Re: [cobalt-users] IRQ timeout

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 6 Apr 2004, Robert Fitzpatrick wrote:

> I have a problem RaQ4r that the RAID failed after running for about 100
> days since it was last loaded. I replaced the bad drive (40GB ATA 133
> 7200RPM). It failed again in less than a month, so I put new cables and
> restored. Failed again in two weeks, so I put a couple of 5400RPM 15GB
> drives that were the same as ones working for a long time in another RaQ
> and it keeps failing at some point before it actually gets up and
> running. I tried to load it twice this time around and the first time
> gave me an IRQ timeout while formatting, the second time went all the
> way through the packages and IP assignment, then failed again with IRQ
> timeout. These timeouts are all in reference to the hdc drive. Do you
> think there is anything more that can be looked at -or- scrap it for
> parts?

Check the headers, top and bottom, make sure they are not damaged (top)
and solder looks OK (bottom) Use a magnifing lens to inspect the solder
joints. Clean the board throughly, some times contamination can cause
these kinds of errors.

Make sure the drives are configured as Master.

You don't say which ROM version the board is running. If previous to
2.3.38, upgrade it.

Gerald
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