Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S967567AbWLEGAO (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Dec 2006 01:00:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S967623AbWLEGAO (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Dec 2006 01:00:14 -0500 Received: from e1.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.141]:36912 "EHLO e1.ny.us.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S967567AbWLEGAM (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Dec 2006 01:00:12 -0500 Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 22:00:09 -0800 From: "Kurtis D. Rader" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: data corruption with nvidia chipsets and IDE/SATA drives Message-ID: <20061205060009.GB2323@us.ibm.com> References: <4570CF26.8070800@scientia.net> <20061203011737.GA2729@us.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061203011737.GA2729@us.ibm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1504 Lines: 30 On Sat, 2006-12-02 17:17:37, Kurtis D. Rader wrote: > I'm also experiencing silent data corruption on writes to SATA disks > connected to a Nvidia controller (nForce 4 chipset). The problem is > 100% reproducible. Details of my configuration (mainboard model, lspci, > etc.) are near the bottom of this message. What follows is a summation > of my findings. Various suggestions (e.g., booting with "acpi=off") have either not helped or have resulted in a system which won't boot. Today I replaced the ASUS A8N (nVidia nForce 4 chipset) mainboard and AMD Athlon 64 CPU with a Intel DP965LT (Intel 965 chipset) and E6600 Duo Core 2 CPU. The SATA disks and cables are unchanged. The case, power supply, and video card are also unchanged. Not one of the previous tests now results in corruption. If anyone (e.g., a nVidia employee) wants to pursue this and can provide a meaningful action plan I'll be happy to install the problem components in another case and attempt to gather additional diagnostic data. -- Kurtis D. Rader, Linux level 3 support email: krader@us.ibm.com IBM Integrated Technology Services DID: +1 503-578-3714 15300 SW Koll Pkwy, MS RHE2-O2 service: 800-IBM-SERV Beaverton, OR 97006-6063 http://www.ibm.com - 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/