The original post: /r/homelab by /u/Kamrooz on 2024-09-07 22:47:53.

Anyone ever come across an HBA that finishes smart short and long tests instantly? Well…30 seconds to be accurate, then says successfully passed. All smart information is being passed through, and can read it all. But when running short or extended tests, they instantly finish after 30 seconds. Plugged my drives back into my mobo’s sata ports, and was able to run short and extended tests as normal with no issue. Running windows btw atm for all of this, as I’m prepping and testing these drives before migrating them into my truenas environment.

Just got my hands on this 9305-16i. Had issues getting sas3flsh.exe to recognize the card. Constant failed to initialize PAL errors, even when running in legacy mode. Windows variant of sas3flash however worked, and was able to erase and flash firmware with no problems. Verified the firmware is indeed the latest, sas id as normal…Card is functioning perfectly fine…Just this odd smart test issue. Using Hard Disk Sentinel btw…

Any advice or comments would be appreciated, left scratching my head at this issue.