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Is my HDD dying or something else from these errors and symptoms?
Hello.
For about two weeks ago, I had two of these incidents (13 days apart between them): hdb: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x61 hdb: DMA timeout error hdb: dma timeout error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } ide: failed opcode was: unknown hda: DMA disabled hdb: DMA disabled ide0: reset: success hdb: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x41 hdb: DMA timeout error hdb: dma timeout error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } ide: failed opcode was: unknown hdb: DMA disabled ide0: reset: success hdb: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x41 hdb: DMA timeout error hdb: dma timeout error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } ide: failed opcode was: unknown hdb: DMA disabled ide0: reset: success hdb: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x41 hdb: DMA timeout error hdb: dma timeout error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } ide: failed opcode was: unknown hdb: DMA disabled ide0: reset: success From this, my old Linux/Debian system became slow and unresponsive due to high CPU usage (e.g., 7.xx in top). I had to shutdown (shutdown -r now) Linux/Debian, reboot, and things are back to normal speed. I doubt it is temperature related because the room is in the 60s and 70s degrees(F) and computer wasn't working intensely (e.g., surfing the Web). Also, I recalled before these problems started, my motherboard (CMOS and BIOS) didn't see both of my primary master drives (both HDDs: hda and hdb), but can see my secondary master (DVD-ROM drive = hdc). I had to open the case, but didn't see anything wrong. I wiggled the cable ends for the HDDs. I booted my machine up and it seemed fine for a few days/a week and then these errors came up (not disconnections). I ran smartctl utility on both of my HDDs for information and results: http://pastebin.ca/930776 ... My full system specifications can be found he http://alpha.zimage.com/~ant/antfarm.../computers.txt (secondary/backup machine). Does that mean my decade old Quantum 6.4 GB HDD (already made a backup just in case) is finally dying? Or is it something else? Thank you in advance. -- "All the best work is done the way that ants do things -- by tiny but untiring and regular additions." --Lafcadio Hearn /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Ant @ http://antfarm.home.dhs.org (Personal Web Site) | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net \ _ / Please remove ANT if replying by e-mail. ( ) |
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