Re: [gentoo-user] Faulty IDE ribbon?

[Frank Baumeister]

On Sunday 04 September 2005 15:39, Mick wrote:

> Just checking before I buy a new ribbon, that there is nothing more
> sinister happening with my secondary IDE controller.  Suddenly and
> with no activity on my secondary IDE controller there's a noise as
> if my /dev/hdc (8G ATA drive) and /dev/hdd (CDWR) are reinitialised
> - i.e. the mechanical noises usually observed when the machine is
> switched on and the BIOS probes the devices on booting.
>
> Both devices are not mounted and there is no media in the CDWR.
> This is what dmesg shows:
> =================
> hdc: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x61
> hdc: DMA timeout error
> hdc: dma timeout error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete
> DataRequest }

I had the same problem! As it turned out it was the ribbon that caused 
these weird kernel messages and the noise during the start of the 
system. So yes, replacing the ribbon would probably make these 
symptoms disappear.

Regards
Frank
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