RE: [TCLUG:17250] [OT] Hardware Question

["Carl Patten" <cpatte@trimodalinc.com>]

There were some problems with early ATAPI implementations that led to
bizarre HD/CDROM conflicts even if they were on separate controllers.  I bet
it goes away if you get that newer controller.

--
Carl Patten

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Ackermann [mailto:brian_ackermann@bbros.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 9:41 AM
> To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
> Subject: Re: [TCLUG:17250] [OT] Hardware Question
>
>
> Tom,
>
> It is faster than 16x..20x if I remember correctly, but this issue 'feels'
> different than that...as my system hangs, the HD just chugs and chugs and
> chugs, and after MANY seconds, it idles down and then the cd comes back up
> again.  Your suggestion SOUNDS logical, but the bahavior would
> indicate that
> I have SEVERAL MB in buffers, waiting to off load....
>
> Personally, I think its an issue with a semi-faulty, or inefficient IDE
> controller...But I don't know much about hardware.  I only know that every
> time I sit down to use this thing, that I want to throw it out the window,
> because its so frustrating to do anything with...
>
> > From: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@visi.com>
> > Reply-To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
> > Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 09:18:58 -0500
> > To: <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
> > Subject: Re: [TCLUG:17250] [OT] Hardware Question
> >
> > How fast is your CD-ROM.  If it is faster than about 16x, you
> might have a
> > problem where it constantly is spinning up and then settling
> down.  In that
> > case - you simply need a new CD-ROM.
> >
> > Tom Veldhouse
> > veldy@visi.com
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Brian Ackermann <brian_ackermann@bbros.com>
> > To: tclug <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
> > Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 9:12 AM
> > Subject: [TCLUG:17250] [OT] Hardware Question
> >
> >
> >> Hey all,
> >>
> >> I've got a quick hardware question that I think someone can
> answer for me.
> >> I've got a computer at home that behaves 'badly' when
> accessing both the
> >> Hard disk and the cdrom.  I believe the HD is attached to the
> IDE primary,
> >> and the CD is attached to the secondary.
> >>
> >> When using both items at the same time, most notably when transferring
> > data
> >> between them(I think everything works just fine if I'm
> listening to a CD,
> >> and crunching on the HD), I get errors all over the place.
> >>
> >> It seems that my HD just spins and spins and spins, and
> eventually the CD
> >> read buffer (or whatever) fills, and then times out.  Then the disk
> > catches
> >> up, grabs the buffer and flushes it, and then everything works
> peachy for
> >> another 10 seconds....
> >>
> >> As you can see, this makes lengthy installations of anything quite
> >> difficult.
> >>
> >> My question is, what can I do to fix this issue?  I had been
> planning on
> >> going with a full rebuild of the machine, getting a new case, mobo, and
> >> anything else I can't salvage from this guy.
> >>
> >> But then I started thinking that maybe if I just bought a PCI IDE
> >> controller, and plugged my devices into that, that my problems may be
> >> resolved for a good deal less money.
> >>
> >> Tell me what you think.
> >> Brian
> >>
> >>
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