[6.10.03] Unmountable: Wrong or no file system and Disabled Drive

[Officero]

Chasing down what I believe is a cable issue. System runs "fine" (air quotes as it must not be running fine) for awhile and then on a parity check will throw some errors. Diags are attached and any help would be appreciated. tower-diagnostics-20220806-1056.zip

 

Current errors are one disabled drive and one drive that shows as unmountable.

Edited Sunday at 12:17 AM by Officero

[JorgeB]

Looks more like a power problem, it's affecting multiple disks in different controllers, could also be SATA cables.

[Officero]

On 8/7/2022 at 4:31 AM, JorgeB said:

Looks more like a power problem, it's affecting multiple disks in different controllers, could also be SATA cables.

 

I found a possibly loose molex to SATA connection that hopefully fixed my issue. If I find other issues in the future, I'll start replacing power cables.

 

Thanks for looking!

[trurl]

2 hours ago, Officero said:

start replacing power cables.

If modular PSU, be sure to only use cables for that specific model. There is no standard pinout for modular PSUs and many have fried disks using wrong cables.

[Officero]

8 minutes ago, trurl said:

If modular PSU, be sure to only use cables for that specific model. There is no standard pinout for modular PSUs and many have fried disks using wrong cables.

 

It is not, but thank you for that heads up. I have another system (not a server) that is semi-modular. I'll remember that. 

 

I have some SATA expansion cables I took apart to remove the 3.3v wire from using this guide: https://forums.serverbuilds.net/t/guide-3-3v-sata-power-cable-mod-3-3v-wire-removal/9806

 

There's a chance I messed something up--though all I did was remove a wire--so I'll try another cable if I have additional problems. Think I'd just need to put tape on the 3.3v pin for some of my shucked drives. 

Edited Tuesday at 08:12 PM by Officero