sata problem

Robin Laing Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca
Wed Oct 18 17:43:18 UTC 2006


Fabio Victora Hecht wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> During the weekend my server froze. I'm running FC5 with an Intel 
> motherboard and a SATA HD. This is the important content of 
> /var/log/messages
> 
> Oct 13 23:00:15 localhost kernel: ata1: command 0x35 timeout, stat 0x50 
> host_stat 0x21
> Oct 13 23:00:33 localhost kernel: ATA: abnormal status 0x80 on port 0xE807
> Oct 13 23:00:33 localhost kernel: ATA: abnormal status 0x80 on port 0xE807
> Oct 13 23:00:33 localhost kernel: ATA: abnormal status 0x80 on port 0xE807
> Oct 13 23:01:33 localhost kernel: ata1: command 0x25 timeout, stat 0x50 
> host_stat 0x21
> Oct 13 23:53:26 localhost kernel: ata1: command 0x35 timeout, stat 0x50 
> host_stat 0x21
> Oct 13 23:54:37 localhost kernel: ata1: command 0x25 timeout, stat 0x50 
> host_stat 0x21
> Oct 13 23:55:49 localhost kernel: ata1: command 0x25 timeout, stat 0x50 
> host_stat 0x21
> Oct 13 23:57:50 localhost kernel: ata1: command 0x25 timeout, stat 0x50 
> host_stat 0x21
> Oct 14 00:00:29 localhost last message repeated 2 times
> Oct 14 00:05:32 localhost kernel: ata1: command 0x25 timeout, stat 0x50 
> host_stat 0x21
> Oct 14 00:09:33 localhost kernel: ata1: command 0x35 timeout, stat 0x50 
> host_stat 0x21
> Oct 14 00:11:33 localhost kernel: ata1: command 0x25 timeout, stat 0x50 
> host_stat 0x21
> Oct 14 00:15:13 localhost kernel: ata1: command 0x35 timeout, stat 0x50 
> host_stat 0x21
> Oct 14 00:17:21 localhost kernel: ata1: command 0x25 timeout, stat 0x50 
> host_stat 0x21
> Oct 14 00:18:21 localhost kernel: ata1: command 0x25 timeout, stat 0x50 
> host_stat 0x21
> 
> 
> Does anybody have any ideas of causes/solutions?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Fabio
> 
I had some weird HD issues that turned out to be power supply related. 
The 5V rail was low and one of my drives was acting up causing system 
freezes.

Changing the power supply fixed the issue.  Note, the power supply 
warranty isn't worth the extra cost of the power supply I purchased.

-- 
Robin Laing




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