From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Nov 13 15:59:36 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from heorot.1nova.com (heorot.1nova.com [63.105.24.23]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7D9B37B417 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 15:59:33 -0800 (PST) Received: by heorot.1nova.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B36E618EE; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 16:59:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by heorot.1nova.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAA8818ED; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 16:59:15 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 16:59:15 -0800 (PST) From: Rick Hamell To: Scott Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 40 and 80 pin cable and UDMA errors In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20011113184550.00c2ee40@pop-server.nyc.rr.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > As I said, judging from deja, it seems to be a very common problem, with > people often suggesting that the problem is the hard drive. So, I figured > I'd post this to let people know that it can often be resolved by simply > putting in better quality IDE cable, that doesn't have to be > expensive. There were enough hits on deja so that I think Ms. Anderson > should put it in her book's next edition. :) Yep... but be aware though that ANY curves in the cable can be a cause also. UDMA cables and SCSI cables especially do not like to be bent at all. If you do need to bend them (and I don't know anyone who dosen't,:) keep the curves as smooth as you can. Don't tie the cables back on them selves with wire ties. Don't bend the cable in half. Don't bend the cable to the point where you need a to crease it to hold the shape. Rick ******************************************************************* Rick's FreeBSD Web page http://heorot.1nova.com/freebsd Ace Logan's Hardware Guide http://hw.shatteredcrystal.com ***FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message