Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 08:32:47 +0930 From: Tim Aslat <tim@spyderweb.com.au> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended SATA controllers Message-ID: <46522517.8080100@spyderweb.com.au> In-Reply-To: <465224DC.8010703@rcn.com> References: <Pine.OSX.4.64.0705181803340.365@gee5.nat.fasttrackmonkey.com> <cone.1179528158.971883.82263.5001@35st.simplicato.com> <Pine.OSX.4.64.0705181932290.365@gee5.nat.fasttrackmonkey.com> <200705191056.25359.groot@kde.org> <46521F23.7050409@spyderweb.com.au> <465224DC.8010703@rcn.com>
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In the immortal words of Gary Corcoran on 05/22/07 08:31: > I've had drives go bad, such that upon powerup, the Promise controller BIOS > wouldn't even see the drive. And later, as the drive got closer to death, > it started making the *other* drive on the same IDE cable also "fail". > Removing the dying/dead drive from the cable made the other drive work > again. I've taken the drives out and hooked them up to a different connector (external USB2) and they work flawlessly, they are also only about 3 months old and quite underused as the machine they are in spends more time offline than online. > I'd look into the possible need to replace one of your disk drives... I'm quite sure the drives are fine. It's either an incompatibility with the FreeBSD & the promise card, or the mainboard is actually on its last legs. I'm going to have to see if I can chase up another board today and see if that helps. Cheers Tim -- Tim Aslat <tim@spyderweb.com.au> Spyderweb Consulting http://www.spyderweb.com.au Mobile: +61 0401088479
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