From: maxim w. <bli...@ya...> - 2007-10-26 00:42:54
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--- maxim wexler <bli...@ya...> wrote: > Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:52:20 -0700 (PDT) > From: maxim wexler <bli...@ya...> > Subject: [gentoo-user] smartctl strangeness > To: gen...@li... > > Hi group, > > A while ago my Maxtor 120G IDE HD started acting up, > smartctl wouldn't pass it and in dmesg were many > ominous dma_intr errors. > > So from ebay I got a used Samsung 160g which I just > installed. I was hoping to transfer over my OS and > files etc to the "new" drive. > > The drive is recognized in the BIOS on a venerable > PIII and assigned Ultra DMA mode 5. But I notice it > is > recognized as having only 131G. Maybe that's > significant. IIRC the PC, a Dell, was put together > in > 01 and the Samsung HD is c. 2004. It's formatted > completely FAT32 and mounts OK. > > Anyway, this is where things get even stranger. I've > quadruple-checked and I still don't believe it. The > Maxtor drive now PASSES smartctl -H and the "new" > one > FAILS. The Maxtor still gets the dma_intr errors in > dmesg and the Samsung is said to have it's "DMA > disabled" which contradicts the BIOS, but no other > errors. > > Can somebody make sense of this? > > Maxim > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > -- > gen...@ge... mailing list > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com |