Which controller to replace my Promise SATA300TX4

[jfr2006]

Hello:

Today when doing a zpool status, i found out that my volume2 had problems...Tried a zpool clear, but endup without one of the discs... Reboot, with no success. Meanwhile, i have this error messages:

Code:

Jul 26 20:14:18 freenas kernel: ata5: SIGNATURE: ffffffff
Jul 26 20:14:18 freenas kernel: ata5: timeout waiting to issue command
Jul 26 20:14:18 freenas kernel: ata5: error issuing ATA_IDENTIFY command
Jul 26 20:14:18 freenas kernel: ata5: SIGNATURE: ffffffff
Jul 26 20:14:18 freenas kernel: ata5: timeout waiting to issue command
Jul 26 20:14:18 freenas kernel: ata5: error issuing ATA_IDENTIFY command
Jul 26 20:14:18 freenas kernel: ata5: SIGNATURE: ffffffff
Jul 26 20:16:02 freenas kernel: ata5: SIGNATURE: ffffffff
Jul 26 20:16:11 freenas kernel: ata5: timeout waiting to issue command
Jul 26 20:16:11 freenas kernel: ata5: error issuing ATA_IDENTIFY command
Jul 26 20:16:11 freenas kernel: ata5: SIGNATURE: ffffffff
Jul 26 20:16:11 freenas kernel: ata5: timeout waiting to issue command
Jul 26 20:16:11 freenas kernel: ata5: error issuing ATA_IDENTIFY command
Jul 26 20:16:11 freenas kernel: ata5: SIGNATURE: ffffffff
Jul 26 20:16:11 freenas kernel: ata5: timeout waiting to issue command
Jul 26 20:16:11 freenas kernel: ata5: error issuing ATA_IDENTIFY command
Jul 26 20:16:11 freenas kernel: ata5: SIGNATURE: ffffffff
Jul 26 20:16:11 freenas kernel: ata5: timeout waiting to issue command
Jul 26 20:16:11 freenas kernel: ata5: error issuing ATA_IDENTIFY command
Jul 26 20:16:11 freenas kernel: ata5: SIGNATURE: ffffffff
Jul 26 20:19:49 freenas kernel: ata5: SIGNATURE: ffffffff
Jul 26 20:19:53 freenas kernel: ata5: timeout waiting to issue command
Jul 26 20:19:53 freenas kernel: ata5: error issuing ATA_IDENTIFY command
Jul 26 20:19:53 freenas kernel: ata5: SIGNATURE: ffffffff
Jul 26 20:19:53 freenas kernel: ata5: timeout waiting to issue command
Jul 26 20:19:53 freenas kernel: ata5: error issuing ATA_IDENTIFY command
Jul 26 20:19:53 freenas kernel: ata5: SIGNATURE: ffffffff

Disconnected the disk, connected to my PC and found no problems. So reconnected it again and after some tests (connecting to another port on the promise, replace the sata cable) i found out that the problem is with the port number 4 on my promise controller.

So, any suggestions to replace this?

Regards.

 

[Tekkie]

http://forums.freenas.org/showthread.php?589 you can get it for like £50 from DeLL in the UK probably cheaper in the US, it uses the LSI 1068e which is generally as a darn good SATA/PCIe bridge.

 

[jfr2006]

I don't know if this one will work for me. It needs a 8x pci-e slot. Although there is a 16x slot on my mainboard, in practice it's only a 4x.

also, don't i have to flash it with that special BIOS?

And i'm not on the uk, so i can't buy it from dell :(

Also, after another reboot (and a previous destroy of volume2), the promise is now working again.. this seems like a problem with the freenas drivers, maybe.

 

[Tekkie]

All the details about the flashing are included in my posting, and yes you are right you need a 8x PCIe slot for it work.