Former RAID disks not recognized by Unraid

[FrewBrew]

I just completed cutting over to Unraid, from a Windows-based server, that leveraged a DELL PERC card for RAID.  Most of the drives I was able to remove the RAID conifguration for before cutting over, however I have 2 x WD 8TB drives that weren't "removed" first, and I suspect have foreign configuration, as they don't show up in Unraid at all (in "unassigned devices" or otherwise).  

 

Unfortunately, I can't do anything with the old system anymore (it's kaput!) and my new mobo doesn't have a RAID controller to clear.  Are there any utilities or other ways to clear this out without throwing the disks into a system with a RAID controller?

gobills-diagnostics-20230421-0856.zip

[JorgeB]

The disks should still be detected, make sure it's not the 3.3v SATA issue, Google "wd 3.3v SATA"

[itimpi]

It does not look as though the drives are even being recognised at the hardware level    How are they currently attached?

[FrewBrew]

11 minutes ago, JorgeB said:

The disks should still be detected, make sure it's not the 3.3v SATA issue, Google "wd 3.3v SATA"

 

Interesting.  I strongly suspect this is the issue.  Totally a white label WD drive.  I just ordered a few molex<-> SATA power adapters.  Tape on an electrical component feels more risky to me.  LOL.  Adapter should be here tomorrow.  I'll update accordingly.

 

 

[FrewBrew]

16 minutes ago, itimpi said:

It does not look as though the drives are even being recognised at the hardware level    How are they currently attached?

SATA / SATA power.  I have molex <-> SATA power adapters en route now to try the 3.3v fix.

 

[Frank1940]

29 minutes ago, FrewBrew said:

Tape on an electrical component feels more risky to me. 

It probably is UNLESS you use Kapton tape which is basically intended for that type of usage.  But it is probably more expensive than a single Molex-SATA adapter--  An $8.00 roll will fix a 1000 drives though.   😈

[Hoopster]

2 hours ago, FrewBrew said:

Tape on an electrical component feels more risky to me.

I have several WD white label drives that needed the Kapton tape fix in order to be recognized.  Kapton tape is not risky at all and is an easy solution (as are the Molex to SATA adapters) which can also easily be reversed.  At least it is nothing as drastic as the "snip the wire/remove the pin" solutions. 

[FrewBrew]

Alright, so Molex adapters came, but they were trash, and would've caused more problems than they solved.  I ordered a role of kapton tape, and will see how that goes later this week.  If it's not one thing, it's another, for sure!

[FrewBrew]

woohoo!    Kapton  did the trick!  Thanks all.