Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 8 Sep 2002 18:14:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 8 Sep 2002 18:14:23 -0400 Received: from ip68-4-86-174.oc.oc.cox.net ([68.4.86.174]:12798 "HELO ip68-4-77-172.oc.oc.cox.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sun, 8 Sep 2002 18:14:23 -0400 Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 15:19:05 -0700 From: "Barry K. Nathan" To: Adam Jaskiewicz Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Western Digital hard drive and DMA Message-ID: <20020908221905.GA4731@ip68-4-77-172.oc.oc.cox.net> References: <02090816463707.00459@aragorn> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <02090816463707.00459@aragorn> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1143 Lines: 23 On Sun, Sep 08, 2002 at 04:46:37PM -0400, Adam Jaskiewicz wrote: > OK, I have heard that other people have been having this problem for a while > now, but I havent been able to find much about what causes it. I have a > Western Digital hard drive in my computer (60GB, 5400 RPM) I can use it just [snip] What brand of IDE controller does your computer have? WD drives often don't get along with VIA IDE controllers. (I think very recent WD drives might have fixed this, but I'm not sure.) Also, I'm pretty sure that a 60GB WD drive is too new to be affected by the DMA problems that their older drives had. I'd look at other factors like the cables (they are 80-conductor, and 18" or shorter, right?), the IDE controller (bad controllers can do this), or the power supply (that was the cause for the case of data corruption that I most recently investigated). -Barry K. Nathan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/