Hi, I've got some troubles with sata disks (Maxtor DiamondMax 10 160go) : this is the second one I use in less than 1 month. With the first one, I got more and more ofently TIMEOUT - READ_DMA errors ... so I changed it last week (I thought the disk was broken) ! And now, 10 days after installing the _new_ one, I re-get the sames errors. They appear randomly ... No log, no debug messages, just TIMEOUT - READ_DMA in dmesg Is there some tools on FreeBSD to test the SATA controler or the disks ? Some known bugs in drivers ? Does anyone get the same problem ? PS : when error occurs, the disk make a "click" !?!? -- Ivan Kurzweg Web : http://www.kurzweg.info BOFH excuse #14: sounds like a Windows problem, try calling Microsoft support
> Hi, > > I've got some troubles with sata disks (Maxtor DiamondMax 10 160go) : this > is the second one I use in less than 1 month. > > With the first one, I got more and more ofently TIMEOUT - READ_DMA errors > ... so I changed it last week (I thought the disk was broken) ! And now, > 10 days after installing the _new_ one, I re-get the sames errors. They > appear randomly ... > > No log, no debug messages, just TIMEOUT - READ_DMA in dmesg > > Is there some tools on FreeBSD to test the SATA controler or the disks ? > Some known bugs in drivers ? > Does anyone get the same problem ? > > PS : when error occurs, the disk make a "click" !?!? > > -- > Ivan Kurzweg > Web : http://www.kurzweg.info > >Hi Ivan Sounds like power problem to me. Perhaps there is not enough power for the drive. Best advice I could give is not to use Maxtor. They have known problems with many models and in my opinion are not good hard drives. -Clay
On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 08:02:00 +0000 "Ikare.run" <ikare.run@gmail.com> wrote:> Hi, > > I've got some troubles with sata disks (Maxtor DiamondMax 10 160go) : > this is the second one I use in less than 1 month. > > With the first one, I got more and more ofently TIMEOUT - READ_DMA > errors ... so I changed it last week (I thought the disk was broken) ! > And now, 10 days after installing the _new_ one, I re-get the sames > errors. They appear randomly ... > > No log, no debug messages, just TIMEOUT - READ_DMA in dmesg > > Is there some tools on FreeBSD to test the SATA controler or the disks ? > Some known bugs in drivers ? > Does anyone get the same problem ? > > PS : when error occurs, the disk make a "click" !?!?Sounds like it is dying. What controller is this attached to? Have you tried another cable? SMART reports are useful only if the error is detectable / reported. Dom
Ikare.run wrote:> > PS : when error occurs, the disk make a "click" !?!? >If its making sounds like that, then its a physical problem with the drive. Bakcup your data and return it if its still on warranty. Maxtor provides troubleshooting tools on their website.