Hi, I get this error a lot of times, and I have tried looking at google too without any solution(all I saw were postings of the problem). My System is Gigabyte 7DXR. Kernel version is 2.6.8-1.521. Has anybody found any solution to this problem? Thanks and regards from VJ ******************************* Result of lspci command 00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 40) 00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) 00:07.4 SMBus: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40) [root@dxr root]# lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-760 [IGD4-1P] System Controller (rev 13) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-760 [IGD4-1P] AGP Bridge 00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 40) 00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) 00:07.4 SMBus: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40) 00:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC15 MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01) 00:0d.0 PCI bridge: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21152 (rev 03) 00:0e.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI (rev 02) 00:10.0 Unknown mass storage controller: Promise Technology, Inc. 20265 (rev 02) 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 RF/SG AGP 02:04.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 05) 02:05.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 05) *************************** Part of /var/log/messages kernel: hdb: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x60 kernel: hdb: DMA timeout retry kernel: hdb: timeout waiting for DMA kernel: hda: status timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } kernel: hda: DMA disabled kernel: hda: drive not ready for command kernel: ide0: reset timed-out, status=0x80 kernel: hdb: status error: status=0x34 { DeviceFault SeekComplete CorrectedError } kernel: hdb: no DRQ after issuing WRITE kernel: ide0: reset timed-out, status=0x80 kernel: hdb: status error: status=0x34 { DeviceFault SeekComplete CorrectedError }