UltraDMA CRC Error Count SMART status is high on a system with two (2) SATA-disks

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UltraDMA CRC Error Count SMART status is high.


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Nov 1 2009, 01:28 AM
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Cabling, very rarely chipsets.

I have noticed that most chipsets support only a single drive for
proper operations. Yeah, sad but true. Never mind that motherboards
come with 8 PATA ports, 20 ZATA ports, 50 fsck-knows-what ports for a
100 drive storage solution. Only 1 works. Rest is bullshit. If you are
plugging more than one drive, you surely would encounter problems some
day.

Your UltraATA CRC count is high. Have that drive zero-filled before
anything and recheck SMART values. If no increase in SMART, welcome to
the world of single drive motherboards.

(End Quote).

Most important lesson: only one SATA disk per system. WTF? That could
explain some systems I've encountered... :/

Sigh ; )

Peace,

Devvie

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