October 21, 20169 yr Hi Guys, First, thanks to everyone for their help troubleshooting the previously reported issue I was having after upgrading. Replaced the SATA cable and the problem seems resolved. Looking at my syslog, I see the following: Oct 21 12:54:32 Tower kernel: ata1.00: HPA detected: current 1677721620, native 2000409264 Not sure what HPA detected refers to. Full diagnostics are attached. Thanks again for everyone's help! tower-diagnostics-20161021-1300.zip
October 21, 20169 yr Community Expert Your SSD is not using all available space. For a explanation of HPA and how to remove it. https://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=10866.0
October 21, 20169 yr Author Your SSD is not using all available space. For a explanation of HPA and how to remove it. https://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=10866.0 If I don't care about the lost space -- this is my cache drive -- is there any need to worry/take action?
October 21, 20169 yr Community Expert If I don't care about the lost space -- this is my cache drive -- is there any need to worry/take action? No.
October 21, 20169 yr Your SSD is not using all available space. For a explanation of HPA and how to remove it. https://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=10866.0 If I don't care about the lost space -- this is my cache drive -- is there any need to worry/take action? HPA is only a real big deal if its on the parity drive. Additionally, if the motherboard placed the HPA partitition on the cache drive, then as a general rule, it will not place HPA onto any other drive, so in that case its actually a decent idea to leave the HPA on the drive to prevent it from going on anything else
October 21, 20169 yr I didn't realise HPA was still a thing, I remember it being an issue with Gigabyte boards back in the day. Never realised it still happened.
October 21, 20169 yr Author I didn't realise HPA was still a thing, I remember it being an issue with Gigabyte boards back in the day. Never realised it still happened. This drive was purchased from Amazon and labeled as Incorrectly Provisioned - discounted. So I think that's the problem. I don't think the OS caused the problem. I'm using a highly recommended MOBO, new, I just can't remember the model off the top of my head
October 21, 20169 yr Author Your SSD is not using all available space. For a explanation of HPA and how to remove it. https://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=10866.0 If I don't care about the lost space -- this is my cache drive -- is there any need to worry/take action? HPA is only a real big deal if its on the parity drive. Additionally, if the motherboard placed the HPA partitition on the cache drive, then as a general rule, it will not place HPA onto any other drive, so in that case its actually a decent idea to leave the HPA on the drive to prevent it from going on anything else Good to know! Thanks (:
October 21, 20169 yr Sounds like a better explanation. It used to be some Gigabyte models caused issues back in 2011 - 2012 I think. But I haven't heard anybody with issues for years.
October 21, 20169 yr Sounds like a better explanation. It used to be some Gigabyte models caused issues back in 2011 - 2012 I think. But I haven't heard anybody with issues for years. WAG, Since were talking about a SSD, maybe the manufacturer is using HPA for housekeeping? <shrug?>
October 21, 20169 yr Author Sounds like a better explanation. It used to be some Gigabyte models caused issues back in 2011 - 2012 I think. But I haven't heard anybody with issues for years. I like to keep everyone on their toes (: Sent from my HTC6535LVW using Tapatalk
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