fysmd Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Hi all, I'm new to this card and just installed it. It seems to only detect drives connected to the first port. All four connected drives are detected but moving the same cable to other ports on the card leaves them undetected. If I run the setup tool at boot time (ctrl-c) I see the same thing, just four drives. Any tips? Quote Link to comment
fysmd Posted December 7, 2018 Author Share Posted December 7, 2018 Oh I hope not, servers been down for days already Would be just my luck though! Anybody know if there's any config I need to do to enable all ports for sata drives or anything similar? Quote Link to comment
uldise Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 are all cables identical? i mean forward vs reverse breakout.. Quote Link to comment
fysmd Posted December 8, 2018 Author Share Posted December 8, 2018 I dont know what forward vs reverse breakout means.... Tried the HBA in two identical machines, same result and have now replaced the card, same result Same cables and drives though I've upgraded the firmware on the HBA, same results, no BIOS update available for MB. Could this be MB or Drive compatibility? Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 7 minutes ago, fysmd said: Could this be MB or Drive compatibility? If this is true 21 hours ago, fysmd said: All four connected drives are detected but moving the same cable to other ports on the card leaves them undetected. seems unlikely to me, but if it's the same with another HBA don't really have more ideas. Quote Link to comment
fysmd Posted December 9, 2018 Author Share Posted December 9, 2018 I want to say a big thank you, especially to johnnie.black for all the help with my recent issues (not only in this thread!) I worked out the source of my troubles I think and it was mainly -- >>ME<< I'm embarrassed to say that I had a compound issue: 1. Two of the five cables I bought seem incompatible, drives connected after one of these cables were not detected! 2. I'm a dick - I had knocked power off for a large number of by drives (2nd PSU!) - THINGS WORK BETTER WHEN PLUGGED IN! Now I'm over my brain fart I can start to fix properly, the cables I bought (same supplier) are: https://www.scan.co.uk/products/1m-broadcom-sff-8643-to-x4-sata-cable-mini-sas-hd-to-sata-data-port (works) and https://www.scan.co.uk/products/60cm-silverstone-12gb-minisas-hd-sff-8643-to-sata-7pinplussideband-cable (don't work) What should I be looking for vs avoid in these cables, I'm not seeing the difference Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 The ones that don't work are reverse breakout, it's on the description: Quote (36-Pin SFF-8643 connector for target and SATA 7-Pin x 4 for host device) Quote Link to comment
fysmd Posted December 9, 2018 Author Share Posted December 9, 2018 O-M-G!! I feel like a muppet. Off to get proper cables now. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment
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