On Sunday 01 August 2010 15:32:56 Arthur Marsh wrote: > Hi, I've had sporadic problems with errors such as the following: > > Aug 2 05:09:10 victoria kernel: [616687.192331] ata1: lost interrupt > (Status 0x50) > Aug 2 05:09:10 victoria kernel: [616687.192467] ata1.00: exception > Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen > Aug 2 05:09:10 victoria kernel: [616687.192510] ata1.00: failed > command: WRITE DMA EXT > Aug 2 05:09:10 victoria kernel: [616687.192579] ata1.00: cmd > 35/00:08:22:5e:00/00:00:14:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 4096 out > Aug 2 05:09:10 victoria kernel: [616687.192594] res > 40/00:00:01:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/10 Emask 0x4 (timeout) > Aug 2 05:09:10 victoria kernel: [616687.192628] ata1.00: status: { DRDY } > Aug 2 05:09:10 victoria kernel: [616687.192763] ata1: soft resetting link > Aug 2 05:09:10 victoria kernel: [616687.392871] ata1.00: configured for > UDMA/33 > Aug 2 05:09:10 victoria kernel: [616687.409520] ata1.01: configured for > UDMA/33 > > Aug 2 05:18:57 victoria kernel: [617275.303057] ata1: lost interrupt > (Status 0x50) > Aug 2 05:18:58 victoria kernel: [617275.303196] ata1.00: exception > Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen > Aug 2 05:18:58 victoria kernel: [617275.303239] ata1.00: failed > command: READ DMA EXT > Aug 2 05:18:58 victoria kernel: [617275.303309] ata1.00: cmd > 25/00:08:d2:2a:79/00:00:13:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 4096 in > Aug 2 05:18:58 victoria kernel: [617275.303324] res > 40/00:00:01:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/10 Emask 0x4 (timeout) > Aug 2 05:18:58 victoria kernel: [617275.303357] ata1.00: status: { DRDY } > Aug 2 05:18:58 victoria kernel: [617275.303492] ata1: soft resetting link > Aug 2 05:18:58 victoria kernel: [617275.499876] ata1.00: configured for > UDMA/33 > Aug 2 05:18:58 victoria kernel: [617275.515681] ata1.01: configured for > UDMA/33 > > The machine then locks up and the power has to be disconnected before > the power button can restart the machine. > > I haven't found where ata1.00 and ata1.01 are defined as the primary and > secondary IDE controllers, although I assume ata1.00 is the primary > controller and ata1.01 is the secondary controller. > > This problem appears related to the pc being in a cool environment (e.g. > 10 degrees Celsius), and has occurred almost daily for a while then not > occurring for nearly a week. > > The machine is old (1998 era 440BX with PII-266) but has otherwise been > reliable. > > # lspci > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host > bridge (rev 02) > 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP > bridge (rev 02) > 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02) > 00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) > 00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) > 00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02) > 00:08.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec (formerly DPT) SmartCache/Raid > I-IV Controller (rev 02) > 00:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 04) > 00:09.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy Game Port (rev 04) > 00:09.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port (rev > 04) 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. > RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon > 9200 SE] (rev 01) > 01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 SE] > (Secondary) (rev 01) > > Any suggestions for pinpointing this problem welcome. > > Arthur.
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