From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 21 23:03:13 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCB1616A4A0 for ; Mon, 21 May 2007 23:03:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tim@spyderweb.com.au) Received: from ipmail03.adl2.internode.on.net (ipmail03.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.135]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F47F13C43E for ; Mon, 21 May 2007 23:03:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tim@spyderweb.com.au) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.14,562,1170595800"; d="scan'208";a="92707960" Received: from ppp100-124.static.internode.on.net (HELO mail.biocentral-labs.com) ([150.101.100.124]) by ipmail03.adl2.internode.on.net with ESMTP; 22 May 2007 08:33:12 +0930 Received: from [192.168.0.93] (port=53578 helo=bofh.spyderweb.com.au) by mail.biocentral-labs.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.66 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1HqGuA-0003J3-8B for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Tue, 22 May 2007 08:33:11 +0930 Message-ID: <46522517.8080100@spyderweb.com.au> Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 08:32:47 +0930 From: Tim Aslat User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070507) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org References: <200705191056.25359.groot@kde.org> <46521F23.7050409@spyderweb.com.au> <465224DC.8010703@rcn.com> In-Reply-To: <465224DC.8010703@rcn.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "mail.biocentral-labs.com", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see The administrator of that system for details. Content preview: In the immortal words of Gary Corcoran on 05/22/07 08:31: > I've had drives go bad, such that upon powerup, the Promise controller BIOS > wouldn't even see the drive. And later, as the drive got closer to death, > it started making the *other* drive on the same IDE cable also "fail". > Removing the dying/dead drive from the cable made the other drive work > again. [...] Content analysis details: (-4.4 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -1.8 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP -2.6 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Subject: Re: Recommended SATA controllers X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 23:03:13 -0000 In the immortal words of Gary Corcoran on 05/22/07 08:31: > I've had drives go bad, such that upon powerup, the Promise controller BIOS > wouldn't even see the drive. And later, as the drive got closer to death, > it started making the *other* drive on the same IDE cable also "fail". > Removing the dying/dead drive from the cable made the other drive work > again. I've taken the drives out and hooked them up to a different connector (external USB2) and they work flawlessly, they are also only about 3 months old and quite underused as the machine they are in spends more time offline than online. > I'd look into the possible need to replace one of your disk drives... I'm quite sure the drives are fine. It's either an incompatibility with the FreeBSD & the promise card, or the mainboard is actually on its last legs. I'm going to have to see if I can chase up another board today and see if that helps. Cheers Tim -- Tim Aslat Spyderweb Consulting http://www.spyderweb.com.au Mobile: +61 0401088479