From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S967598AbXG3Ua0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:30:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965885AbXG3UaM (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:30:12 -0400 Received: from web52009.mail.re2.yahoo.com ([206.190.48.58]:42408 "HELO web52009.mail.re2.yahoo.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S965329AbXG3UaL (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:30:11 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=bBnr9cv9qI+i0g861+ZJxDI4j333PDhPpD8284jmJxlEA/QhXvJrRmIk4ZTvxKeJPqWPOGO8mB/01aSgPspS6jVlD/fSplwDT03lBcSPeRHiW1nby2q2VgMpfUuTw2crsdFOdCqPckrtZUmpW+sngBYIgSOkCPFqA0RK+GeMpng=; X-YMail-OSG: ICHJUrAVM1nMXN8G5P_J5dKdnRmd7IsQp3BYVB5myfKv4Y630ySCAq6HqpFR8zH5uASWuYzE3ndTGAIuPRMVUiaT9Ttfubl4ygs1gB5bRioMRhn0hSeJOOpoiBRHpw-- Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:30:10 -0700 (PDT) From: "Hendrik ." Subject: Re: Reading a bad sector does not report failure as 'read error' but hangs PC with 'Machine Check Exception' To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Message-ID: <324190.80672.qm@web52009.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org After even more tests I found out the following: - Running 'dd_rescue /dev/sda1 /dev/zero' on the on-board Silicon Image Inc. SiI 3114 controller handles the bad sector just fine and does not give a MCE. This is on the same motherboard that does give the MCE error on the Nvidia port. The following SATA controllers are in that machine: * IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3) * RAID bus controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3114 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 02) - Running the dd_rescue command om another PC with a different type of motherboard (M2NPV-VM) also with a Nvidia Nforce 4 (altough different) chipset work fine and reports the bad sector like the SiL 3114 controller on the other PC. This PC has the following lspci listing for SATA controller: * IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev a1) So I think there is a problem with this specific CK804 ATA controller causing the MCE... Any clues? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545433