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Date:      Sun, 29 Oct 2006 16:37:05 +0300 (MSK)
From:      Nguyen Tam Chinh <chinhngt@sectorb.msk.ru>
To:        Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com>
Cc:        Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SATA 500Gb disk problem
Message-ID:  <20061029163351.Q923@it.hackers>
In-Reply-To: <20061028192813.GA61733@icarus.home.lan>
References:  <20061028101501.M923@it.hackers> <20061028095943.GA51411@icarus.home.lan> <20061028193114.G923@it.hackers> <4543AB92.5070603@rogers.com> <20061028192813.GA61733@icarus.home.lan>

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On Sat, 28 Oct 2006, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:

> 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.
>

OK. Thank you for the reply. An order for new SATA controllers was sent 
and I'm going to update if this solves the problem.

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