Re: SiI 3112A + Seagate HDs = still no go? [SOLVED]

[Chris Boot <bootc@bootc.net>]

Tejun Heo wrote:

> Chris Boot wrote:
>
>> Some interesting developments!
>>
>> I installed a fresh copy of Windows, and all the VIA and nVidia and  
>> so on drivers. At some point during all this (a period of relatively  
>> heavy disk IO), the computer seemed to crash and I rebooted it. It  
>> then worked fine for a while, but during my perfmon testing it 
>> seemed  to do the same thing. This time I left it for a while and it 
>> did  eventually wake up again, so I'm guessing the controller is a 
>> bit  fubared. Perfmon did indeed show several dips down to or very 
>> close  to 0 during the write operation, with peaks up to 48 MB/sec, 
>> which is  pretty respectable. So, time to replace the brand-new 
>> controller I  guess.
>>
>> Now, do you think this is just my one particular controller card and  
>> a simple return would fix the problem, or is it more likely a 
>> problem  with the whole range? It's an Innovision EIO SATA 
>> controller: http:// www.ivmm.com/eio/products/index.htm
>>
>> Would it be a safer bet to go for the Adaptec controller of the same  
>> variety? How reliable are they?
>
>
>  I frankly don't know.  Maybe it's just one faulty controller, 
> connector or whatever.  Maybe the card manufacturer screwed up 
> somewhere.  I mean, the only course I took in electronics is 
> introductory digital circuits which used 74xx chips and push triggered 
> clock on a breadboard.  What would I know about gigahertz signaling 
> error.  :-p
>
>  Though, one thing I can say is majority of 311x controllers don't 
> seem to suffer from this problem.  So, take your pick.
>
Right, I've replaced my previous controller with an Adaptec AHA-1205SA, 
and I'm rebulding 2 RAID-1 arrays at 50MB/sec without a hitch.

Thanks for your help diagnosing my problem, it was much appreciated!

Many thanks,
Chris

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