[ale] suddenly finding computer 'seized-up'....ATTN:DowHurst-2

[thehead at patshead.com (Pat Regan)]

Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> TheMaxtor may well *be* a Promise.  In any case, did you repartition and 
> reformat the drive before testing it when you made the change?

Those DMA errors would be happening at a much lower level than the
filesystem.  I believe he said he got even more errors when he plugged
the drive straight into the motherboard.  That means he has tried 3
controllers, which means it is very likely it is the disk.

Pat
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