Re: xfs_repair fails after trying to format log cycle?

Andrew Ryder
2016-06-06T19:19:56Z

On 06/06/2016 11:33 AM, Emmanuel Florac wrote:
> Le Fri, 3 Jun 2016 22:28:54 -0400
> Andrew Ryder <tireman@shaw.ca> écrivait:
>
>> Sorry to dig up old stuff here but after replacing hardware and
>> pulling my hair out to no end, I traced the source of the problem out.
>>
>> On every drive in the array, the points on the PCB which the contacts
>> for the drives motors and head/actuators make contact with were
>> oxidized enough to cause the issue. I ended up pulling the PCB off
>> each drive and cleaning them as well as cleaning out all other cable
>> and drive connectors from the HBA outward and everything is happy
>> again.
>>
>> http://s33.postimg.org/uhjmvw4dr/Not_Cleaned.jpg
>> http://s33.postimg.org/xo94ieii7/Partial_Cleaned_1.jpg
>> http://s33.postimg.org/hoqgyumgf/Partial_Cleaned_2.jpg
>> http://s33.postimg.org/68k20t8a7/Partial_Cleaned_3.jpg
>>
>
> Good job, that was quite unexpected :) Are you next to the
> seashore?
>

No. I'm up in NW Ontario in Canada actually, far away from any salt
water. I'm guessing it was from the combination of air
pollutants/humidity and heat given the drives are not in the most
hospitable environment esp during the summer ... but after cleaning the
board contacts up as well as the esata cable ends/ports, its working
great again.

I'm beginning to think when I do replace any drives, after warranty is
up on them, pull off the PCB, clean it up and coat the contacts with a
good smearing of dielectric grease to keep the issue from happening.

Makes me wonder how many other people out there suffer from the same
issue given the amount of unresolved similar hw errors I've found while
googling the errors..

Thanks again,
Andrew