SATA vs PATA Drive

[Tomt]

I did my install, but during startup, i see some problems with media. Goes so fast I cant catch it all, but i see repeated ATA1,,, a lot of data, and something about configured for dma/133.


it does end up starting and running, but wondering if I need to reconfigure, / reinstall before going into service.

tom

 

[darmock]

log into CLI

type dmesg | more and see if the error is there

Tom

 

[Tomt]

here is an image of what I see.
(link in case it dont post ( http://www.hoothost.com/dmsg.gif ))

 

[Tomt]

OH, I might also want to add that, there are several pages of that type of entry over and over in the list.

tom

 

[darmock]

seen this before. Drop a new drive and and retry the install. While it could be cables or connectors I use stabilant 22a on all my computer gear especially card edges and memory. Works like a charm

http://www.stabilant.com/


That being said 80gb drives are like $29 so drop one in and see if it goes away. If not then replace power/data cables.

Tom

 

[Tomt]

Hey Tom (darmock)

Just wanted to give u an update, reinstalled, same problem,,, then i went into cmos and looked around,,, under SATA options, there was a setting to either run it under normal, or compatible mode. it was set to normal. changed it to compatible and reinstalled. fixed the problem,, no more errors.

Regards
Tom (TomT)

 

[darmock]

Yup there are any number of things that can cause problems. Still doesn't hurt to have a new hard drive under the hood.


Tom

 

[blanchae]

Thanks for posting that info. That is a solution that few think about trying..