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Is my hard disk dying?



Hi all,

Recently I've been seeing messages like this in kern.log:

Oct 16 14:42:42 oasis kernel: hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21
Oct 16 14:42:52 oasis kernel: hda: DMA timeout error
Oct 16 14:42:52 oasis kernel: hda: dma timeout error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
Oct 16 14:42:52 oasis kernel:
Oct 16 14:42:52 oasis kernel: hda: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
Oct 16 14:42:52 oasis kernel:
Oct 16 14:42:52 oasis kernel: hda: drive not ready for command
Oct 16 14:42:52 oasis kernel: hda: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
Oct 16 14:42:52 oasis kernel:
Oct 16 14:42:52 oasis kernel: hda: drive not ready for command
Oct 16 14:42:52 oasis kernel: hda: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
Oct 16 14:42:52 oasis kernel:
Oct 16 14:42:52 oasis kernel: hda: drive not ready for command
Oct 16 14:42:52 oasis kernel: hda: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
Oct 16 14:42:52 oasis kernel:
Oct 16 14:42:52 oasis kernel: hda: drive not ready for command
Oct 16 14:43:06 oasis kernel: ide0: reset: success
Oct 16 14:43:56 oasis kernel: hda: DMA disabled

..I tried disabling DMA on the drive, but the problems keep happening:

Oct 16 14:45:24 oasis kernel: hda: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Oct 16 14:45:24 oasis kernel:
Oct 16 14:45:59 oasis kernel: ide0: reset timed-out, status=0xd0
Oct 16 14:45:59 oasis kernel: hda: status timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Oct 16 14:45:59 oasis kernel:
Oct 16 14:45:59 oasis kernel: hda: drive not ready for command
Oct 16 14:46:18 oasis kernel: ide0: reset: success
Oct 16 14:51:08 oasis kernel: hda: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Oct 16 14:51:08 oasis kernel:
Oct 16 14:51:43 oasis kernel: ide0: reset timed-out, status=0xd0
Oct 16 14:51:43 oasis kernel: hda: status timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Oct 16 14:51:43 oasis kernel:
Oct 16 14:51:43 oasis kernel: hda: drive not ready for command
Oct 16 14:51:48 oasis kernel: ide0: reset: success

In addition, it keeps making alarming clicking sounds, so I'm assuming
that it's about the die on me. Considering that this laptop isn't even a
year old (10 months), it's annoying.

The drive itself is a Toshiba MK6021GAS. Leaving the laptop powered down
for a few hours seems to fix the problem, but it seems to reappear after a
week or two.

Any ideas, or suggestions?

Thanks,

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