ad0 READ timeout

[Stasys Smailys]

On 11/27/2003 04:19:25, Dan Langille wrote:
> My laptop stopped booting yesterday.  It displays a few "ad0: READ
> command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting" messages before it gives
> up.

> Is this a dead drive?

May be yes, may be not. I would say it seems IDE controller is dead.  
Just to make sure that HDD is alive try DFT. You can download it from  
here: http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm.

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Stasys Smailys