mSATA SSDs Not Reachable

EdH · 2019-08-14, 22:17

I am trying to salvage three 256G drives to use in factoring machines. They came from three laptops which were retired by a previous entity due to motherboard issues.

The drive details are:

(1) Lite-On IT Corp, Model LMT-256L9M -11
(2) Samsung, Model MZ-MTE256D

All three have adapter boards for "normal" SATA connectors.

None of these drives are found under linux when installed in a system or in an external enclosure that works with other SATA drives.

Is it possible their failure was the real issue with the laptops? Or, is there a specific reason they can't be used outside their original system?

paulunderwood · 2019-08-15, 01:53

Are they under /dev ? Do you have the command lsblk ? What is the output of ls /dev/ ?

EdH · 2019-08-15, 03:06

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Originally Posted by paulunderwood

Are they under /dev ? Do you have the command lsblk ? What is the output of ls /dev/ ?

Absolutely no difference with/without the drive(s) for "ls /dev/" or "lsblk." Drive LED shows no activity, and of course, there's no spin-up sound, so I have no indication that a drive is even being touched.

It doesn't show up under "testdisk," either, but I don't think it would if the OS doesn't find it.

paulunderwood · 2019-08-15, 03:09

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Originally Posted by EdH

Absolutely no difference with/without the drive(s) for "ls /dev/" or "lsblk." Drive LED shows no activity, and of course, there's no spin-up sound, so I have no indication that a drive is even being touched.

It doesn't show up under "testdisk," either, but I don't think it would if the OS doesn't find it.

Do the SSDs show in BIOS? (Some BIOS you need to "detect hard drives".) It maybe you need some BIOS disk setting, but if it is all SATA I don't see why you should.

You may be right that the SSDs were the original problem with the laptops -- or the "adapter boards".

EdH · 2019-08-15, 13:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by paulunderwood

Do the SSDs show in BIOS? (Some BIOS you need to "detect hard drives".) It maybe you need some BIOS disk setting, but if it is all SATA I don't see why you should.

You may be right that the SSDs were the original problem with the laptops -- or the "adapter boards".

I can see the BIOS possibility for installed attempts, but the BIOS shouldn't have any bearing on the USB external enclosure, should it? My "lsusb" shows identical outputs with/without the drive as well. Is it possible I have to communicate USB3 for the drives? I've never needed to with hard drives.

I need to see if I can get one of the original laptops up enough to see if there is something "special" in their BIOS...

Thanks for the help...

kriesel · 2019-08-15, 15:37

Perhaps it would help to get a known-good SSD to work out your process. (As similar a device as possible.)

On Windows, they require special drivers during the OS install process. Maybe there's something similar on linux?

2019-08-14, 22:17	#1
EdH "Ed Hall" Dec 2009 Adirondack Mtns 2²·13·107 Posts	mSATA SSDs Not Reachable I am trying to salvage three 256G drives to use in factoring machines. They came from three laptops which were retired by a previous entity due to motherboard issues. The drive details are: (1) Lite-On IT Corp, Model LMT-256L9M -11 (2) Samsung, Model MZ-MTE256D All three have adapter boards for "normal" SATA connectors. None of these drives are found under linux when installed in a system or in an external enclosure that works with other SATA drives. Is it possible their failure was the real issue with the laptops? Or, is there a specific reason they can't be used outside their original system?

2019-08-15, 01:53	#2
paulunderwood Sep 2002 Database er0rr 124D₁₆ Posts	Are they under /dev ? Do you have the command lsblk ? What is the output of ls /dev/ ? Last fiddled with by paulunderwood on 2019-08-15 at 02:44

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kriesel "TF79LL86GIMPS96gpu17" Mar 2017 US midwest 1E90₁₆ Posts	Perhaps it would help to get a known-good SSD to work out your process. (As similar a device as possible.) On Windows, they require special drivers during the OS install process. Maybe there's something similar on linux?