Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2002 11:55:38 -0600 From: Bob Giesen <BobGiesen@earthlink.net> To: Scott <scottro@nyc.rr.com>, FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: FBSD 4.4 UDMA ICRC error Message-ID: <E16haD8-0001OY-00@pintail.mail.pas.earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20020303122330.04941e60@pop-server.nyc.rr.com> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020303104354.00bb3de0@pop-server.nyc.rr.com> <5.1.0.14.0.20020303122330.04941e60@pop-server.nyc.rr.com>
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On Sunday 03 March 2002 11:25 am, Scott wrote: > >ad1s1f: UDMA ICRC error reading fsbn 17694848 of 8060992-8061007 > >(ad1s1 bn 17694848; cn 17554 tn 6 sn 38) retrying > > > > I searched the FBSD archives and Googled the Net, only to find > >suggestions that I had > >(A) a faulty hard drive, > >(B) a faulty IDE ribbon cable, or > >(C) electro-magnetic interference from nearby power cables or a > > coil. > > > > Hoping for a cheap and easy fix, I first tried rerouting my > > ribbon cable, to no avail. (I actually held it as far from > > everything as possible while firing up the box, but I still got > > the errors.) Since I have a few, never-been-used cables, I tried > > a couple of these -- one of each, 40- and 80-conductors. No > > dice. > > It's got to be shielded, 80 pin ATA100 (at least, or ATA 166, I've > forgotten. ) :) > Thing is, cables that come with even expensive computers are > usually cheap. On the other hand, I think I found my replacement > cable for about 3 dollars, though I did it on the web and had to > pay shipping) > > I'm willing to bet three dollars that it is the cable. :) > > Scott Well, for a few bucks, maybe I'll go out and give it a whirl, next weekend. 'Course, being basically tight, I might wait to see if there's a chipset fix that does it, first... In any event, if that doesn't do it, I'll certainly want to try the shielded cable. Thanks, to all, for the advice! -- "The truth is more important than the facts." -- Frank Lloyd Wright (1868-1959) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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