From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Boot Subject: Re: SiI 3112A + Seagate HDs = still no go? [SOLVED] Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:32:03 +0100 Message-ID: <43031223.4020901@bootc.net> References: <12872CA9-F089-4955-8751-8CC4E7B2140A@bootc.net> <42FC166A.3020505@gmail.com> <0FDE8D5B-CFF2-44F9-8C98-9C5EC5CDAE92@bootc.net> <42FC87ED.6030201@gmail.com> <22B1D7C7-7BC8-449C-914C-FCE5226BCAF2@bootc.net> <655E2636-B4D4-42EC-B10C-C8B8EFA09E33@bootc.net> <42FCAD4D.7080707@gmail.com> <74C9A166-2FDC-45F8-BEB1-A574FD9602D4@bootc.net> <42FD493D.8020506@gmail.com> <42FE0ACE.6010506@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from baldrick.bootc.net ([83.142.228.48]:56474 "EHLO baldrick.bootc.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751053AbVHQKcF (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Aug 2005 06:32:05 -0400 In-Reply-To: <42FE0ACE.6010506@gmail.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Tejun Heo Cc: Jeff Garzik , Linux-ide , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 -- Chris Boot bootc@bootc.net http://www.bootc.net/