Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 21 Apr 1999 09:00:36 -0400 | From | Mark Lord <> | Subject | [Fwd: Re: Failing drive? S.M.A.R.T. utilities?] |
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-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Failing drive? S.M.A.R.T. utilities? Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 23:34:51 -0400 From: sphilp@ameritech.net To: Mark Lord <mlord@pobox.com> References: <3718C920.8360964B@ameritech.net> <371C79E4.18F68BBD@pobox.com>
On Tue, Apr 20, 1999 at 08:58:12AM -0400, Mark Lord wrote: > Steve Philp wrote: > > > > >From the sounds of it, I've got a failing drive on this machine. It > > sounds like it momentarily loses power, but then spins right back up. > > I've verified that the power and ribbon cables are securely inserted, > > and the failures don't seem to be triggered by the occasional bump or > > jostle on my desk. The system logs show: > .. > > kernel: ide1: reset: success > > kernel: hdc: status error: status=0x00 { } > > To me, this looks like a drive that has just been > powered down by the BIOS power management stuff. > > Often when that happens, the BIOS also powers down > part of the chipset, leaving us just zeros in the > register space -- makes it impossible to recover > unless the driver "knows" about power management for > that specific chipset. > > Just a (good) guess.
Well, it turned out to be power management, but not from the BIOS... :)
The power cable for the drive was split to go to the case fan and then the drive. The connector on THAT side was wiggly loose (as I discovered when I poked at it with my finger and listened to the drive spin down everytime I hit the connector). Moving that power connector to something a bit less necessary has returned the drive to normal function.
Thanks for the reply, and sorry for the false alarm...
-- Steve Philp sphilp@ameritech.net
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