> > Also, thanks to those who replied about the possible IDE disk problem with
> > the Abit KT7 motherboard, but I gather from the newsgroups that the
> > HighPoint HPT370 UDMA chip is a problem with Linux. The motherboard/disk
> > combination has worked for months; does anyone have idea whether the
> > "dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekCompleteError}" or "dma_intr:
> > error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }" is something serious on a
> > seemingly-stable system or can I ignore it?
> >
>
> You have a Western Digital Drive?
>
> If so, it is pretty normal. So is the eventual data corruption you will get
> above UDMA2 (33MHz). WDs simply do not have the hardware to cope with higher
> speeds and cannot do the required 57-byte CRCs. And if you don't believe me,
> email Andre Hedrick direct.
>
It is a WD Caviar 200BB, which I bought after reading good reviews at some
hardware website (either Tomshardware or anandtech). Can anyone
recommend a good 7200 RPM that will work reliably with the ATA100 HPT370
chipset? Or am I going to have to scrap the motherboard as well?
Thanks,
Dan
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