From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: Hitachi 7K1000 1tb drives and sata_sil 3114 chipset Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:34:52 +0900 Message-ID: <47A41D1C.9090209@gmail.com> References: <76366b180801310013k48a8929ei2eb939b1cf449acb@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.198.189]:55276 "EHLO rv-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754727AbYBBHe7 (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Feb 2008 02:34:59 -0500 Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id k20so987057rvb.1 for ; Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:34:59 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <76366b180801310013k48a8929ei2eb939b1cf449acb@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Andrew Paprocki Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Andrew Paprocki wrote: > I've been encountering many, many problems with Hitachi 1tb drives > under a Sil3114 chipset and I'm wondering if there could be something > wrong with the driver/chipset in relation to these drives. > Statistically, I've had 6 out of 7 drives exhibit very strange failure > conditions while being used under this controller. > > Some symptoms: > - Clicking noises while in operation > - What appears to sound/feel like the drive spins down quickly and > back up again with no console output This most definitely is a power problem. > - SMART reporting seek read errors which mysteriously appear/disappear > completely > - Failed I/O requests And you'll lose data and corrupt filesystems too. Buy a new cheap single lane PSU. Power it up and connect half of the drives to the new PSU. -- tejun