On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 09:35:56PM +0100, David Brownlee wrote:
> 	Hooking up a 153GB disk to the primary channel of a Dell PowerEdge
> 	1300 seems to derange the secondary channel:
> 
> 	- With 60, 78, or 120GB disks on the primary channel all is fine,
> 	  the second channel can handle cds, dvds, or other disks of a
> 	  similar size.
> 
> 	- With one or two 153GB disks on the primary channel, its a different
> 	  story; devices will probe OK on the secondary channel, but DMA will
> 	  fail when they are accessed, leaving them to downgrade to PIO 4.
> 	  Once it will managed to get into a strange state whereby it tried
> 	  to downgrade for a while then hung. The BIOS will also sometimes
> 	  report a secondary hard disk 0 failure. Fair warning one supposes.

What does happen if you put the 153GB disk on the secondary channel ?
Also, does the new disks consume more power than the old ones ?

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