My hardware troubleshooting would start with:
1: swap power supply, see if that changes anything
2: swap positions of SSDs, see if problem follows card or slot (or goes away)
Occupied sockets rarely get dirty or lose contact, it’s the empty ones next to
a fan that tend to fill up with dust. Pulling the card out and putting it back
in a few times is as likely to clean up the contact surface as any of the other
things you might try.
Hardware is sometimes difficult to troubleshoot if you don’t have an identical
unit to test against. And just because the msata connection is what you notice
does not mean that is the source of the problem.
Good luck,
ED.
> On 2015, Sep 9, at 7:10 AM, Freek Dijkstra <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've owned a Soekris net6501-50 since december 2011. I'm perfectly happy
> with the device (used as a router at home), except that I seem to have
> had some misfortune with my SSDs.
>
> Originally, I only used a single SSD:
> Transcend 16GB mSATA MLC SSD
>
> Unfortunately, I had some problems with it (it could not read some files
> from disk), so I replaced this with two other SSD in september 2013:
> Intel SSD 525 Series 30GB mSATA 25nm MLC SSD
>
> In oktober 2014, ZFS reported that it was degraded, and the SSD in
> gpt/system1 could not be read. In the end, I fixed that by removing it,
> and putting it back in the socket. That solved the issue.
>
> I now have the same problem: the SSD in gpt/system1 can't be read.
>
> Now, I'm happy to buy another replacement SSD, but start to wonder if
> the socket could be the problem.
>
> Unfortunately, I'm software-guy, not a hardware-guy, so I wonder: what's
> the best way to clean a mSATA socket?
>
> Most webpages after a quick search suggested cleaning alcohol, either
> with soft cloth, toothpick or q-tip for cleaning, and a cannnister of
> pressurised air to dry it.
>
> Before I try this, I wanted a check if this makes sense. Comments are
> much appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Freek
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