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Latest update. After so many attempts, and failures, I send the drivers back (from France to US) and got a refund. don't know yet if seller tested the drives and if they work.

@mr44er what would you recommend to diag/flash the HGST drives ? New tests and still failed. Unless I can diag someting, I'll raise a request for refund.

@mr44er I checked and have the latest firmware on both controllers. The SAS9305-16i (SAS3224) is running hot doing nothing and was advised to have a good airflow in the case. I wonder if temperature could also be lower by replacing the thermal pad with thin layer of premium thermal paste. Will...

Dear all, thanks for suggesting investigation options. As to SAS2008 in IT mode and SAS3224 HBA, tested both with SAS 4Kn drives and it works. Tried powering the drives via a molex adapter or a native SATA power connector, drive spins up but is not detected. Tried AHCI and RAID modes when both...

Thanks David, I'll investigate the 4Kn incompatibility. Maybe an incompatibility between the drive and the SAS3224 / LSI SAS9305-16i controller

Dear all, What a great community ! I'm coming here seeking help to have my WD DC HC530 drives detected by the system. The story : upgrading my NAS, I purchased 4x drives with this reference. WD HGST HC530 WUH721414ALN600 14TB SATA 6Gb/s 512MB 4kn 3.5" HDD 0F31100 After unboxing, they are is...