Install second SATA Drive

Hi,
I currently have a PM G4 with two internal ATA drives installed and one SATA drive installed. I want to install a second SATA drive and have the extra power connection and SATA connection, but my question is where do I get side rails so I can install the secong SATA drive on top of the first similar to how the ATA drives are connected.
Thanks,
Bob

you can if you take your optical drive out.
go here for more info owc.

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donp815 wrote:
what do I need to install second hard drive HP PAVILLION: p6633w?
Hi,
You need two cables, one is a sata cable:
http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/30305659/706331346/StarTech-com-6in-SATA-to-Right-Angle-SATA-Serial-AT...
This cable is only for data and connects the hdd to the SATA connector on the motherboard.
The other cable is for power:
http://www.itpartsdirect.com/startech-15-24cm-4-pin-molex-to-sata-power-cable-adaptor.html
This connects the hdd to the PSU.
You can also buy a combo cable like this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00064GBT4/?tag=hydra0b-21&hvadid=9550951989&ref=asc_df_B00064GBT4
All you have to do now is to connect the hdd and that's it. Make sure that the primary drive with the operating system is connected to the primary SATA connector (I think there are numbers 1, 2, 3..)
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[SOLVED] Problem with second SATA drive

My laptop has two hard drive bays, and just recently I added a second SATA drive (moved it from my old laptop) to the extra bay.
Now, anytime the second hard drive /dev/sdb has any heavy disk activity, it appears to cause a shutdown of the SATA port for the first drive (/dev/sda)! Though the second drive is still fine, and I can still write to it until the system crashes from the root drive (on /dev/sda) being shutdown.
If I don't mount and use the second drive, the first drive works just fine, and I can pound it with traffic without issue.
I can reproduce this problem by copying large amounts of data to drive 2.
This is when I get in my dmesg when the first SATA drive shuts down:
[ 3013.249525] ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x7ff SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
[ 3013.249532] ata1.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED
[ 3013.249539] ata1.00: cmd 60/08:00:78:b8:ba/00:00:24:00:00/40 tag 0 ncq 4096 in
[ 3013.249539] res 40/00:00:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/40 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
[ 3013.249543] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
[ 3013.249545] ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
[ 3013.249559] ata1.00: cmd 61/08:08:b8:60:7b/00:00:29:00:00/40 tag 1 ncq 4096 out
[ 3013.249559] res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
[ 3013.249562] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
[ 3013.249564] ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
[ 3013.249568] ata1.00: cmd 61/08:10:c0:60:7b/00:00:29:00:00/40 tag 2 ncq 4096 out
[ 3013.249568] res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
[ 3013.249570] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
[ 3013.249572] ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
[ 3013.249576] ata1.00: cmd 61/08:18:c8:60:7b/00:00:29:00:00/40 tag 3 ncq 4096 out
[ 3013.249576] res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
[ 3013.249578] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
[ 3013.249580] ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
[ 3013.249585] ata1.00: cmd 61/08:20:48:12:d7/00:00:18:00:00/40 tag 4 ncq 4096 out
[ 3013.249585] res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
[ 3013.249587] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
[ 3013.249589] ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
[ 3013.249593] ata1.00: cmd 61/08:28:28:63:38/00:00:19:00:00/40 tag 5 ncq 4096 out
[ 3013.249593] res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
[ 3013.249595] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
[ 3013.249597] ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
[ 3013.249601] ata1.00: cmd 61/08:30:28:6f:38/00:00:19:00:00/40 tag 6 ncq 4096 out
[ 3013.249601] res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
[ 3013.249603] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
[ 3013.249605] ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
[ 3013.249609] ata1.00: cmd 61/08:38:28:98:ae/00:00:25:00:00/40 tag 7 ncq 4096 out
[ 3013.249609] res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
[ 3013.249611] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
[ 3013.249613] ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
[ 3013.249617] ata1.00: cmd 61/08:40:d8:79:3b/00:00:25:00:00/40 tag 8 ncq 4096 out
[ 3013.249617] res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
[ 3013.249619] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
[ 3013.249621] ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
[ 3013.249625] ata1.00: cmd 61/08:48:08:98:b6/00:00:18:00:00/40 tag 9 ncq 4096 out
[ 3013.249625] res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
[ 3013.249627] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
[ 3013.249629] ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
[ 3013.249633] ata1.00: cmd 61/08:50:10:98:36/00:00:19:00:00/40 tag 10 ncq 4096 out
[ 3013.249633] res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
[ 3013.249636] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
[ 3013.249640] ata1: hard resetting link
[ 3013.575549] ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[ 3013.576784] ata1.00: ACPI cmd 00/00:00:00:00:00:a0 (NOP) rejected by device (Stat=0x51 Err=0x04)
[ 3013.578334] ata1.00: ACPI cmd 00/00:00:00:00:00:a0 (NOP) rejected by device (Stat=0x51 Err=0x04)
[ 3013.578588] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
[ 3013.592223] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
[ 3013.592233] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
[ 3013.592238] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
[ 3013.592242] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
[ 3013.592246] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
[ 3013.592250] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
[ 3013.592254] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
[ 3013.592258] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
[ 3013.592263] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
[ 3013.592267] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
[ 3013.592271] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
[ 3013.592302] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3013.592306] Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
[ 3013.592310] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3013.592313] Sense Key : 0xb [current] [descriptor]
[ 3013.592320] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
[ 3013.592323] 72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
[ 3013.592342] 00 00 00 00
[ 3013.592351] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3013.592353] ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
[ 3013.592358] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
[ 3013.592361] cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 24 ba b8 78 00 00 08 00
[ 3013.592376] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 616216696
[ 3013.592414] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3013.592417] Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
[ 3013.592421] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3013.592423] Sense Key : 0xb [current] [descriptor]
[ 3013.592428] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
[ 3013.592431] 72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
[ 3013.592449] 00 00 00 00
[ 3013.592458] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3013.592460] ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
[ 3013.592465] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
[ 3013.592467] cdb[0]=0x2a: 2a 00 29 7b 60 b8 00 00 08 00
[ 3013.592482] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 695951544
[ 3013.592505] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3013.592508] Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
[ 3013.592512] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3013.592514] Sense Key : 0xb [current] [descriptor]
[ 3013.592519] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
[ 3013.592522] 72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
[ 3013.592540] 00 00 00 00
[ 3013.592549] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3013.592551] ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
[ 3013.592556] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
[ 3013.592558] cdb[0]=0x2a: 2a 00 29 7b 60 c0 00 00 08 00
[ 3013.592572] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 695951552
[ 3013.592583] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3013.592586] Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
[ 3013.592589] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3013.592592] Sense Key : 0xb [current] [descriptor]
[ 3013.592597] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
[ 3013.592599] 72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
[ 3013.592618] 00 00 00 00
[ 3013.592626] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3013.592628] ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
[ 3013.592632] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
[ 3013.592635] cdb[0]=0x2a: 2a 00 29 7b 60 c8 00 00 08 00
[ 3013.592649] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 695951560
[ 3013.592665] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3013.592668] Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
[ 3013.592671] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3013.592673] Sense Key : 0xb [current] [descriptor]
[ 3013.592678] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
[ 3013.592684] Aborting journal on device dm-0-8.
[ 3013.592701] EXT4-fs error (device dm-0) in ext4_reserve_inode_write:4476: Journal has aborted
[ 3013.592687] 72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
[ 3013.592723] 00 00 00 00
[ 3013.592729] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3013.592730] ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
[ 3013.592733] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
[ 3013.592735] cdb[0]=0x2a: 2a 00 18 d7 12 48 00 00 08 00
[ 3013.592744] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 416748104
[ 3013.592752] Buffer I/O error on device dm-0, logical block 266057
[ 3013.592760] EXT4-fs warning (device dm-0): ext4_end_bio:250: I/O error writing to inode 5902184 (offset 258048 size 4096 starting block 266057)
[ 3013.592766] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3013.592768] Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
[ 3013.592771] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3013.592772] Sense Key : 0xb [current] [descriptor]
[ 3013.592776] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
[ 3013.592778] 72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
[ 3013.592790] 00 00 00 00
[ 3013.592795] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3013.592797] ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
[ 3013.592800] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
[ 3013.592801] cdb[0]=0x2a: 2a 00 19 38 63 28 00 00 08 00
[ 3013.592811] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 423125800
[ 3013.592817] Buffer I/O error on device dm-0, logical block 1063269
[ 3013.592822] EXT4-fs warning (device dm-0): ext4_end_bio:250: I/O error writing to inode 5898577 (offset 970752 size 4096 starting block 1063269)
[ 3013.592842] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3013.592845] Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
[ 3013.592849] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3013.592851] Sense Key : 0xb [current] [descriptor]
[ 3013.592856] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
[ 3013.592859] 72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
[ 3013.592877] 00 00 00 00
[ 3013.592885] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3013.592887] ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
[ 3013.592892] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
[ 3013.592894] cdb[0]=0x2a: 2a 00 19 38 6f 28 00 00 08 00
[ 3013.592908] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 423128872
[ 3013.592915] Buffer I/O error on device dm-0, logical block 1063653
[ 3013.592922] EXT4-fs warning (device dm-0): ext4_end_bio:250: I/O error writing to inode 5902187 (offset 1171456 size 4096 starting block 1063653)
[ 3013.592931] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3013.592934] Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
[ 3013.592937] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3013.592940] Sense Key : 0xb [current] [descriptor]
[ 3013.592945] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
[ 3013.592947] 72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
[ 3013.592966] 00 00 00 00
[ 3013.592974] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3013.592976] ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
[ 3013.592980] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
[ 3013.592983] cdb[0]=0x2a: 2a 00 25 ae 98 28 00 00 08 00
[ 3013.592997] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 632199208
[ 3013.593006] Buffer I/O error on device dm-0, logical block 27197445
[ 3013.593018] EXT4-fs warning (device dm-0): ext4_end_bio:250: I/O error writing to inode 6425165 (offset 151552 size 4096 starting block 27197445)
[ 3013.593028] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3013.593031] Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
[ 3013.593034] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3013.593037] Sense Key : 0xb [current] [descriptor]
[ 3013.593042] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
[ 3013.593045] 72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
[ 3013.593063] 00 00 00 00
[ 3013.593071] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3013.593073] ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
[ 3013.593078] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
[ 3013.593085] EXT4-fs error (device dm-0) in ext4_reserve_inode_write:4476: Journal has aborted
[ 3013.593089] cdb[0]=0x2a: 2a 00 25 3b 79 d8 00 00 08 00
[ 3013.593104] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 624654808
[ 3013.593111] Buffer I/O error on device dm-0, logical block 26254395
[ 3013.593115] lost page write due to I/O error on dm-0
[ 3013.593126] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3013.593129] Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
[ 3013.593132] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3013.593135] Sense Key : 0xb [current] [descriptor]
[ 3013.593140] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
[ 3013.593142] 72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
[ 3013.593161] 00 00 00 00
[ 3013.593169] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3013.593171] ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
[ 3013.593175] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
[ 3013.593178] cdb[0]=0x2a: 2a 00 18 b6 98 08 00 00 08 00
[ 3013.593192] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 414619656
[ 3013.593198] Buffer I/O error on device dm-0, logical block 1
[ 3013.593201] lost page write due to I/O error on dm-0
[ 3013.593211] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3013.593213] Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
[ 3013.593217] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3013.593219] Sense Key : 0xb [current] [descriptor]
[ 3013.593224] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
[ 3013.593227] 72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
[ 3013.593245] 00 00 00 00
[ 3013.593253] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3013.593256] ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
[ 3013.593260] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
[ 3013.593262] cdb[0]=0x2a: 2a 00 19 36 98 10 00 00 08 00
[ 3013.593277] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 423008272
[ 3013.593283] Buffer I/O error on device dm-0, logical block 1048578
[ 3013.593286] lost page write due to I/O error on dm-0
[ 3013.593298] ata1: EH complete
[ 3013.595707] EXT4-fs error (device dm-0) in ext4_dirty_inode:4603: Journal has aborted
[ 3013.596581] EXT4-fs error (device dm-0): ext4_journal_start_sb:370: Detected aborted journal
[ 3013.596591] EXT4-fs (dm-0): Remounting filesystem read-only
[ 3020.421558] journal commit I/O error
[ 3020.421570] journal commit I/O error
[ 3020.421574] journal commit I/O error
[ 3020.421578] journal commit I/O error
[ 3020.421581] journal commit I/O error
[ 3147.052191] ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0xf SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
[ 3147.052197] ata1.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED
[ 3147.052209] ata1.00: cmd 60/50:00:d0:48:99/00:00:1c:00:00/40 tag 0 ncq 40960 in
[ 3147.052209] res 40/00:00:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/40 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
[ 3147.052212] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
[ 3147.052213] ata1.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED
[ 3147.052218] ata1.00: cmd 60/18:08:28:49:99/00:00:1c:00:00/40 tag 1 ncq 12288 in
[ 3147.052218] res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
[ 3147.052220] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
[ 3147.052221] ata1.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED
[ 3147.052226] ata1.00: cmd 60/88:10:48:49:99/00:00:1c:00:00/40 tag 2 ncq 69632 in
[ 3147.052226] res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
[ 3147.052228] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
[ 3147.052229] ata1.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED
[ 3147.052234] ata1.00: cmd 60/20:18:00:a4:ba/00:00:24:00:00/40 tag 3 ncq 16384 in
[ 3147.052234] res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
[ 3147.052236] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
[ 3147.052239] ata1: hard resetting link
[ 3147.378368] ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[ 3148.066853] ata1.00: ACPI cmd ef/5a:00:00:00:00:a0 (SET FEATURES) succeeded
[ 3148.069139] ata1.00: ACPI cmd 00/00:00:00:00:00:a0 (NOP) rejected by device (Stat=0x51 Err=0x04)
[ 3148.069393] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
[ 3148.080059] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
[ 3148.080066] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
[ 3148.080071] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
[ 3148.080075] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
[ 3148.080112] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3148.080114] Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
[ 3148.080117] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3148.080118] Sense Key : 0xb [current] [descriptor]
[ 3148.080123] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
[ 3148.080125] 72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
[ 3148.080136] 00 00 00 00
[ 3148.080140] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3148.080142] ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
[ 3148.080145] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
[ 3148.080146] cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 1c 99 48 d0 00 00 50 00
[ 3148.080156] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 479807696
[ 3148.080170] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3148.080171] Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
[ 3148.080173] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3148.080175] Sense Key : 0xb [current] [descriptor]
[ 3148.080178] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
[ 3148.080180] 72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
[ 3148.080190] 00 00 00 00
[ 3148.080195] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3148.080196] ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
[ 3148.080199] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
[ 3148.080200] cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 1c 99 49 28 00 00 18 00
[ 3148.080209] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 479807784
[ 3148.080216] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3148.080218] Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
[ 3148.080220] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3148.080221] Sense Key : 0xb [current] [descriptor]
[ 3148.080224] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
[ 3148.080225] 72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
[ 3148.080236] 00 00 00 00
[ 3148.080241] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3148.080242] ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
[ 3148.080245] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
[ 3148.080246] cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 1c 99 49 48 00 00 88 00
[ 3148.080254] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 479807816
[ 3148.080267] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3148.080268] Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
[ 3148.080270] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3148.080272] Sense Key : 0xb [current] [descriptor]
[ 3148.080274] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
[ 3148.080276] 72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
[ 3148.080287] 00 00 00 00
[ 3148.080291] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
[ 3148.080293] ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
[ 3148.080295] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
[ 3148.080296] cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 24 ba a4 00 00 00 20 00
[ 3148.080305] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 616211456
[ 3148.080315] ata1: EH complete
I have experimented, and found that if I turn off NCQ on the kernel command line in my bootloader (libata.force=noncq), that it takes longer before the problem occurs. Though, if I write enough to the second drive, it does still happen after a while, just greatly reduced its chances of happening.
Is it possible that the old drive (sdb) is causing the problem? I noticed that it is much noisier than I remember when the drive head moves around.
Another curiosity while I was trying to duplicate the problem:
- I start a large file copy from sda -> sdb
- At the same time in another terminal, I do "find / -print"
- When I hear the drive 2 head moving, it pauses the output of the "find" command.
Every time I hear the head move, I see the find output pause. Its almost like the drive seek on drive 2 causes the whole Sata controller to pause while the head moves. Very odd!
Anyone have any ideas? I think the next thing I will try is borrow a drive from another machine, and do the big write to it to see if I get the same results.
If it is of any help, here is some more info on the laptop:
lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b5)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev b5)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev b5)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev b5)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM67 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 1251 (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GF116 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet (rev c0)
0d:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 (rev 5e)
13:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5209 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
13:00.1 SD Host controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5209 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
19:00.0 USB controller: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 04)
cat /proc/interrupts:
CPU0 CPU1 CPU2 CPU3 CPU4 CPU5 CPU6 CPU7
0: 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC-edge timer
1: 958 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC-edge i8042
8: 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC-edge rtc0
9: 1675 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi acpi
12: 12257 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC-edge i8042
16: 24769 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb1, mmc0, nvidia
17: 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi snd_hda_intel
19: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi rts_pstor
23: 1937 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb4
41: 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge xhci_hcd
42: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge xhci_hcd
43: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge xhci_hcd
44: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge xhci_hcd
45: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge xhci_hcd
46: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge xhci_hcd
47: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge xhci_hcd
48: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge xhci_hcd
49: 19406 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge iwlwifi
50: 36099 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge ahci
51: 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge mei
52: 386378 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge snd_hda_intel
53: 56803 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge eth0
NMI: 34 5 19 5 18 4 13 4 Non-maskable interrupts
LOC: 77964 17705 161241 14302 187823 16150 56845 12750 Local timer interrupts
SPU: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Spurious interrupts
PMI: 34 5 19 5 18 4 13 4 Performance monitoring interrupts
IWI: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IRQ work interrupts
RTR: 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 APIC ICR read retries
RES: 13721 7023 304 110 175 110 213 123 Rescheduling interrupts
CAL: 6941 7677 2774 7670 5804 7568 7655 7673 Function call interrupts
TLB: 366 545 268 179 310 272 212 166 TLB shootdowns
TRM: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Thermal event interrupts
THR: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Threshold APIC interrupts
MCE: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Machine check exceptions
MCP: 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 Machine check polls
ERR: 0
MIS: 0
smartctl --all /dev/sda
smartctl 5.43 2012-06-30 r3573 [x86_64-linux-3.5.3-1-ARCH] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-12 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model: ST9500423AS
Serial Number: 5WS354LM
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 044bb741b
Firmware Version: 0005DEM1
User Capacity: 500,107,862,016 bytes [500 GB]
Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is: 8
ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 4
Local Time is: Thu Sep 13 15:26:14 2012 CDT
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity
was never started.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed
without error or no self-test has ever
been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: ( 0) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x73) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
No Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
Conveyance Self-test supported.
Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
power-saving mode.
Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported.
General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 105) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 3) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x303f) SCT Status supported.
SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
SCT Feature Control supported.
SCT Data Table supported.
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 113 099 006 Pre-fail Always - 54715920
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 098 098 085 Pre-fail Always - 0
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 099 099 020 Old_age Always - 1114
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 036 Pre-fail Always - 0
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 069 060 030 Pre-fail Always - 10214892
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 098 098 000 Old_age Always - 2030
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 559
184 End-to-End_Error 0x0032 100 100 099 Old_age Always - 0
187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 100 098 000 Old_age Always - 8590065667
189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 053 049 045 Old_age Always - 47 (Min/Max 47/51)
191 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 17
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 871
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 039 039 000 Old_age Always - 122293
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 047 051 000 Old_age Always - 47 (0 17 0 0 0)
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 113 099 000 Old_age Always - 54715920
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 67229123085518
241 Total_LBAs_Written 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 1947733828
242 Total_LBAs_Read 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 2798982459
254 Free_Fall_Sensor 0x0032 001 001 000 Old_age Always - 899
SMART Error Log Version: 1
ATA Error Count: 8 (device log contains only the most recent five errors)
CR = Command Register [HEX]
FR = Features Register [HEX]
SC = Sector Count Register [HEX]
SN = Sector Number Register [HEX]
CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX]
CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX]
DH = Device/Head Register [HEX]
DC = Device Command Register [HEX]
ER = Error register [HEX]
ST = Status register [HEX]
Powered_Up_Time is measured from power on, and printed as
DDd+hh:mm:SS.sss where DD=days, hh=hours, mm=minutes,
SS=sec, and sss=millisec. It "wraps" after 49.710 days.
Error 8 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 2017 hours (84 days + 1 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
04 71 09 a9 00 80 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
a1 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 05:21:04.438 IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE
ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 05:21:04.438 IDENTIFY DEVICE
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff 05:21:04.124 NOP [Abort queued commands]
a1 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 05:20:59.118 IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE
ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 05:20:59.118 IDENTIFY DEVICE
Error 7 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 2017 hours (84 days + 1 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
04 71 09 a9 00 80 e0
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 05:21:04.438 IDENTIFY DEVICE
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff 05:21:04.124 NOP [Abort queued commands]
a1 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 05:20:59.118 IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE
ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 05:20:59.118 IDENTIFY DEVICE
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff 05:20:58.805 NOP [Abort queued commands]
Error 6 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 2017 hours (84 days + 1 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
04 71 09 a9 00 80 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
a1 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 05:20:59.118 IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE
ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 05:20:59.118 IDENTIFY DEVICE
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff 05:20:58.805 NOP [Abort queued commands]
a1 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 05:20:58.761 IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE
ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 05:20:58.725 IDENTIFY DEVICE
Error 5 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 2017 hours (84 days + 1 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
04 71 09 a9 00 80 e0
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 05:20:59.118 IDENTIFY DEVICE
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff 05:20:58.805 NOP [Abort queued commands]
a1 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 05:20:58.761 IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE
ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 05:20:58.725 IDENTIFY DEVICE
2f 00 01 10 00 00 a0 00 05:20:58.724 READ LOG EXT
Error 4 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 2017 hours (84 days + 1 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
04 71 09 a9 00 80 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
a1 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 05:20:58.761 IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE
ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 05:20:58.725 IDENTIFY DEVICE
2f 00 01 10 00 00 a0 00 05:20:58.724 READ LOG EXT
61 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00 05:20:58.724 WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
61 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00 05:20:58.724 WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 6 -
# 2 Short offline Aborted by host 90% 1 -
SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
1 0 0 Not_testing
2 0 0 Not_testing
3 0 0 Not_testing
4 0 0 Not_testing
5 0 0 Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.
smartctl --all /dev/sdb
smartctl 5.43 2012-06-30 r3573 [x86_64-linux-3.5.3-1-ARCH] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-12 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: SAMSUNG SpinPoint M6
Device Model: SAMSUNG HM320JI
Serial Number: S16LJF0QB02815
LU WWN Device Id: 5 0f0000 001202815
Firmware Version: 2SS00_01
User Capacity: 320,072,933,376 bytes [320 GB]
Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is: 7
ATA Standard is: ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D revision 0
Local Time is: Thu Sep 13 15:27:10 2012 CDT
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity
was never started.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed
without error or no self-test has ever
been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: ( 110) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
No Conveyance Self-test supported.
Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
power-saving mode.
Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported.
General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 110) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x003f) SCT Status supported.
SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
SCT Feature Control supported.
SCT Data Table supported.
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 100 100 051 Pre-fail Always - 0
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0007 252 252 025 Pre-fail Always - 2562
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 810
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 252 252 010 Pre-fail Always - 0
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000e 252 252 051 Old_age Always - 0
8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0024 252 252 015 Old_age Offline - 0
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 092 092 000 Old_age Always - 4842
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0032 252 252 051 Old_age Always - 0
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 440
191 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 154
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 71
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 073 073 000 Old_age Always - 55 (Min/Max 17/55)
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 1
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 252 252 000 Old_age Always - 0
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 252 252 000 Old_age Always - 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 252 252 000 Old_age Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0036 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x000a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
201 Soft_Read_Error_Rate 0x0032 252 252 000 Old_age Always - 0
223 Load_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 534
225 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 077 077 000 Old_age Always - 236803
SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t]
Note: selective self-test log revision number (0) not 1 implies that no selective self-test has ever been run
SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 0
Note: revision number not 1 implies that no selective self-test has ever been run
SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
1 0 0 Not_testing
2 0 0 Not_testing
3 0 0 Not_testing
4 0 0 Not_testing
5 0 0 Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.
Last edited by johni (2012-09-16 00:46:54)

It appears my drive one really is failing. It was the first drive and not the second making the loud head seek sound. I borrowed another drive from a friend, and copied my drive one to it. No problems with the new drive in place.

How many IDE drives & CDrom can be installed with SATA drives??

How many IDE drives & CDrom can be installed with SATA drives??
i have 2 IDE hard disks & 2 CDROM drives: can install SATA hard disk added to these drives or do i have to remove some???
& if it can be added, can i install 2 SATA drives???
THX in advance

The 3 versions of this board that are available are:
875P Neo-FISR (PCB 2.0)
875P Neo-LSR (PCB 1.0)
875P Neo-FIS2R (PCB 1.0)
All of these boards will have the following ports provider by the chipsets ICH5R south bridge.
2 x SATA (Supporting 2 SATA HDD drives)
2 x PATA (Supporting 4 IDE devices)
All 6 of these can be used at the same time (provided you are using win XP or 2K) you just need to make sure yor BIOS is set right.
->INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
->ON-CHIP IDE CONFIG
ATA CONFIG: S-ATA ONLY or P-ATA ONLY
S-ATA/P-ATA KEEP ENABLED: YES
OPERATE MODE:
If you set to "legacy mode" S-ATA are set to channel 1 and 2 and P-ATA to channel 3 and 4. If you set to "native mode" P-ATA are channel 1 and 2 and S-ATA 3 and 4. You can only use the raid functionfon SATA in native mode.
If you have the 875P Neo-FIS2R (PCB 1.0) you will also have the following ports provided by the Promise PDC20378 PCI controller:
2 x SATA (Supporting 2 SATA HDD drives)
1 x PATA (Supporting 1 Master IDE HDD drive)
The PATA port is limited to 1 Master HDD by the lite BIOS. This can in theory be upgraded to the full BIOS supporting a master and a slave, but this may obviously void your warranty.
So the answer to your origional question is:
2 x SATA HDDs and 4 x IDE HDD/CDROM if you have 875P Neo-FISR (PCB 2.0) or 875P Neo-LSR (PCB 1.0)
or
4 x SATA HDDs, 1 x IDE HDD (2 if you modify the BIOS) and 4 x IDE HDD/CDROM if you have 875P Neo-FIS2R (PCB 1.0)

Can I install second hard drive on PC?

Hi. I just wondered whether I can install a second hard drive on my PC.
The present Sata hard drive has 640 GB capacity.
If there is a spare port for a second hard drive, is there a maximum capcity limit?
And would any make of Sata 3.5" hard drive be suitable? I would be grateful for any advice.
Thanks,
laurencewithau
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Problems installing second hard drive and second DVD recorder

I have tried about every combination of tricks to install a second hard drive. I want to add a 250GB, WD IDE hard drive to my 3000J 115 7387A32 on the IDE channel. I have set up the bios then added the drive and the reverse but cannot get computer to boot in either case. It locks on the first screen where is says hit Enter to.... Enter makes the text go away, but nothing after. I am trying to install it as a single drive on the secondary IDE channel.
I know the HD is good as I removed it from another computer. It does have Win XP on it. I will format it using Vista IF I can get it installed.
Basically, I am having the same problems within stalling the second DVD, which is SATA.

Your initial hard drive should be jumpered as Master. When you install a second hard drive it must be jumpered Slave. There should be a diagram on the case of the HD showing the jumper locations.
Power Macintosh G3 and G4: IDE Master and Slave Support and Configuration
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=24342
Power Mac G4: Installing Internal Storage Devices
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1815
 Cheers, Tom

Possible to install second hard drive in Pavillion p6110f

Is it possible to install a second hard drive, 1TB Seagate, into the expansion slot on my Pavillion p6110f??
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Hi,
Your PC has a hard drive cage that will accomodate two drives. This HP How-to document starting at Removing a Drive a hard drive will show you the process for removing the hard drive cage.
If you still want to use the Expansion Bay then you will need a 5.25" to 3.5" adapter bracket. NewEgg.com would carry such a bracket. You will also need a SATA data cable. This HP How-to article will give you an idea on how to use the Expansion Bay for a 5.25" device. Check up by the existing optical drinve for a spare SATA power connector. If one is not available then you will need to use a SATA power splitter.
HP DV9700, t9300, Nvidia 8600, 4GB, Crucial C300 128GB SSD
HP Photosmart Premium C309G, HP Photosmart 6520
HP Touchpad, HP Chromebook 11
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Windows 7/8 UEFI/Legacy mode, MBR/GPT

Second SATA Drive Read Only

Need some help:
I took my SATA Drive out of my Windows Computer (NTFS) 250GB, and put it into the second SATA bay of the G5. It had one jumper on the 3rd setting.
The G5 found it and it can read fine, but it is read only. nothing i do can erase, format, etc. Disk info says owner:no, permissions:only read, can be formatted:no, SMART Status not supported, pretty much locked. It shows up as a 232.9 GB WDC WD2500JD-00FYB0.
Any Suggestions on how to make writable/format? Is it a jumper issue?
Thanks for your help out there!

According to "http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75320"
"Warning: NTFS formatted drives cannot be used in a Macintosh (except as read-only with Mac OS X 10.,3 as noted above). If you attempt to use a NTFS formatted disk, upon starting up the Mac OS will prompt you to format the drive. Do not format the drive, doing so will erase the contents of the drive. If you have an NTFS formatted disk, you must use another method to transfer the data from the PC to the Macintosh".
Did you have this warning when you started up your G5 after installing the second drive ?
If yes you may have to shut down the computer, disconnect the second NTFS SATA drive, restart and shut down, reconnect and restart to reformat.
Just a suggestion.
Good Luck
Luc

Problems installing second hard drive in HP Pavilion M7-1015dx laptop.

I just bought a new HP Pavilion M7-1015dx. I have successfully installed an SSD drive as the primary hard drive and now I want to use the 1tb hard drive that the computer came with as data and install it in the second hard drive bay. I have a cable that I used from my old HP DV7 when I had a second hard drive but I am having issues with my M7-1015dx laptop.
When I plug the sata cable into the second connector on the laptop and attach my hard drive (I have tried several hard drives) and go to power the laptop on, the power light just blinks a few times. Now I know there is something wrong for I just purchased the laptop two days ago... I got the idea to try the cable that I used to plug into the second connect to check and see if I plugged it into the first and I got the same issue, power light blinking. So I am wondering if it is the cable... is this possible? Are there different rated sata cables? I also tried the cable the came with my new laptop to make sure that it just wasn't the second port - I tried plugging it in to the second port with a hard drive attached and the laptop this time turned on but asked for a bootable disk because it requires boot disk to be in the 1st hard drive bay connection which I knew. I just want to give all the information so that I can get this fixed.
Please help me

Hey Brother-Brad,
I'm sorry you're running into issues installing a second hard drive. Your issue may not be the cable. Do you have a working hard drive installed currently with Window on it?
If so,
1. In Windows, Click the Start button.
2. Type 'hard disk'
3. Click on 'Create and format hard disk partitions' (aka Disk Management)
4. Look at Disk 0 listed at the bottom in the middle. Does it say Basic or Dynamic?
5. If it says Basic, right-click it and select Convert to Dynamic.
Hard drives must be set as Dynamic for dual hard drives to be recognized.
Let me know the results when you get a chance

Install second CD drive in envy 700qe

I want to install a second CD drive in envy 700qe. I know how to attach the data and power cables, but when I flip the drive door down, it is blocked by a metal panel. How do I remove that?
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The cover panel is meant to be pryied off after you have removed the front panel.
See the video from HP. It's step by step.
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865pe-Neo2-V Installing Barracuda Sata drive

Trying to install a 400GB barracuda 7200.10- tried using on board sata port 1 but no joy. so bought a silicon image pci card sil 3114, but still unable to get that install correctly to recognise the sata drive.
have tried various configurations of ATA settings in the BIOS but with no effect. ???
but when i look in device manager the sil 3114 sata raid controller is okay but the sil 3114 satalink controller has the yellow !, i have tried updating the driver it says it has the latest.
would appreciate if anyone could shed some like in where i'm going wrong- other than opening up the pc
Thanks
Paul

Read Moan Guide 1st
You need to limit your SATA2 drive to SATA1 mode(since your board doesn't support SATA2), that can be done with HDD jumper configuration:
If still doesn't work, check your BIOS version:
- BIOS reported incorrect CPU temperature.
- Support HDD size over 136.9GB.
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=bios&maincat_no=1&prod_no=591

Can I install a SATA drive in Mirror Drive Door G4?

I am looking at a Seagate 500 GB SATA drive at a great price at MWave ($109.) but see that SATA may require a different cable connector from the IDEs that I normally use in my box. Can I buy some kind of adaptor cable, or do I have to get a card of some kind. Where and how much?
Or, could I install the SATA (it's a ST3500630AS) in an external enclosure that fits ATA 133 3.5 hard drives?
Thanks,
k
Dual 1.25 GHz PM/G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Hi
You'd need a Mac compatible PCI card containing a SATA controller. The FirmTek SeriTek 1S2 or Sonnet Tempo is a popular two port choice (they're effectively the same card) and are available for around $70.
The Sonnet Tempo at least comes with a single SATA data cable, and a single power converter cable that allows you to use a legacy molex power connector (as found in the G4s) to power a SATA drive. Some SATA drives come with both power connectors anyway, hence the converter cable isn't required, but I don't think the Seagates do.
I use SATA drives in my G4 as they're marginally faster, the cabling is generally easier and more importantly they can also be moved to newer Macs in the future which support SATA drives natively. For me the extra cost of a SATA card was worthwhile.
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Firmtek/FTST1S2/
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Sonnet%20Technology/TSATA/
SATA cards are also available from ACARD and SIIG etc.

Installing second optical drive and the door hangs

This is just an FYI post, have not been able to find anyone else with the exact same problem, but thought I would list in the event of.
I originally installed an internal DVD R/RW Lightscribe drive from LaCie in a Power Mac G4 Dual 1Gig and it worked well! I have since purchased a MacPro and wanted to move the Lightscribe drive into the second optical drive bay. So after installing the drive and attempting to open the tray it was apparent that the door on the case would not allow the tray to open. The front of the Lightscribe tray was too bulky to fit through the opening on the narrower Mac Pro optical drive door.
Well, the folks at Lacie had attached a nameplate to the front of the tray that works fine in other configurations, but on the MacPro the clearance for the tray is narrower and it's bulk would not activate the sliding door properly.
Someone was thinking, because the tray nameplate is detachable with a little effort. I can provide photos if need be.
Tray closes as it should now.

Hi TCherry,
Your situation interests me since I was thinking of doing the same with a previous optical drive from an old G4. I also wanted to add it to my MacPro's 2nd slot.
Are you still willing to supply some pics to see what you did?
Rio.

Install second optical drive mac pro

Although there are several support documents available from Apple on how to replace the hard drive and replace the optical drive in a Mac Pro, I could not locate a pdf on how to install a second optical drive. In this case, I wanted to add a Blu-Ray recorder to my mid-2010 Mac Pro. I found what I was looking for on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHjuKL2BS4Y This is a video by the reputable OWC (One World Computing) and its very easy to follow.

Never mind
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304526

Install 3rd sata drive?

I have a 300G and a 500G internal SATA drives installed on my G5. What do I need to do to install a 3rd internal 200G SATA? Thank you for any help with this.
PS: I also have 2 external drives, a 250G USB and a 350G FireWire. I need a lot of storage for video.

<http://www.barefeats.com/hard50.html> and more links at the end of the article. You could also look into replacing some of your existing drives with 1 TB drives. More expensive, but faster and cooler.

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