[Bug 53754] Re: ata_piix problem with Intel ICH7 chipset

[Christian Mayrhuber]

Hi bonsiware,

I cannot confirm, but after installing a new firmware on the TS-632D
DVDRW drive which I found on
	http://www.toshibaer.com/firmware/index.php?path=TS-L632D/
those ata timeouts completely disappeared on my Aspire 9412AWSMi, so
I suppose this is not a kernel bug, but rather was a firmware bug.

I found out that my DVDRW drive had revision AC00 on it, the bin file in  
the
zip file is revison AC01. I used TS-L632D_AC01_Acer_OEM.zip

You need Windows to flash the firmware, though. Be aware that flashing a  
new
firmware on your DVDRW drive may destroy it if flashing fails or you flash  
a
wrong firmware.

Cheers, Christian

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ata_piix problem with Intel ICH7 chipset
https://launchpad.net/bugs/53754