From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Mar 7 10:10:37 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EE0137B401 for ; Fri, 7 Mar 2003 10:10:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from quicksilver.ukc.ac.uk (quicksilver.ukc.ac.uk [129.12.21.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D655343FE0 for ; Fri, 7 Mar 2003 10:10:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from A.Simon@ukc.ac.uk) Received: from myrtle.ukc.ac.uk ([129.12.3.176] ident=root) by quicksilver.ukc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #4) id 18rMI0-0005Ig-00; Fri, 07 Mar 2003 18:09:48 +0000 Received: from as49 by myrtle.ukc.ac.uk with local (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18rMI0-0007B4-00; Fri, 07 Mar 2003 18:09:48 +0000 Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 18:09:48 +0000 From: Axel Simon To: Brian Henning Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: lockups Message-ID: <20030307180948.GU9989@myrtle.ukc.ac.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Brian Henning , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-UKC-Mail-System: No virus detected Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 11:44:31AM -0600, Brian Henning wrote: > > I may have a 40 conductor ribbon cable instead of an 80 pin cable. > can this really cause this kind of problem or will the drive just run slower. Booting should tell you that you're not running at full speed in that case. > is there anything else that i can do to avoid these errors? If the drive makes no clicking noises, then it is probably the cable or software. A couple of people complained about Western Digital drives on this list, especially with picky IBM hardware: They don't seem to implement the faster specifications properly. Maybe you try using the drive alone on a cable. If the drive makes clicking noises then it cannot move the head without bumping into dirt particles on the drive's surface. This is a result of a bad power supply or overheating. In both cases, safe you data and provide proper ventilation to the drive and get a new one eventually. Hope this helps, Axel. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message