On Tuesday 05 September 2006 13:01, Erik Mouw wrote: > On Fri, Sep 01, 2006 at 10:50:29AM +0200, Francesco Pietra wrote: > > On Wednesday 30 August 2006 23:49, Erik Mouw wrote: > > > Anyway, back to your problem: > > > - Make sure you don't use the proprietary nvidia kernel module > > > - Replace the cables > > > - If it still persists, check Maxtor support > > > > Thank you for all extremely useful information. > > > > During the last night, while computing with mpqc2.3.1 (no X system > > loaded, as always) > > The proprietary module I was talking about is a *kernel* module, not an > X module.
Beg pardon for my misunderstanding and for attributing you an undue comment. > > > same problem with disks. HD led lighted continuously. The screen > > showed: > > ---SCSI error > > ---<o> kernel panic - not syncing: Aiee, killing interrupt handler! > > > > All checks I could carry out as before, showed the disks in order, and my > > data also in order. > > > > Now I have changed the data cables with virgin cables to both disks and > > restarted mpqc. > > > > I'll do nothing else for today because I received two new disks I had > > recently ordered ---WD 1500ADFD WD Raptor > > MDL WD1500ADFD-OONLR1 > > Date 13 Jun 2006 > > DCM HBCA2AB > > 5VDC 0.90A > > 12VDC 0.75 > > Ah, Raptors are fast. Though the start was not fast. The Debian amd64 net installer (although a UPS was upstream and the new fan - see belo - installed) did not like one of them, indicating to return it to the vendor with CPU0 machine check exception 4 Bank 4 TSC ..., through decoding mcelog --aschii. The vendor wanted to check the disk (June 2006 production) on his preferred OS, whereby no indication came out, but the machine did not put the disk to work. I am waiting for the replament Raptor. > > > I plan to replace the Maxtor with these. My only concern is the > > ventilation. Although the Enermax CS-721 has 4 fans (in addition to the > > two to the dual opterons) there is no direct ventilation to the disks. > > > > I wonder whether an aluminum Cooldrive 4002 (with its own low-diameter > > fan) for each disk is an appropriate heat dissipation or a large-diameter > > external fan directed toward the disk is better. Your advice? > > To be honest I think the fan on the Cooldrive is rather small, and > small fans tend to fail fast. I'd rather go for a large fan that blows > cool air from outside the case directly onto the drives. That I have done, placing the large fan in on the fron side of the Enermack case, directly onto the drives. > thank you francesco > > Erik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
