Bad disk or kernel (ATA Driver) problem? - SOLVED

[Chuck Swiger]

Stein M. Sandbech wrote:
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> I'm having problems with this disk just after startup, and it seem to me 
> its related to temperature. Occationally, when starting up with disk @ room
> temperature I usually get a handfull of the checksum errors listed below. 
> If it been sitting in the car for a while and temp is down to 15C or below,
> it wont start at all. Just giving a lot more of the CRC errors, and usually
> a kernel panic.
> 
> I sometimes heated the disk with a hairdryer ;-)

This drive should be RMA'ed, looks like it has some major TCAL problems.

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-Chuck