Disks in USB docking station won't show up

Hi!

I'm having trouble with my USB 3.0 docking station. The SSD does not show up when issuing 'lsblk' or anywhere else however dmesg does give me a bunch of errors.

Background info:
Device causing the problem: SATA HDD Docking Station
Disk: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB (I have also tried a mechanical laptop disk and I got the same error)
OS: Ubuntu Mate - "18.04.3 LTS (Bionic Beaver)"

sudo dmesg -w

[32427.302323] usb 3-3: new high-speed USB device number 11 using xhci_hcd
[32428.248160] usb 3-3: New USB device found, idVendor=174c, idProduct=55aa
[32428.248167] usb 3-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3, SerialNumber=1
[32428.248171] usb 3-3: Product: ASM1051
[32428.248175] usb 3-3: Manufacturer: Asmedia
[32428.248179] usb 3-3: SerialNumber: [Redacted from this post]
[32428.249151] usb-storage 3-3:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[32428.249398] usb-storage 3-3:1.0: Quirks match for vid 174c pid 55aa: 400000
[32428.249488] scsi host5: usb-storage 3-3:1.0
[32450.918610] usb 3-3: reset high-speed USB device number 11 using xhci_hcd

[32302.333338] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Spinning up disk...
[32303.354248] .
[32304.378241] .
[32305.402228] .
[32306.426320] .
[32307.450298] .
[32308.474241] .
[32309.498309] .
[32310.522324] .
[32311.546302] .
[32312.570274] .
[32313.594269] .
[32314.618304] .
[32315.642237] .

... and so on.
until

[32402.682284] not responding...
[32402.683936] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Read Capacity(16) failed: Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[32402.683940] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Sense Key : Not Ready [current] 
[32402.683944] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Add. Sense: Logical unit is in process of becoming ready
[32402.685395] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Read Capacity(10) failed: Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[32402.685398] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Sense Key : Not Ready [current] 
[32402.685401] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Add. Sense: Logical unit is in process of becoming ready

Additional troubleshooting:

  • I've tried different USB ports.
  • I've tried different USB cables.
  • I've tried inserting the disk very slowly.
  • I've double-checked that the voltage and amperage matches the device description.
    (Charger is original.)
  • USB 3.0 is enabled in BIOS.

This would seem to be the main culprit...
[32450.918610] usb 3-3: reset high-speed USB device number 11 using xhci_hcd

However, I'm out of ideas. Please help me.

P.S.

Additional errors

[  368.007176] usb 4-1: Disable of device-initiated U1 failed.
[  373.127277] usb 4-1: Disable of device-initiated U2 failed.
[  373.255474] usb 4-1: reset SuperSpeed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd