From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Erik Slagter Subject: Re: Problems with Promise SATAII TX4 Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:23:08 +0200 Message-ID: <1128939788.4775.41.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <20050330001007.GA16954@cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de> <430404A5.7060000@avona.com> <430B1D5E.9070201@avona.com> <4347C5A1.1020504@avona.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=sha1; protocol="application/x-pkcs7-signature"; boundary="=-24XRNskvKn42YqD9hWXZ" Return-path: Received: from mx1.wlz.nl ([194.53.3.6]:62085 "HELO mx1.wlz.nl") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750733AbVJJKYH (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Oct 2005 06:24:07 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4347C5A1.1020504@avona.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Fabian Knittel Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org --=-24XRNskvKn42YqD9hWXZ Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2005-10-08 at 15:12 +0200, Fabian Knittel wrote: > to follow up on myself again and just for the record, the problems > ("nobody cared, disabling" interrupt errors while accessing several > drives simultaneously on the same Promise SATAII TX4 controller) > disappeared after hanging all drives on a seperate power supply unit. So > now I'm happily running with a 430W PSU powering the system and a ~200W > PSU powering the 4 drives. >=20 > I'm not sure why the system needs more than 430W, but with the new > setup, I can read from 4 drives at once without any problems. Before > this box was converted into a server we probably never tried to access > several drives simultaneously, so I can't really blame anything in specif= ic. Interesting, in relation to my setup and problems. I have a 300W PSU feeding 2/3 (one standby/spun down). It works with harddisk cooling fans installed (wow... noise!!!) and stops working with the fans removed. I guess harddisks (and IC's in general) start using more power when they're hotter)?! New PSU is underway, including more power (har, har) and better fans. 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