Damaged ATA Controller?

Hello!
I own a 867mhz powerbook, now I have the problem that it doesn't boot anymore. It hangs on the gray-blue apple, the harddisk works well and has no problems (testet with another pc). The diagnostic cd gives a 2 STF/1/4 error.
Then I tried booting with a linux system rescue cd, but I get following output:
ide0: Found Applie UniNorth ATA-6 controller, bus ID 3, irq 39
Probing IDE interface ide0...
hda: <<strange symbols>>, ATA Disk drive
hdb: probing with STATUS(0x00) instead of ALTSTATUS(0x08)
ide0 at 0xc934c00-0xc932c007, 0xc932c160 on irq 39
ide1: Found Apple KeyLargo ATA-3 controller, bus ID 0, irq 24
Probing IDE interface ide1...
hdc: MATSHITACD-RW CW-8122, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdc: MDMA, cycleTime: 120, accessTime: 90, recTime: 30
hdc: Set MDMA timing for mode 2, rqg: 0x00011d26
hdc: Enabling MultiWord DMA 2
ide1 at 0x0932f000-0xc932f007, 0xc932f160 on irq 24
hda: max request size: 128KiB
hda: 1690752 sectors (865MB) w/4KiB Cache, CHS=1036/136/12
hda: lost interrupt
hda: lost interrupt
hda: lost interrupt
hda: INVALID GEOMETRY: 136 PHYSICAL HEADS?
ide-default: hda: Failed to register the drive
Kernel panic: ide: default attach failed
After every reboot I have other strange symbols as drive name and the disk geometry is changed...
Is the ata controller broken? What can I do? Thanks!

maczand:
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
I am not familiar with the linux rescue disk and have never heard of running it on an OS X installation. If you have your Mac OS X install disk, I suggest you boot from it and run Repair Disk
Insert Installer disk and Restart, holding down the "C" key until grey Apple appears.
Go to Installer menu (Panther and earlier) or Utilities menu (Tiger) and launch Disk Utility.
Select your HDD (manufacturer ID) in the left panel.
Select First Aid in the Main panel.
(Check S.M.A.R.T Status of HDD at the bottom of right panel, and report if it says anything but Verified)
Click Repair Disk on the bottom right.
If DU reports disk does not need repairs quit DU and restart.
If DU reports errors Repair again and again until DU reports disk is repaired.
If DU reports errors it cannot repair you will need to use a utility like Tech Tool Pro or Disk Warrior
Please post back with results and/or further questions or comments.
Cheers.
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