Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:34:42 -0500 From: web@3dresearch.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is this a hard drive crash? Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.0.20070329201951.03cecd60@imap.telissant.com> In-Reply-To: <eugo16$egf$1@sea.gmane.org> References: <D7IIwA30.1175181181.0105510.janos@imap.3dresearch.com> <eugo16$egf$1@sea.gmane.org>
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At 11:03 AM 3/29/2007, you wrote: >Janos Dohanics wrote: > >>I also ran the Seagate drive utility which found no problems with the >>drive. When the same kind of crash happened again, I thought the problem >>may be the IDE controller, I have replaced the motherboard. >>Now it crashed again with the new motherboard - and I don't know what >>should I do next: should I just replace an apparently good hard drive? > >If you know the drive is good (e.g. by testing it in another machine), the >first thing you should replace is the power supply. Weird drive behavior >is often a sign of weak PSUs. FWIW, I tested the power supply with an inexpensive power supply tester; it checked out. I guess I should replace it, nonetheless... >>Also, if this is just a hard drive crash, shouldn't the system keep >>going? > >So, you're saying that if a drive starts giving invalid or >noninterpretable communications back to the IDE controller, causing the >controller to wedge, which possibly brings down the PCI bus on which it's >connecte, tied to the front side bus and the CPU, the OS should just >continue? On what? I guess you make a good point: the fact that the system wedges, points to something other than the drive. Still, it's always the same drive that quits... Janos Dohanics
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