Re: [gentoo-user] Faulty IDE ribbon?

2005-09-05 Thread Frank Baumeister 
On Sunday 04 September 2005 15:39, Mick wrote:

 Just checking before I buy a new ribbon, that there is nothing more
 sinister happening with my secondary IDE controller.  Suddenly and
 with no activity on my secondary IDE controller there's a noise as
 if my /dev/hdc (8G ATA drive) and /dev/hdd (CDWR) are reinitialised
 - i.e. the mechanical noises usually observed when the machine is
 switched on and the BIOS probes the devices on booting.

 Both devices are not mounted and there is no media in the CDWR. 
 This is what dmesg shows:
 =
 hdc: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x61
 hdc: DMA timeout error
 hdc: dma timeout error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete
 DataRequest }

I had the same problem! As it turned out it was the ribbon that caused 
these weird kernel messages and the noise during the start of the 
system. So yes, replacing the ribbon would probably make these 
symptoms disappear.

Regards
Frank
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RE: [gentoo-user] Faulty IDE ribbon?

2005-09-05 Thread Michael Kintzios 


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 On Sunday 04 September 2005 15:39, Mick wrote:
 
  Just checking before I buy a new ribbon, that there is nothing more
  sinister happening with my secondary IDE controller.  Suddenly and
  with no activity on my secondary IDE controller there's a noise as
  if my /dev/hdc (8G ATA drive) and /dev/hdd (CDWR) are reinitialised
  - i.e. the mechanical noises usually observed when the machine is
  switched on and the BIOS probes the devices on booting.
 
  Both devices are not mounted and there is no media in the CDWR. 
  This is what dmesg shows:
  =
  hdc: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x61
  hdc: DMA timeout error
  hdc: dma timeout error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete
  DataRequest }
 
 I had the same problem! As it turned out it was the ribbon 
 that caused 
 these weird kernel messages and the noise during the start of the 
 system. So yes, replacing the ribbon would probably make these 
 symptoms disappear.

Thanks Frank!  New ribbon is on order now.
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Regards,
Mick

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