Re: BadCRC - cables? disk? something else?

From: Enkidu (enkidu.com_at_com.cliffp.com)
Date: 10/23/05


Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 13:22:07 +1300

davidnwelton@gmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I noticed my disk not responding yesterday, so I checked dmesg, and
> found this:
>
> Oct 21 11:49:21 localhost kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 {
> DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> Oct 21 11:49:21 localhost kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 {
> DriveStatusError BadCRC }
> Oct 21 11:49:21 localhost kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
> Oct 21 11:49:21 localhost kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 {
> DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> Oct 21 11:49:21 localhost kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 {
> DriveStatusError BadCRC }
> Oct 21 11:49:21 localhost kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
> Oct 21 11:49:22 localhost kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 {
> DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> Oct 21 11:49:22 localhost kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 {
> DriveStatusError BadCRC }
> Oct 21 11:49:22 localhost kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
> Oct 21 11:49:22 localhost kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 {
> DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> Oct 21 11:49:22 localhost kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 {
> DriveStatusError BadCRC }
> Oct 21 11:49:22 localhost kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
> Oct 21 11:49:22 localhost kernel: ide0: reset: success
>
> Uh oh, bad news, right? But here's the thing:
>
> *) I went back and looked at my logs. This has been going on
> infrequently for something like a month. If it were going to die, you'd
> think it would have done it already, right? I backed up what I needed
> to immediately, of course.
>
> *) I have windows (yuck) on a second disk, that stopped booting last
> week in anything but safe mode. Twiddling the BIOS DMA settings seemed
> to fix things. But I put those back to normal and it's still booting
> ok.
>
> *) The disk itself is very new.
>
> smartctl seems to think it's ok, too:
>
> === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
> SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
> Num Test_Description Status Remaining
> LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
> # 1 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 392
> -
> # 2 Short offline Completed without error 00% 391
> -
> # 3 Short offline Completed without error 00% 390
> -
> # 4 Short offline Completed without error 00% 383
> -
> # 5 Short offline Completed without error 00% 383
> -
> # 6 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 382
> -
> # 7 Short offline Completed without error 00% 381
> -
> # 8 Short offline Completed without error 00% 380
> -
>
> So... I'm thinking cables, especially because the computer's case is
> kind of cramped and they are stuffed in there. Anyone else want to
> place a bet?
>
Disk.

Cheers,

Cliff

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