Re: SiI 3112A + Seagate HDs = still no go?
søn, 14,.08.2005 kl. 13.23 +0100, skrev Chris Boot:
> >>>>Hi all,
> >>>>
> >>>>I just recently took the plunge and bought 4 250 GB Seagate drives
> >>>>and a 2 port Silicon Image 3112A controller card for the 2 drives my
> >>>>motherboard doesn't handle. No matter how hard I try, I can't get the
> >>>>hard drives to work: they are detected correctly and work reasonably
> >>>>well under _very_ light load, but anything like building a RAID array
> >>>>is a bit much and the whole controller seems to lock up.
> >>>>
> >>>>I can't remember the exact kernel messages, and I've unplugged the
> >>>>drives for now, but they were exactly like those in the following posts:
> >>>>http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-ide@vger.kernel.org/msg00958.html
> >>>>http://www.thisishull.net/archive/index.php/t-21928.html
> >>>>
> >>>>All of these people seemed to be having trouble a good while ago, and
> >>>>other than the blacklist fix (which I have tried...) there seem to be
> >>>>no solutions to the problem at all. I can't seem to find any PCI
> >>>>controller cards not based on the SiI chipset (even the expensive
> >>>>ones) to replace my current card, either.
> >>>>
> >>>>Needless to say the drives on my internal VIA controller work like a
> >>>>charm.
> >>>>
> >>>>Has anyone run unto this problem?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>Like this ?
> >>>
> >>>http://www.google.no/search?hl=no&q=sata_sil+mod15+quirk+with
> >>>+Seagate&btnG=Google-s%C3%B8k&meta=
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Nope, I ended up debugging the problem on LKML and Linux-IDE, where we
> >>figured out it was a faulty controller...
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Glad you found an solution after all.
> >
> >
> >
> >>>>Any fixes?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>Maybe.
> >>>I swapped the disk for an maxtor :)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>In my case, that wouldn't have helped me at all. :-(
> >>
> >>
> >
> >True.
> >
> >Still makes me newer buy an seagate disk again.
> >
> >
> Apparently the newer 7200.8 drives are much better and don't have any of
> the mod15 trouble.
Still, I feel Seagate did now sell me an complete/compatible product.
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-kern/2003/03/21/0009.html
I also feel they did't work with the linux kernel dudes to remedy the
situation.
(Did't they have an NDA on the info/fix/models ?)
Maybe Im just picky :)
> Mine work like a treat, and they're whisper-quiet,
> which is why I bought them.
Yes, that's why I bought them to. "Liquid bearings" just sounded cool.
Still my PSU makes more noice.
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tigergutt <tigergutt@birrabrothers.com>
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