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From: Daniel Axtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 1:15 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] IDE and Reiser FS question
> > > 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
Hi Dan
I had WD 10G caviar and just for it's smallnes i changed to
SAMSUNG 40G.
Have had it running now abt. 4 months with no errors,have same
mobo than you,with duron 800.
Hdparms -t says 32.76MB/s....
greetings
Jarmo
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