From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Brad Campbell Subject: Re: Still having problems with sata_promise on all late kernels Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:52:53 +0400 Message-ID: <46C1B3B5.1090303@wasp.net.au> References: <46C11BBE.6010802@wasp.net.au> <46C181FD.8040708@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from wasp.net.au ([203.190.192.17]:40909 "EHLO wasp.net.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751410AbXHNNw7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:52:59 -0400 In-Reply-To: <46C181FD.8040708@gmail.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Tejun Heo Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Tejun Heo wrote: > ATA bus error is a strong indicator for hardware problem. Please get a > separate power supply (doesn't have to be an expensive one), power it up > [1], and connect some of the drives to the power supply and see whether > errors persist on those drives. > 2 separate tests with the 2 troublesome drives, each time with both drives on a different power supply unit. Also tried new cables from a different manufacturer. It ain't the cables and it ain't the power. Regards, Brad -- "Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so." -- Douglas Adams