Topic: Anyone using RDX had a failure?

[gbentley]

Hi All,

Anyone using RDX units with SME [or otherwise?] and have you had any failures?

I have a 120GB cart thats been causing problems and the logs sugesting a hard
ware error. DAR would make a start then freeze out.

I opened the cart and replaced with the smallest SATA disc I could get [a 320GB]
however that hasnt worked, orange light and logs as follows ;

Sep 26 11:56:39 candle3 kernel:  sda:<3>Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 0
Sep 26 11:56:39 candle3 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 0
Sep 26 11:56:39 candle3 last message repeated 5 times
Sep 26 11:56:39 candle3 kernel:  unable to read partition table
Sep 26 11:56:41 candle3 kernel: sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
Sep 26 11:56:41 candle3 kernel: Current : sense key Medium Error
Sep 26 11:56:41 candle3 kernel: Additional sense: Incompatible medium installed
Sep 26 11:56:41 candle3 kernel: sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
Sep 26 11:56:41 candle3 kernel: sda : status=1, message=00, host=0, driver=08
Sep 26 11:56:41 candle3 kernel: Current sd: sense key Medium Error
Sep 26 11:56:41 candle3 kernel: Additional sense: Incompatible medium installed
Sep 26 11:56:41 candle3 kernel: sda: Write Protect is off
Sep 26 11:56:41 candle3 kernel: sda: Mode Sense: 00 56 00 00
Sep 26 11:56:41 candle3 kernel: SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
Sep 26 11:56:41 candle3 kernel: sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
Sep 26 11:56:41 candle3 kernel: Current : sense key Medium Error

I'm now wonderig if there is something in the drive bay electronics / bios that
does not allow drivers greater than the orginal largest capacity specified?

Any suggestions / info greatly appreciated!