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Storex mpix357

USB 2.0- 500 Go- MULTIMEDIA

3700092613344

http://www.storex.fr/storex/htm/scripts/support_produit.asp?nom_produit=mpix 357&num_cat=11

http://forum.surdvd.com/viewtopic.php?t=49412&highlight=storex

http://www.infos-du-net.com/forum/307620-6-installation-disque-multimedia-storex-mpix356

Bus 001 Device 007: ID 05e3:0702 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB 2.0 IDE Adapter

fdisk -l -u /dev/sdc

Disk /dev/sdc: 500 GB, 500105249280 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976768065 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System 
/dev/sdc1              63   976752000   488384001    b  FAT32

hexdump -c /dev/sdc | head
0000000   3 300 216 320 274  \0   | 373   P  \a   P 037 374 276 033   |
0000010 277 033 006   P   W 271 345 001 363 244 313 276 276  \a 261 004
0000020   8   ,   |  \t   u 025 203 306 020 342 365 315 030 213 024 213
0000030 356 203 306 020   I   t 026   8   ,   t 366 276 020  \a   N 254
0000040   <  \0   t 372 273  \a  \0 264 016 315 020 353 362 211   F   %
0000050 226 212   F 004 264 006   < 016   t 021 264  \v   <  \f   t 005
0000060   : 304   u   +   @ 306   F   % 006   u   $ 273 252   U   P 264
0000070   A 315 023   X   r 026 201 373   U 252   u 020 366 301 001   t
0000080  \v 212 340 210   V   $ 307 006 241 006 353 036 210   f 004 277
0000090  \n  \0 270 001 002 213 334   3 311 203 377 005 177 003 213   N


hexdump -c /dev/sdc1 | head
0000000 353   X 220   M   S   W   I   N   4   .   1  \0 002   @      \0
0000010 002  \0  \0  \0  \0 370  \0  \0   ?  \0 377  \0   ?  \0  \0  \0
0000020 303   K   8   : 276 321 001  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0 002  \0  \0  \0
0000030 001  \0 006  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0
0000040 200  \0   )   . 023 330 020   S   T   O   R   E   X  \0  \0  \0
0000050  \0  \0   F   A   T   3   2             372   3 311 216 321 274
0000060 370   { 216 301 275   x  \0 305   v  \0 036   V 026   U 277   "
0000070 005 211   ~  \0 211   N 002 261  \v 374 363 244 216 331 275  \0
0000080   | 306   E 376 017 213   F 030 210   E 371   8   N   @   }   %
0000090 213 301 231 273  \0  \a 350 227  \0   r 032 203 353   :   f 241


[  771.289889] sd 2:0:0:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery
[  771.290250] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Result: hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK,SUGGEST_OK
[  771.290261] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 238683
[  771.291311] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Result: hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK,SUGGEST_OK
[  771.291319] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 238747
[  771.292079] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 1
[  771.292088] lost page write due to I/O error on sdc1
[  771.292096] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 32
[  771.292100] lost page write due to I/O error on sdc1
[  771.292105] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 33
[  771.292110] lost page write due to I/O error on sdc1
[  771.292116] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 119262
[  771.292121] lost page write due to I/O error on sdc1
[  771.292125] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 119263
[  771.292130] lost page write due to I/O error on sdc1
[  771.292136] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 238492
[  771.292140] lost page write due to I/O error on sdc1
[  771.292209] FAT: unable to read inode block for updating (i_pos 3815876)
[  771.409341] usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
[  786.519636] usb 1-2: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[  801.733649] usb 1-2: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[  801.949649] usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4
[  817.059822] usb 1-2: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[  832.274006] usb 1-2: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[  832.489964] usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 5
[  842.896779] usb 1-2: device not accepting address 5, error -110
[  843.008745] usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 6
[  853.415468] usb 1-2: device not accepting address 6, error -110

cat /proc/scsi/scsi
Host: scsi4 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
  Vendor: Hitachi  Model: HDP725050GLA360  Rev: 0811
  Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI  SCSI revision: 00

hdparm -t -T /dev/sdc
/dev/sdc:
 Timing cached reads:     2 MB in  2.14 seconds = 954.88 kB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:    4 MB in  4.13 seconds = 992.72 kB/sec

smartctl -i /dev/sdc
smartctl version 5.37 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen
Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/

Device: Hitachi  HDP725050GLA360  Version: 0811
Device type: disk
Local Time is: Thu Oct 30 20:56:11 2008 CET
Device does not support SMART

dmesg
scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Hitachi  HDP725050GLA360  0811 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0

Errors:

Oct 30 21:22:29 nrv kernel: FAT: Directory bread(block 238620) failed
Oct 30 21:22:29 nrv kernel: FAT: FAT read failed (blocknr 36)
Oct 30 21:22:29 nrv kernel: FAT: FAT read failed (blocknr 37)
Oct 30 21:22:29 nrv kernel: FAT: FAT read failed (blocknr 36)
Oct 30 21:22:29 nrv kernel: FAT: FAT read failed (blocknr 37)
Oct 30 21:22:29 nrv kernel: FAT: unable to read inode block for updating (i_pos 3817937)
Oct 30 21:22:29 nrv kernel: FAT: unable to read inode block for updating (i_pos 3817935)
Oct 30 21:22:29 nrv last message repeated 12 times
Oct 30 21:22:29 nrv kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device
Oct 30 21:22:29 nrv kernel: FAT: unable to read inode block for updating (i_pos 3817930)
Oct 30 21:22:29 nrv kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device
Oct 30 21:22:29 nrv kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device
Oct 30 21:22:29 nrv kernel: FAT: unable to read inode block for updating (i_pos 3817928)
Oct 30 21:22:29 nrv kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device
Oct 30 21:22:29 nrv kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device
Oct 30 21:22:29 nrv kernel: FAT: unable to read inode block for updating (i_pos 3817926)
Oct 30 21:22:29 nrv last message repeated 309 times
Oct 30 21:22:29 nrv kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device
Oct 30 21:22:29 nrv kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda1
Oct 30 21:22:29 nrv kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 238629
Oct 30 21:22:29 nrv kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda1
Oct 30 21:22:29 nrv kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 238628
Oct 30 21:22:29 nrv kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda1
Oct 30 21:22:29 nrv kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 238627
Oct 30 21:22:29 nrv kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda1
Oct 30 21:22:29 nrv kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 238626
Oct 30 21:22:29 nrv kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda1
Oct 30 21:22:29 nrv kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 238625
Oct 30 21:22:29 nrv kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda1
Oct 30 21:22:29 nrv kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 238624
Oct 30 21:22:29 nrv kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda1
Oct 30 21:22:29 nrv kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 238623
Oct 30 21:22:29 nrv kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda1
Oct 30 21:22:29 nrv kernel:  238622
Oct 30 21:22:29 nrv kernel: usb 2-1: device not accepting address 2, error -110
Oct 30 21:22:18 nrv kernel: usb 2-1: reset full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
Oct 30 21:22:18 nrv kernel: usb 2-1: device not accepting address 2, error -110
Oct 30 21:22:08 nrv kernel: usb 2-1: reset full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
Oct 30 21:22:08 nrv kernel: usb 2-1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
Oct 30 21:21:52 nrv kernel: usb 2-1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
Oct 30 21:21:37 nrv kernel: usb 2-1: reset full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
Oct 30 21:21:37 nrv kernel: usb 2-1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
Oct 30 21:21:22 nrv kernel: usb 2-1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
Oct 30 21:21:07 nrv kernel: usb 2-1: reset full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
Oct 30 21:20:56 nrv kernel: usb 2-1: reset full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
Oct 30 21:16:48 nrv kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
Oct 30 21:16:48 nrv kernel:  sda: sda1
Oct 30 21:16:48 nrv kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
Oct 30 21:16:48 nrv kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
Oct 30 21:16:48 nrv kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 976773168 512-byte hardware sectors (500108 MB)
Oct 30 21:16:48 nrv kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
Oct 30 21:16:48 nrv kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
Oct 30 21:16:48 nrv kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 976773168 512-byte hardware sectors (500108 MB)
Oct 30 21:16:48 nrv kernel: Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
Oct 30 21:16:48 nrv kernel: usb-storage: device scan complete
Oct 30 21:16:48 nrv kernel: scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Hitachi  HDP725050GLA360  0811 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
Oct 30 21:16:44 nrv kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver ub
Oct 30 21:16:43 nrv kernel: usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
Oct 30 21:16:43 nrv kernel: usb-storage: device found at 2
Oct 30 21:16:43 nrv kernel: scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Oct 30 21:16:43 nrv kernel: usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Oct 30 21:16:43 nrv kernel: usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2

 mkfs.msdos  /dev/sdb1 -n STOREX
mkfs.msdos 2.11 (12 Mar 2005)
mkfs.msdos: failed whilst writing FAT

USB Errors ? : http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-5031760.html