Re: PROBLEM: IDE dma_intr error on VIA chipset

[Alan Cox]

>  Whenever a hard disk access is attempted, I get the following messages:
> 
> hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }

That is a cable problem

> This error did not appear under previous versions of the kernel (2.2.x).

2.2.x doesnt attempt UDMA

> The hard disk does not show any sign of hardware failure under other 
> operating systems.

and windows fails down to lower speeds without telling you