On Fri, 29 May 2015 13:18:17 -0600 Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> wrote: > Jochen Spieker wrote: > > Petter Adsen: > > > I'm starting to suspect that it is. Either that, or the > > > controller on the motherboard, which would be even worse. > > > > Or just the cable (if we are not talking about a laptop). I got rid > > of similar errors in the past by replacing the SATA cable. > > If it were me I would swap cables and move to a different SATA port on > the motherboard. I have seen individual SATA ports fail with the rest > of the ports okay. I also have the advantage of many different sets > of hardware available and so I would mix and match the various parts > into different systems. If the problem stays with the system or moves > with the moved part is a good diagnostic aid in determining which > piece of hardware or software is causing problems. In this case it is > 1) the kernel software 2) sata cable 3) sata device 4) motherboard > sata controller. At least one of those is the problem. It is a > mental game of Mastermind to determine which. From what I can understand of the messages above, it seems the error messages are coming from two different devices, ata4 and ata5 - or am I wrong? To me, that would (unfortunately) indicate the controller... Petter -- "I'm ionized" "Are you sure?" "I'm positive."
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