On Sunday March 18, ssmeenk@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hello! Long story. Get some coke. And a painful story!. See also http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8180 It also involves a Silicon Image PCI/SATA controller, though a different model. But then I have an SI PCI SATA controller that has never missed a beat (except when on the of the SATA cables wasn't quite plugged in properly....) I'd say it is definitely a hardware problem, though identifying which piece of hardware can be tricky. NeilBrown - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html