Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 11:11:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 11:11:37 -0500 Received: from mail.mediaways.net ([193.189.224.113]:15188 "HELO mail.mediaways.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 11:11:36 -0500 Subject: Re: ide harddisk freeze WDC WD1800JB vs VIA VT8235 From: Soeren Sonnenburg To: Mark Rutherford Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" In-Reply-To: <3E13107E.3D579F3@justirc.net> References: <1041435181.983.76.camel@sun> <3E13107E.3D579F3@justirc.net> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1041437870.961.87.camel@sun> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: 01 Jan 2003 17:17:51 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1011 Lines: 27 On Wed, 2003-01-01 at 16:59, Mark Rutherford wrote: > Q: are you using cables with a slave connector, but its not in use? > I had this problem, with this chipset and it turned out that it didnt like > having > a long 80 wire cable with a loose connector > I got a round cable with just 2 connectors, 1 for the board and 1 for the > drive.... > never locked again. > I thought it to be strange as well. > but with my setup it happened more frequently, say once every 2-3 hours. > hope this is of any help. Thanks for your answer. Indeed these cables have slave connectors (which are unused). I tried a round cable and 2 different non-round ones... I also went down to udma4 (==udma66)... no use.. I am not sure whether the harddisk should cold-freeze... Soeren. - 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/