Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Harddisk trouble ... or not yet?

[Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>]

On Samstag 29 Mai 2010, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Saturday 29 May 2010 10:16:39 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> > On Samstag 29 Mai 2010, Andrea Conti wrote:
> > > > ata1.00: failed command: READ DMA
> > > > ata1.00: cmd c8/00:80:00:3f:c1/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 65536 in
> > > > 
> > > >          res 51/84:4f:00:3f:c1/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus
> > > >          error)
> > > > 
> > > > ata1.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
> > > > ata1.00: error: { ICRC ABRT }
> > > > ata1: soft resetting link
> > > > ata1.00: configured for UDMA/33
> > > > ata1: EH complete
> > > > ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6
> > > 
> > > I think you have driver issues. Might also be the cabling, but I doubt
> > > it as faulty SATA cables are in my experience quite rare.
> > 
> > in my experience they are everything but rare. I had several defective
> > cables - myself and friends of mine.
> 
> I find SATA connectors are what gives trouble. All fixed nicely with a dab
> of hot glue, but I ask, why should that be necessary?

a spec made to guarantee early hardware death - to keep sales up.