On Mon, 28 Jun 2004, Manuel Bouyer wrote:

> 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 ?

 	So non 153GB disk on primary channel, 153GB disk on secondary, or
 	just 153GB disk on secondary?

 	How would I tell about the power consumption?

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