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From: Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com>
To: Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com>
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Cc: Nguyen Tam Chinh <chinhngt@sectorb.msk.ru>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: SATA 500Gb disk problem
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On Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 03:12:18PM -0400, Mike Jakubik wrote:
> Nguyen Tam Chinh wrote:
> >ad4: 476940MB <WDC WD5000KS-00MNB0 06.02E06> at ata2-master SATA150
> >%dmesg | grep atapci0
> >atapci0: <SiI 3112 SATA150 controller> port 
> >0xdc00-0xdc07,0xd480-0xd483,0xd400-0xd407,0xd080-0xd083,0xd000-0xd00f 
> >mem 0xff8fec00-0xff8fedff irq 
> 
> Unfortunately you have a broken chipset, i would not recommend you use 
> the Sil 3112 for production. However, it may still be the cable, so try 
> replacing the cable first.

I concur with this statement.  The Silicon Image 3112 is incredibly
buggy (regardless of OS), and should be avoided.

Do these systems have a native SATA controller of some kind, such
as the Intel ICH5/6/7/8 or nVidia nForce?  For your sake, I hope so.
If so, use them instead.

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