Re: CMD680, kernel 2.4.21, and heartache

From: John Bradford
Date: Fri Oct 03 2003 - 07:00:07 EST


> Some factors that are definitely NOT a problem:
> - Faulty run of drives. This has also happened to Hitachi 80GB drives in the
> same configurations.
>
> - Heat. They're in a chilly room. The cases haven't overheated. We've had
> guys checking this every few hours after the first one went bonkers.
>
> Possible problems -
> - Simple software problem that somebody can fix and save the day. :)
> - All Dell Poweredge 650 servers are broken. :/

> Oct 1 07:47:47 mailstore2-1 kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> Oct 1 07:47:47 mailstore2-1 kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=37694874, high=2, low=4140442, sector=35220864

That is definitely an error from the drive. If you're absolutely sure
it's not a faulty batch of drives or a cooling issue, maybe you have
power supply problems? Does SMART give you any useful information?

John.
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