Guys, Here is a new one on me. I had a failure of a drive in a dmraid array, so I have replaced the array with a new pair of Carvair Black 1T drives. (WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0) The problem I see is that the drives only appear to come up at 1.5Gbps (SATA-1) instead of 3.0Gbps (SATA-II). My old drive that was the survivor from the failed array initializes just fine at 3.0Gbps. Here is the relevant boot info (new drives are ata1, ata2, old is ata3): [ 0.895439] sata_nv 0000:00:08.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APSJ] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22 [ 0.897884] sata_nv 0000:00:08.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 0.898152] scsi2 : sata_nv [ 0.900609] scsi3 : sata_nv [ 0.903086] ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x9e0 ctl 0xbe0 bmdma 0xc000 irq 22 [ 0.905490] ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x960 ctl 0xb60 bmdma 0xc008 irq 22 [ 0.980910] pata_amd 0000:00:06.0: version 0.4.1 [ 0.980946] pata_amd 0000:00:06.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 0.981318] scsi4 : pata_amd [ 0.983763] scsi5 : pata_amd [ 0.986587] ata5: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 bmdma 0xe800 irq 14 [ 0.988943] ata6: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0xe808 irq 15 [ 0.991351] ata5: port disabled. ignoring. [ 1.353358] ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) [ 1.373351] ata3: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) [ 1.380285] ata3.00: ATA-8: ST3750528AS, CC35, max UDMA/133 [ 1.382539] ata3.00: 1465149168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32) [ 1.386569] ata1.00: ATA-8: WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0, 05.01D05, max UDMA/133 [ 1.388856] ata1.00: 1953525168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32) [ 1.396954] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133 [ 1.404399] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133 [ 1.406814] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA WDC WD1002FAEX-0 05.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 [ 1.873353] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) [ 1.880837] ata2.00: ATA-8: WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0, 05.01D05, max UDMA/133 [ 1.883126] ata2.00: 1953525168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32) [ 1.897864] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133 [ 1.900254] scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA WDC WD1002FAEX-0 05.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 [ 1.902806] scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA ST3750528AS CC35 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 [ 2.370021] ata4: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) [ 2.376766] ata4.00: ATAPI: TSSTcorp DVD+/-RW TS-H653A, D400, max UDMA/33 [ 2.379072] ata4.00: applying bridge limits [ 2.393432] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/33 [ 2.397364] scsi 3:0:0:0: CD-ROM TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-H653A D400 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 [ 2.399844] ata6: port disabled. ignoring. [ 2.412331] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 1953525168 512-byte logical blocks: (1.00 TB/931 GiB) [ 2.414736] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off [ 2.417016] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 [ 2.417039] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [ 2.419481] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 1953525168 512-byte logical blocks: (1.00 TB/931 GiB) [ 2.421858] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off [ 2.424172] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 [ 2.424194] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [ 2.424621] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] 1465149168 512-byte logical blocks: (750 GB/698 GiB) [ 2.424677] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off [ 2.424680] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 [ 2.424703] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA The new drives are capable of 6.0Gbps. Do I need to set a jumper to limit them to 3.0Gbps in order for the system to initialize them at 3.0Gbps? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org