ATA errors

[Alexander Vasenin aka BlackSir]

> I figure this means the controller has gone bork?
Maybe yes, but I've have nearly the same situation with Maxtor IDE HDDs. We've bought about 10 Maxtor 6E040L0 HDDs in Dec2003, and in May2004 4(!) of them are gone with the same result as in your case. Maybe it was a bad consignment, becouse the same HDDs bought two month earlier or later works fine... Check temperature in the case - I assume they don't like even small overheat.

Alexander Vasenin aka BlackSir