue with the board.

Thanks,

I will try some more disks, although the disks worked well when connected to the same controller in my windows pc.
I just noticed the drive shows up when I fdisk -l and in the diagnostics, but not in unassigned devices. Seems there's some slight progress

Post new diags with drives connected.

Here's one where the Disk is recognized.

tower-diagnostics-20220626-1130.zip

Jun 26 02:28:44 Tower kernel: ata1.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xef)
Jun 26 02:28:44 Tower kernel: ata1.00: failed to set xfermode (err_mask=0x4)
Jun 26 02:28:44 Tower kernel: ata1.00: disabled

 

Disk is dropping offline soon after being detected, try with a different model disk, also make sure power/SATA cables are good, or just replace them.

Thanks for the lead, will try with another one asap.

Thanks to your input i finally got some results.

 

I tested around 6-7 drives I had lying around and I always got errors.

Unplugged one 4tb drive out of my qnap, and hooked it up and unraid booted happily.

 

I am not sure what the reason is, but with this newer drive ( 2-3 years old ) there is no error.

 

Will investigate further to find the root cause, but happy it starts working

 

Forgot to update the solution which worked for me. Maybe it's of some help for others.

I bought a JMicron Technology Corp. JMB58x AHCI SATA controller card and this solved all issues I had.