Re: Problems with SiL3114 and WDC WD2500SD-01K

2005-08-22 Thread Larry Battraw
Thanks, I had seen that earlier and was really hoping it wasn't just a bad card :-) It and the drive are brand-new. As an aside, it looks like the drive may get confused shortly after the initial probe. Unloading and reloading the driver causes this: libata version 1.11 loaded. sata_sil versio

Re: Problems with SiL3114 and WDC WD2500SD-01K

2005-08-22 Thread Tejun Heo
Larry Battraw wrote: > Hi Tejun, > > Thanks for the reply. I've tried different PCI slots, different > ports, different cables, and lastly, win98 DOS. DOS is able to > partition and format the drive without a problem, and I copied files > over, etc. without any errors. Are there any dia

Re: Problems with SiL3114 and WDC WD2500SD-01K

2005-08-22 Thread Larry Battraw
Hi Tejun, Thanks for the reply. I've tried different PCI slots, different ports, different cables, and lastly, win98 DOS. DOS is able to partition and format the drive without a problem, and I copied files over, etc. without any errors. Are there any diagnostics or tests I can run to

Re: Problems with SiL3114 and WDC WD2500SD-01K

2005-08-20 Thread Tejun Heo
Hello, Larry. Larry Battraw wrote: I installed a SiL3114-based PCI card (Syba) and Western Digital WD2500SD in my system recently and haven't been able to get the system to write/read any data from the drive beyond the initial drive probe. I get a lot of messages about "ATA: abnormal status

Problems with SiL3114 and WDC WD2500SD-01K

2005-08-20 Thread Larry Battraw
I installed a SiL3114-based PCI card (Syba) and Western Digital WD2500SD in my system recently and haven't been able to get the system to write/read any data from the drive beyond the initial drive probe. I get a lot of messages about "ATA: abnormal status 0xD8 on port 0xF081C0C7" and SCSI parit