From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NvMsJ-0007Ve-P4 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:39:51 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C800AE0662; Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:39:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7879FE0662 for ; Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:39:17 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.51,316,1267401600"; d="scan'208";a="184531867" Received: from 213-152-39-90.dsl.eclipse.net.uk (HELO compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org) ([213.152.39.90]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 27 Mar 2010 03:39:16 +0000 Received: from funf.stroller.uk.eu.org (funf.stroller.uk.eu.org [192.168.1.71]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6C4F3E114 for ; Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:39:15 +0000 (GMT) Message-Id: From: Stroller To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <58965d8a1003261521x37aaefe7n6b589fce0d193b11@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel2.6.33: ATA failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED, hard resetting link Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:39:15 +0000 References: <58965d8a1003261317j24856b5cied7c5bf4b83ebf50@mail.gmail.com> <4BAD27B9.5010203@ep.mine.nu> <58965d8a1003261521x37aaefe7n6b589fce0d193b11@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-Archives-Salt: 1d68707a-efa1-49d3-a1dc-6828f62091ee X-Archives-Hash: 8028ba206f07e3681916bad746d6175f On 26 Mar 2010, at 22:21, Paul Hartman wrote: > ... > Well, I was thinking more about something like alteriong IOH/ICH > voltage, or whichever voltage powers the SATA controllers. It has 12 > SATA headers on this motherboard but I don't know how much it can > realistically handle at once. Hopefully all of my disks. :) Honestly, I'm not sure that I'd do that. If I thought it was a power issue - and that seems quite a reasonable =20= possibility - I would replace the PSU first. What PSU are you using at the moment? Brand / wattage? I think these are probably overkill: http://www.bluepoint.net/AKAPSU066 http://www.bluepoint.net/AKAPSU071 However, if you're using a 450W PSU at the moment, you can get an OCZ =20= branded 600W for less than =A350. I tend to be suspicious of cheap =20 unbranded and Wong Fu 350W - 450W PSUs. Often a 350W PSU from a =20 manufacturer with a half-decent brand (eg Trust) will be better than a =20= no-name 450W PSU. It seems important not only the actual wattage that the PSU gives out =20= (measured with an analogue-needle multimeter) but also how stable that =20= voltage is, how smooth, consistent and reliable it is. Unless your PSU =20= is absolute top-notch quality, try to under-utilise it. With 6 x hard-drives, I would be generous with supplying power - I =20 think a 600W PSU would easily be justified. Stroller.=