From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stan Hoeppner Subject: Re: PMP 3726 problem? Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 06:56:37 -0600 Message-ID: <4D1DD305.1020701@hardwarefreak.com> References: <4D1BDB10.803@hardwarefreak.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mo-65-41-216-221.sta.embarqhsd.net ([65.41.216.221]:49352 "EHLO greer.hardwarefreak.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753371Ab0LaM4i (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Dec 2010 07:56:38 -0500 Received: from [192.168.100.53] (gffx.hardwarefreak.com [192.168.100.53]) by greer.hardwarefreak.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F5576C0B8 for ; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 06:56:37 -0600 (CST) In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Phill Jolliffe put forth on 12/30/2010 3:40 PM: >> 1. Have you tried the PCIe x1 eSATA card that came bundled with your >> unit? Does it work properly using that card? > > Switched from the mobo's built in esata port to bundled card. All 4 > sata drives are detected without fault on each of 5 trial reboots. That's a good. Tells us the enclosure works. > I had avoided using the bundled card and used the mobo builtin esata + > md sw raid as I need the single PCIe slot on my mobo for a graphics > card. That's bad. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I'm pretty sure you are screwed. According to Google results, which are slim pickens, it seems the Intel H55 chipset does not support FIS based switching, which means none of your mobo e/SATA ports will work with a PMP. If you really _need_ a PCIe GPU (which baffles me as you're running Linux, and you have VGA, DVI, *and* HDMI outputs on the mobo), then it appears a USB 3 external enclosure is most certainly in your future. Frankly I'm surprised you didn't purchase one with both eSATA and USB 3 ports to begin with, just in case you ran into what you just did. -- Stan