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On Sunday 24 December 2006 08:42, PaulNM wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> These type of messages: |
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> [17180157.020000] hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete |
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> Error } |
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> [17180157.020000] hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, |
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> LBAsect=5, high=0, low=5, sector=0 |
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> [17180157.020000] ide: failed opcode was: unknown |
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> [17180157.020000] end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 0 |
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> are very bad signs. Nine times out of ten it means the drive is dead, |
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> or nearly so. The few times it's not a dead/dying drive, is usually due |
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> to dma not being supported, or a bad cable. Given that dd is not |
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> working, and nothing seems able to actually write to the drive, I'm |
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> leaning towards a dead drive. |
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> As a last ditch attempt, you could try reseating the power and ide |
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> cable on the drive, as well as the motherboard end of the ide cable. If |
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> you have another system laying around, you could put the problem drive |
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> in there to confirm it is a drive problem. |
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I agree that in all likelihood your HD is toast. However, before you start |
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searching on Ebay you would better follow the above advice to reseat cables |
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and, or sockets. I used to have an IBM laptop with a problematic floppy |
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drive that needed reseating in its socket every now and then to cure its boot |
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problems. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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