SteveW Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 (edited) Hi, I just finished an Unraid build with the following hardware ( more in the diagnostics đ B-550i Ryzen 5600G 32GB DDR4 I added a 2 port PCI-E to SATA( ăPCI-E to SATA III ControllerăMaster 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, 2022 by SteveW Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 Those controllers work well with Unraid, try connecting a different disk there, but there could also be some compatibility issue with the board. Quote Link to comment
SteveW Posted June 26, 2022 Author Share Posted June 26, 2022 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 Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 Post new diags with drives connected. Quote Link to comment
SteveW Posted June 26, 2022 Author Share Posted June 26, 2022 Here's one where the Disk is recognized. tower-diagnostics-20220626-1130.zip Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 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. Quote Link to comment
SteveW Posted June 26, 2022 Author Share Posted June 26, 2022 Thanks for the lead, will try with another one asap. Quote Link to comment
SteveW Posted June 26, 2022 Author Share Posted June 26, 2022 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  1 Quote Link to comment
Solution SteveW Posted September 17, 2022 Author Solution Share Posted September 17, 2022 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.   1 Quote Link to comment
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