how to get rid of spurious SATA error messages (FC5, X7DVL-E mobo, Intel ESB2 chipset)

[John Wendel]

Aleksey Tsalolikhin wrote:
> Hi.  I have FC5 on a SuperMicro X7DVL-E motherboard, which provides 6
> SATA ports using the Intel ESB2 chipset
> (http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon1333/5000V/X7DVL-E.cfm)
> 
> I have a couple of drives plugged in and I read all the files on them
> and generate md5 checksums  using "find" and "md5sum".
> 
> I get spurious "AddrMarkNotFound" ATA errors, about 3 per second:
> 
> ata1: translated ATA stat/err 0x51/05 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0x3/13/00
> ata1: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> ata1: error=0x05 { DriveStatusError AddrMarkNotFound }
> 
> I say spurious because the read finishes fine, the md5 checksums are
> correct, the drives are fine (they read fine on another system with no
> errors), the cables are fine (I've also used them on another system
> without errors)...  basically everything works, but I am getting these
> error messages.  What gives?
> 
> Even tried blowing out the SATA connectors on the mobo and on the cable.
> 
> Thanks for any help,
> -at
> 

I know this isn't an answer, but have you checked

<http://linux-ata.org/> for the status of your chipset.

Looks like bleeding edge stuff (and you're bleeding).

Regards,

John