After even more tests I found out the following: - Running 'dd_rescue /dev/sda1 /dev/zero' on the on-board Silicon Image Inc. SiI 3114 controller handles the bad sector just fine and does not give a MCE. This is on the same motherboard that does give the MCE error on the Nvidia port.
The following SATA controllers are in that machine: * IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3) * RAID bus controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3114 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 02) - Running the dd_rescue command om another PC with a different type of motherboard (M2NPV-VM) also with a Nvidia Nforce 4 (altough different) chipset work fine and reports the bad sector like the SiL 3114 controller on the other PC. This PC has the following lspci listing for SATA controller: * IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev a1) So I think there is a problem with this specific CK804 ATA controller causing the MCE... Any clues? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545433 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/