[PLUG] Hard Drive UncorrectableError issue?

[Don Buchholz]

r0bbY wrote:
> 
> I have a hard drive that started doing this recently...
> 
> >Jun 18 22:59:09 matchboy kernel: hdg: dma_intr: error=0x40 {
> >UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=1081160, sector=1081073
> >Jun 18 22:59:09 matchboy kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 22:01
> (hdg),
> >sector 1081073
> 
> I had 2 of the same type of hard drives doing this. When my main hard
> drive was doing this I freaked and ended up buying a new hard drive...
> but the problem seemed to still sit on the 2nd hard drive.
> 
> I just replaced my motherboard/cpu/ram this weekend... and noticed that
> it is still having issues with the mounted hard drive.
> I'm in the process of trying to copy over the important files (basically
> 5000 mp3s) from the hard drive to my new one...and perhaps I'll format
> it.
> 
> What would cause 2 hard drives to do this at the same time?
> 

A bad cable/connector?

- Don