iBook G4 12" 768MB RAM error: hda: task_in_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }

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Peter Garrett <peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au> wrote:

> Googling this error makes me suspect that my drive is dying...
> 
> The error repeated endlessly is:
> 
> hda: task_in_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hda: task_in_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
> ide: failed opcode was: unknown
> 
> Am I right in thinking that this Toshiba / Mac 30 Gig hard drive is
> dead?

> Looking for advice, or confirmation of my tentative diagnosis... I'm not
> a hardware person.

Drive manufacturers offer download of tools on their homepages that
can check the state of your disk.

Regards,
David