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Grant Coady wrote:
> I'm tracking a dataloss on box with this chip, finding it difficult 
> to nail a configuration that reliably produces dataloss, sometimes 
> only one bit (e.g. 'c' --> 'C') of unpacking kernel source tree gets 
> changed.


I've been watching this thread in the background.

Just to eliminate one possibility, I would definitely switch out SATA 
cables, which are notoriously crappy.

	Jeff