Banana Pi Pro Sata not working

[vobo70]

Hello,

I have two Banana Pi Pro boards with current Armbian 20.02.1_Bananapipro_buster_current_5.4.20_minimal, kernel 5.4.20-sunxi and both have small SSD connected (WD 120GB and Goodram 120GB).
fdisk -l doesn't show any drive's except sdcard (and ram drives). Is there any way I can get it working?

[Igor]

Describe your powering scheme / provide photo of the setup and armbianmonitor -u

[vobo70]

Banana Pi Pro are both same: powered by microUSB cable and dual 2,4A charger (aukey), both SATA cables are genuine (sinovoip - manufacturer of Banana Pi R2) and both SSD's are quite low power. Both SSD's works on same setup (except power supply) on Banana Pi R2.

Here are results of armbianmonitor -u for both SBC's:
http://ix.io/2eI7
http://ix.io/2eI8

[Igor]

6 minutes ago, vobo70 said:

quite low power

mUSB connector is barely enough to power the board, while USB ports on the Banana PRO gives out perhaps 50-100mA per port, with some voltage drop when on load.

 

That is certainly not enough for "quite low power SSD". Use powered USB hub.

[vobo70]

Thank you. But my Sata SSD drives connected through sata data and power cable;
It's not USB drive.
Should I power whole Banana Pi Pro from USB powered HUB?
(I think hub gives me less power than genuine 2,4A charger ...)

[Igor]

3 minutes ago, vobo70 said:

It's not USB drive.
Should I power whole Banana Pi Pro from USB powered HUB?
(I think hub gives me less power than genuine 2,4A charger ...)

Aha. Then its strange. I have to find this board somewhere and see for myself ... I hope someone else can confirm that SATA on latest images doesn't work.