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Date:      Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:03:50 +0200
From:      Ivan Voras <ivoras@fer.hr>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Is this a hard drive crash?
Message-ID:  <eugo16$egf$1@sea.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <D7IIwA30.1175181181.0105510.janos@imap.3dresearch.com>
References:  <D7IIwA30.1175181181.0105510.janos@imap.3dresearch.com>

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Janos Dohanics wrote:

> I also ran the Seagate drive utility which found no problems with the
> drive. When the same kind of crash happened again, I thought the proble=
m
> may be the IDE controller, I have replaced the motherboard.
>=20
> Now it crashed again with the new motherboard - and I don't know what
> should I do next: should I just replace an apparently good hard drive?

If you know the drive is good (e.g. by testing it in another machine),=20
the first thing you should replace is the power supply. Weird drive=20
behavior is often a sign of weak PSUs.

> Also, if this is just a hard drive crash, shouldn't  the system keep
> going?

So, you're saying that if a drive starts giving invalid or=20
noninterpretable communications back to the IDE controller, causing the=20
controller to wedge, which possibly brings down the PCI bus on which=20
it's connecte, tied to the front side bus and the CPU, the OS should=20
just continue? On what?


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