> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 05 September 2005 07:07 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Faulty IDE ribbon? > > > On Sunday 04 September 2005 15:39, Mick wrote: > > > Just checking before I buy a new ribbon, that there is nothing more > > sinister happening with my secondary IDE controller. Suddenly and > > with no activity on my secondary IDE controller there's a noise as > > if my /dev/hdc (8G ATA drive) and /dev/hdd (CDWR) are reinitialised > > - i.e. the mechanical noises usually observed when the machine is > > switched on and the BIOS probes the devices on booting. > > > > Both devices are not mounted and there is no media in the CDWR. > > This is what dmesg shows: > > ================= > > hdc: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x61 > > hdc: DMA timeout error > > hdc: dma timeout error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete > > DataRequest } > > I had the same problem! As it turned out it was the ribbon > that caused > these weird kernel messages and the noise during the start of the > system. So yes, replacing the ribbon would probably make these > symptoms disappear.
Thanks Frank! New ribbon is on order now. -- Regards, Mick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
