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daf666

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SATA errors in dmesg + freezes when under heavy laod.

Hi,

I have these messages repeat every two minutes in /var/log/messages:

Apr  9 22:06:12 pazuzu res 51/84:0f:40:15:94/84:00:01:00:00/e0 Emask 0x20 (host bus error)
Apr  9 22:06:12 pazuzu ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133
Apr  9 22:06:12 pazuzu ata3: EH complete
Apr  9 22:06:12 pazuzu SCSI device sda: 390721968 512-byte hdwr sectors (200050 MB)
Apr  9 22:06:12 pazuzu sda: Write Protect is off
Apr  9 22:06:12 pazuzu SCSI device sda: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA

Also, under heavy disk usage, the system freezes for about a minute, and the HD led is constat lit.
I think this only happened after an update, not sure.
Any ideas?

daf666

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Registered: 2007-04-08

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Re: SATA errors in dmesg + freezes when under heavy laod.

After trying various different kernel boot options, kernels, hooks, BIOS settings and modules with no luck, I remembered that WinxpSP2 bluescreened when trying to boot from this drive.
I am 100% sure there is no problem with the HD... might be a hardware issue with the Mobo (ASUS P4P800-e Deluxe).
I moved my root partition to a 40GB IDE drive and all problems are gone

Last edited by daf666 (2007-04-11 19:33:38)