System won't show down with new drive installed

[AndyD2k]

So I finally figured out why my system won't shut down. When I remove the new drive, the system fully shuts down. It's only when the drive is installed that the system won't shut down. I have to do a forced shut down

Anyone know why this may be happening? It doesn't look like there are any real issues with the drive besides the prevention of shutting down

 

[FishAk]

What? Did you put a new CD drive in your stereo system? Why can't you shut the stereo system down by just unplugging it?

 

[AndyD2k]

Thanks for the input. I posted under memory / storage so I would think hard drive would be obvious not optical

But to clarify - system = server, drive = hard drive

Thanks

 

[FishAk]

Which Linux distro are you running?

I mean come on, seriously, if you want an informed response, you need to give some information. There are just to many variables for guessing.

 

[AndyD2k]

Ok I hear you on that

Running WHS v1 and it's drive extender

There are 3 other 2 tb drives all of which are wd greens that have been adjusted for idle timing so the head doesn't park excessively. The new drive is a seagate green drive

All housed in a istarusa bpn hot swap cage that is housed in...

A lian li mid tower case
ASUS Maximus formula board

The 3 wd drives run fine and the server shuts down properly. If I add the seagate, it functions properly except for the fact that it wont let the server shutdown completely. I get no errors. Everything seems fine with the pool. Just that I need to force the shut down if that particular drive is runnint

 

[AndyD2k]

I think I got it. My video drivers were not being properly installed. Now that it is, I'm able to sleep / shut down my server. At least, it is that way for now. I guess IRQ conflicts? Otherwise, not sure how why it would seem to work better when the drive is removed from the cage.