> diego torres wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> After cheking the seagate website, there is no mention to NCQ in the >> spec sheet of this drive, although there are models tagged as using >> NCQ interface, for example ST3500620AS > How reproducible is the problem? It always happens under heavy load, or when using smartmontools when depth_queue is > 1. I've 2 drives and both of them have the same problem (different firmware versions). #hdparm -i /dev/sda Model=ST3500630AS , FwRev=3.AAD , SerialNo= 6QG0FMYJ #hdparm -i /dev/sdb Model=ST3500630AS , FwRev=3.AAE , SerialNo= 5QG0QM7A Test in a ICH7 controller that can do ncq sucessfully (tested) with other drives (for example, Maxtor 6V250F0) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01) -- Saludos, diego mailto:dtorres@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html