Mini ME not recognizing new SSDs added to system

BW

I recently received my Mini ME and got it set up using OpenMedfiaVault as a NAS system. I installed 3 SK/Hynix SSDs and set up a RAID-5 system. Everything was working fine and I’ve been able to do backups to the RAID.

My issue came when I decided to add 3 more SSDs. I bought 3 TeamGroup T-Force G70 SSDs and installed them in the Mini ME. It took a very long time to boot up and when the system came up, OMV only recognized 1 SSD. I rebooted and went into the BIOS and saw only one new SSD recognized. I then went through a cycle of removing the new SSDs, swapping them around and rebooting. It will sometimes recognize one SSD, but now it’s just booting up and not seeing any new SSDs. I ran fdisk -l to see if Debian recognized the SSDs, but no luck. I took the SSDs out and installed each one in an external enclosure and connected it to my Windows desktop and it sees all three with no issues.

One thing I noticed was there when an SSD(s) were installed in the M2 slots ( there are slots 4-6 BTW), a green led would come on. There is no green light behind any of the SSDs in slots 1-3.

I can send pictures of the SSDs and of the bottom of the Mini ME if that would help. I’d rather not post them to a public forum.

Thanks

support1

BW Hi there,
① Please send us a picture of SN on the bottom of the PC.
②Please press delete key as soon as you turn on the PC, so that you can go to BIOS. Please send us a picture of the Main page.
We will check if you need to update the BIOS.
③Please reseat the SSD , make sure they are firmly connected.

BW

I was able to figure out that the TeamGroup SSDs don’t work with the Mini ME. When I put one of the working SSDs in the 4-6 slots, it worked fine. Might be something to do with the controller used in the TeamGroup SSDs (it uses the InnoGrit controller).