On Wed, 2008-09-24 at 07:09 -0700, nate wrote: > > I wouldn't think the system is about to fail if it's just going > slower. If there are specific error messages that point to it's > failing then maybe. Errors quoted earlier just seem like bad > hardware(perhaps poorly designed or built, rather than hardware > that is physically failing). well i myself have assembled this box. did i do something wrong because it is running fine for last 10 months without any hiccups and other than this minor issue no problem at all. > > Only thing I can suggest is to just verify that the drive is > detected as USB 2.0 via lsusb -v > > e.g. > Bus 004 Device 020: ID 1058:0702 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. > Device Descriptor: > bLength 18 > bDescriptorType 1 > bcdUSB 2.00 > [..] > iManufacturer 1 Western Digital > iProduct 2 External HDD > > I believe the 2.00 indicates USB 2.0, I see several other > devices on my USB that are marked as 1.x here is my output Bus 002 Device 002: ID 05e3:0702 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB 2.0 IDE Adapter Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 2.00 bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level) bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 64 idVendor 0x05e3 Genesys Logic, Inc. idProduct 0x0702 USB 2.0 IDE Adapter bcdDevice 0.33 iManufacturer 0 iProduct 1 USB TO IDE iSerial 0 bNumConfigurations 1 Configuration Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 2 wTotalLength 32 bNumInterfaces 1 bConfigurationValue 1 iConfiguration 0 bmAttributes 0xc0 Self Powered MaxPower 96mA Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber 0 bAlternateSetting 0 bNumEndpoints 2 bInterfaceClass 8 Mass Storage bInterfaceSubClass 6 SCSI bInterfaceProtocol 80 Bulk (Zip) iInterface 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 1 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 1 you can see it is detected as usb2.0. > If you configured your system's kernel to ignore the irq errors > as the other poster did(I think your a different poster..didn't > check), you really should remove that option and enable the > checking again, and try a PCI USB expansion card instead and > see if that helps. actually it was i who sent it. i sent it through gmail so it did not insert my name just my email id. usually i send through evolution. i did not know this issue. apology for the unintentional mixups. i want to know one thing - the hardware failing logic you earlier spoke of - is that disabled or removed in latest 2.6.26.5 kernel because i experimented with custom compiling that kernel and did not receive any error message whatsoever. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos