Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 05:35:30 +0100 From: "Clayton Milos" <clay@milos.co.za> To: "Ikare.run" <ikare.run@gmail.com>, <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Read_dma timeout - FreeBSD 6-1 Message-ID: <002a01c73b83$452c3c70$9a83ce52@claylaptop> References: <45B07AF8.9010101@gmail.com>
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> Hi, > > I've got some troubles with sata disks (Maxtor DiamondMax 10 160go) : this > is the second one I use in less than 1 month. > > With the first one, I got more and more ofently TIMEOUT - READ_DMA errors > ... so I changed it last week (I thought the disk was broken) ! And now, > 10 days after installing the _new_ one, I re-get the sames errors. They > appear randomly ... > > No log, no debug messages, just TIMEOUT - READ_DMA in dmesg > > Is there some tools on FreeBSD to test the SATA controler or the disks ? > Some known bugs in drivers ? > Does anyone get the same problem ? > > PS : when error occurs, the disk make a "click" !?!? > > -- > Ivan Kurzweg > Web : http://www.kurzweg.info > > Hi Ivan Sounds like power problem to me. Perhaps there is not enough power for the drive. Best advice I could give is not to use Maxtor. They have known problems with many models and in my opinion are not good hard drives. -Clay
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