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To: Bernd Eckenfels <ecki@lina.inka.de>
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Subject: Re: DRDY errors again
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Date: 08 Apr 2008 20:42:36 -0700
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Bernd Eckenfels <ecki@lina.inka.de> writes:

> Besides the disk it could also be a voltage problem (voltage control on
> mainboard or power supply). I asume you ruled out thermal problems...

I would completely second that.  In multiple instances, I've had
different disks behave very strangely when the power supply became
flaky (12V at 11.3V and/or 5V hovering around 4.5V).  And there seems
to be lots of flaky power supplies around these days.

Phil.