On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 08:58:17 +0200
Vincent Voois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If your SATA bios already has troubles with both drives i would
> suggest the following:
>
> First check your master/slave jumpers on the harddrives (are they
> correctly set?)
One of the drive's labels states;
"Master/slave jumper not required for SATA
Jumpered pins 1 and 2 disable SSC (Spread Spectrum Clocking)
Jumpered pins 3 and 4 enable PM2 (Power up in Standby)"
No mention of pins 5 and 6 or 7 and 8. Default is 1 and 2 jumpered
The other drive simply says 3 and 4 enable PM2
> Then check which drive the SATA card does see (on which connector)
> Then switch the drives and see if there is any change.
I wasn't clear on this point... when I said no change when switching
cables. etc., I meant only one drive lists all info - like so:
1 WDC WD1600JD-00FYB0 152627 MB
The second drive shows as:
2 0 MB
with pins 3 and 4 jumpered, and:
2 WDC WD1600 0 MB
with pins 1 and 2 jumpered
It's the same using data connectors 1 and 2 - or 2 and 3 or 1 and 3.
That is, it's always the same physical disk that shows all info
wherever it's placed and whichever cable is used to connect it.
The thing is, this drive that isn't working properly is a
replacement. When going into the SATA setup utility with the
returned unit, I'd hear 10 rather loud clicks - so the it
went back to the store. Now I'm hearing a single click (not so loud)
when starting the setup utility, I see the info above and about 10
seconds later the drive spins down, while the other one just keeps
on spinning.
Guess it must be the drive again - but that strikes me as not likely
- or at least odd.
Both this troubled one and the one I returned had black cases, the
one that works is in a silver case. Both were manufactured in 2004
in March and May. On top of that, the guy I've been dealing with
tells me he's had WD drives (exclusively) running in 6 machines some
for as long a seven years and never had a problem with them..... ah
well...
> .If not:the drives are both good, either your cable or card id
> defective,
<snip>
It seems the card itself is ok then - so I guess it's back to the
store.
> For RAID functionality within any OS, you do require specific
> drivers to run. About Mandrake 10.0 is stated it has a couple of
> drivers you can select. Let's just hope your's is amongst them:
> http://www.linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html
It is... SI says that the driver is included in the 2.6 kernel -
it's the SIL3114 IIRC.
Thanks for the input.
Curt
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