On Fri, Sep 01, 2006 at 10:50:29AM +0200, Francesco Pietra wrote: > On Wednesday 30 August 2006 23:49, Erik Mouw wrote: > > Anyway, back to your problem: > > - Make sure you don't use the proprietary nvidia kernel module > > - Replace the cables > > - If it still persists, check Maxtor support > > Thank you for all extremely useful information. > > During the last night, while computing with mpqc2.3.1 (no X system loaded, as > always)
The proprietary module I was talking about is a *kernel* module, not an X module. > same problem with disks. HD led lighted continuously. The screen > showed: > ---SCSI error > ---<o> kernel panic - not syncing: Aiee, killing interrupt handler! > > All checks I could carry out as before, showed the disks in order, and my > data > also in order. > > Now I have changed the data cables with virgin cables to both disks and > restarted mpqc. > > I'll do nothing else for today because I received two new disks I had > recently > ordered ---WD 1500ADFD WD Raptor > MDL WD1500ADFD-OONLR1 > Date 13 Jun 2006 > DCM HBCA2AB > 5VDC 0.90A > 12VDC 0.75 Ah, Raptors are fast. > I plan to replace the Maxtor with these. My only concern is the ventilation. > Although the Enermax CS-721 has 4 fans (in addition to the two to the dual > opterons) there is no direct ventilation to the disks. > > I wonder whether an aluminum Cooldrive 4002 (with its own low-diameter fan) > for each disk is an appropriate heat dissipation or a large-diameter external > fan directed toward the disk is better. Your advice? To be honest I think the fan on the Cooldrive is rather small, and small fans tend to fail fast. I'd rather go for a large fan that blows cool air from outside the case directly onto the drives. Erik -- +-- Erik Mouw -- www.harddisk-recovery.com -- +31 70 370 12 90 -- | Lab address: Delftechpark 26, 2628 XH, Delft, The Netherlands -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
