Hi guys,
thank you for the continued support and sorry for the late reply.
Hi Heracles,
I have not gone to that extent yet. Server is used by the family daily so I try not to have it down for too long.
But I will follow those steps as I agree they could help narrow it down. I did try the Hard drives in Windows (using a docking station) and they were recognized so if it is hardware related I believe it will be with the connections (cables, mobo ports).
No they are not shucked. Bought them as internal sata drives. I do use hot swap bays from rosewill, but I have already tried the drives directly attached (SATA + power)
thank you for the continued support and sorry for the late reply.
Hi Maozefang,
Should you wish to keep pushing for your diagnosis, you can do something like this :
--Power off FreeNAS
--Unplug the drives used by FreeNAS (pool and boot)
--Plug only the new drives that you try to get recognized
--Make yourself a new FreeNAS installer
--Add a temporary 8+ Gig USB stick
--Boot the server with the Installer and install a brand new FreeNAS on the temporary stick
--See if that new temporary drive has better luck recognizing the drives
You can try re-using the same connections as the existing drives as well as with the extra connections you are trying to use.
If the new drives are not recognized when plugged in the same cables and ports as the existing drives, you know the problem is around the drives.
Should the drives works only when plugged in the same cable / ports as the existing drive, the problem is probably related to the board.
Should you get the new drives recognized when plugged in different ports, then you may have fix your setup. Put back you server in its original state (boot drive and drives with the pool) and reboot your actual FreeNAS instance.
You can do this kind of testing with a different operating system like Linux. If Linux can see the drives on the extra ports, then the problem is not in the hardware.
Good luck doing your diagnosis,
Hi Heracles,
I have not gone to that extent yet. Server is used by the family daily so I try not to have it down for too long.
But I will follow those steps as I agree they could help narrow it down. I did try the Hard drives in Windows (using a docking station) and they were recognized so if it is hardware related I believe it will be with the connections (cables, mobo ports).
Hi Chris,Are these shucked USB drives? That makes a big difference.
Take a look at this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W3-uOl4ruc
No they are not shucked. Bought them as internal sata drives. I do use hot swap bays from rosewill, but I have already tried the drives directly attached (SATA + power)
Running an EVGA Supernova 750 B2 Bronze.What are teh spec's on your power supply?
You might want to try a molex to SATA power connector. Some users have run into issues related to SATA revision 3.3.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA#SATA_revision_3.3
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