hde errors (dvd)

[Robin Laing]

Ed Greshko wrote:
> Przemyslaw Gawronski wrote:
>>> Is the full error more like....
>> Naturally, sorry about that and here it goes:
>>
>> hde: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
>> ide: failed opcode was: unknown
>> hde: drive not ready for command
>>
>>> The errors you are seeing, are they when you use media created on other
>>> drives? 
>> Well in general, if I switch to text console (Ctrl-Alt-F1) the message
>> is being displayed every 5 seconds (without any media in drive).
>>
>>> When you used the drive in FC5 was it in the same system or did you
>>> move the drive to a different system? 
>> It's on a new system, that I'm having some other issues also. It's
>> gigabyte board and only the kernel from installation CD recognises the
>> soundcard, non so far from the updated once have :(
> 
> Well, if you are having "other issues" then you may be having power supply
> problems that are showing up as other things.  Unstable power will make
> things look as if you have problems in other areas.  Same is true for memory
> problems.
> 
>>>  Did you re-seat cables or change cables to see if the problem moves?
>> Nope, I give that a try.
>>
>> Przemek
> 
> 

I will second that as I have had two power supply issues in the past year.

A known problem with the power supply that I purchased.  Only brand that 
has high power sold here.

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