[CLUE-Tech] kernel drivers

[Dave Hahn]

Since you've replaced everything except the drive controller/Mainboard, 
I would guess controller.

One possibility - is the IDE controller a VIA chip?

-d

Mike Staver wrote:

> I'm getting this kind of message on a Suse 9.1 box when running dmesg:
>
> hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
>
> I've seen the exact same thing under RH 7.x - 9.x, and Suse 9.0.  I 
> figured I had a bad drive... so I bought a new one.  Then I 
> reinstalled, and it's still happening.  So I swapped cables, and it's 
> still happening.  Here are the specs:
>
> timmy:/home/staver # /sbin/hdparm -i /dev/hda
>
> /dev/hda:
>
>  Model=Maxtor 6Y080L0, FwRev=YAR41BW0, SerialNo=Y2TMF0WE
>  Config={ Fixed }
>  RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=57
>  BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
>  CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=160086528
>  IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
>  PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
>  DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
>  UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 *udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 udma6
>  AdvancedPM=yes: disabled (255) WriteCache=enabled
>  Drive conforms to: (null):
>
>  * signifies the current active mode
>
> Has anybody seen this before, and if so, could you fix it?  I'm 
> guessing it's either an old bios, defective ide controller, or the 
> kernel needs tweaking.