Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Warning - Maxtor SATA II and Nvidia nforce4 | From | Dax Kelson <> | Date | Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:31:27 -0700 |
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Short version ============== Nvidia Nforce4 chipset with Maxtor SATA II drives with certain firmware revisions cause data corruption and system instability when under moderate to heavy I/O load.
After being suspected for over a year, it was acknowledged just in the last few weeks, see:
http://maxtor.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/maxtor.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2685
(there is a list of affected HD model numbers and HD firmware versions)
If it is possible to determine the firmware version, maybe some printk warnings could be generated.
Long version =============
About a year ago I got a new home uber system all decked out.
AMDFX-55 Nforce4 SLI motherboard 2GB RAM 300GB Maxtor SATA II HDD x2 (model 6B300S with firmware BANC1B70)
Off and on I have experienced the following problems:
* kernel panics * freezes * insta-reboots * on-board RAID (nforce fake raid) de-syncing * LCD blinking on and off (most common symptom for me) * segfaults and application crashes
The problems were not continuous and would seemingly erratically appear.
My memory tested fine with memtest86+ over repeated tests the past 12 months. I RMA'd my video cards and got a new motherboard. I was contemplating swapping my CPU when I finally did a Google search on "Maxtor nforce4" and my eyes were opened. Pages and pages of posts in hundreds of different forums.
Dax Kelson
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