"Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
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> On Friday 13 June 2003 07:51 pm, Lorne wrote:
>
> > I wonder if it is a bad hard drive, and or controller. No errors during
> > install? For it to die like that it just seems/smells hardware based.
Are
> > you running hdparm and doing anything to soup up to UDMA or anything?
What
> > about when you install. regular or expert install? Do you click the
option
> > on hard drives that activates LBA or UDMA or something. I'm sorry I
can't
> > remember what that option is.
>
> It would seem hardware wouldn't it? Yet sitting here from my end, I
hesitate.
> Everything is less than 6 months old, and its mostly quality stuff (I
know -
> anything can go bad). Basic setup is:
>
> Soyo Dragon Plus MB
> AMD XP2100 cpu
> 512 megs DDR ram (Corsair brand)
> Maxtor 80 gig HD
> Nvidia Ti4200 video card.
> Toshiba DVD
> Plextor CDRW
> 350 watt AMD approved PS
>
> So I dunno...you'd think this little system would rock.
>
Hmmm...
The Via ide chipset support has been somewhat changing from time to time...
Some times it works perfect, other times not...
And it works for some, and fails for others...
A few things comes to mind...
1. Did you run the bonnie++ test?
2. Is your system overclocked?
3. Have you tried to boot with mem=nopentium?
4. Have you tried the latest update kernel (18mdk)?
5. Have you checked /var/log/messages for complaints about /dev/hda or ide0?
6. Is your harddisk alone on the primary bus?
- If not... does it help to make it that way?
(keep your DVD and CDRW on the secondary controller)
Best Regards
Thomas Backlund
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