File corruption: how to find the guilty?

[Doug Ledford]

"Ph. MICHEL" wrote:
> I think I had a similar problem on my old machine and a CD-Rom drive, which brings
> me constantly some errors and corrupted files. As a changed the main board and the
> RAM, the CD-Rom runs correctly. So it is probably a material problem, but not
> necessary the mainboard or CPU or RAM, because the same CD-Rom and the same old
> board with the same old RAM worked perfectly together, if I use an 1505 instead of
> a 2940.

Irrelevant.  When you change the controller from a 2940 to a 1505, you slow
down the controller to host memory DMA speeds.  You might as well be putting
in a slower CPU or something else that would not stress the RAM nearly so
hard.

> I would propose to install and test some newer driver (actual 5.1.6).
> 
> --
> Philippe MICHEL
> - phm at tpgnet.net
> - himmelsbach at baden-online.de

-- 
  Doug Ledford   <dledford at redhat.com>
   Opinions expressed are my own, but
      they should be everybody's.

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