Hi, i have a PHILLIPS DVD+-RW SDVD8820 writer on my laptop and trying to burn data to 4.4GB TDK medium i get: May 17 01:31:15 roamer kernel: ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen May 17 01:31:15 roamer kernel: ata2.00: cmd a0/01:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x2a data 32768 out May 17 01:31:15 roamer kernel: res 40/00:03:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x4 (timeout) May 17 01:31:22 roamer kernel: ata2: port is slow to respond, please be patient (Status 0xd0) May 17 01:31:45 roamer kernel: ata2: port failed to respond (30 secs, Status 0xd0) May 17 01:31:45 roamer kernel: ata2: soft resetting port May 17 01:31:46 roamer kernel: ata2.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x1) May 17 01:31:46 roamer kernel: ata2.00: revalidation failed (errno=-5) May 17 01:31:46 roamer kernel: ata2: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs May 17 01:31:51 roamer kernel: ata2: soft resetting port May 17 01:31:51 roamer kernel: ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33 May 17 01:31:51 roamer kernel: ata2: EH complete That happened at the end of the process, using K3B. Result: Failed. Next i tried with a new disc but tried with the "Simulate" option and get a lot more: May 17 01:37:56 roamer kernel: ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen May 17 01:37:56 roamer kernel: ata2.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:00:20/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x1e data 0 in May 17 01:37:56 roamer kernel: res 50/00:01:00:00:20/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) May 17 01:37:56 roamer kernel: ata2: soft resetting port May 17 01:37:57 roamer kernel: ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33 May 17 01:37:57 roamer kernel: ata2: EH complete May 17 01:38:46 roamer kernel: cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize! May 17 01:38:51 roamer kernel: ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen May 17 01:38:51 roamer kernel: ata2.00: cmd a0/01:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x28 data 2048 in May 17 01:38:51 roamer kernel: res 40/00:03:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x4 (timeout) May 17 01:38:53 roamer kernel: ata2: soft resetting port May 17 01:38:53 roamer kernel: ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33 May 17 01:38:53 roamer kernel: ata2: EH complete May 17 01:38:58 roamer kernel: ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen May 17 01:38:58 roamer kernel: ata2.00: cmd a0/01:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x28 data 2048 in May 17 01:38:58 roamer kernel: res 40/00:03:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x4 (timeout) May 17 01:39:00 roamer kernel: ata2: soft resetting port May 17 01:39:00 roamer kernel: ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33 May 17 01:39:00 roamer kernel: ata2: EH complete May 17 01:39:05 roamer kernel: ata2.00: limiting speed to UDMA/25 May 17 01:39:05 roamer kernel: ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen May 17 01:39:05 roamer kernel: ata2.00: cmd a0/01:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x28 data 2048 in May 17 01:39:05 roamer kernel: res 40/00:03:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x4 (timeout) May 17 01:39:07 roamer kernel: ata2: soft resetting port May 17 01:39:07 roamer kernel: ata2.00: configured for UDMA/25 May 17 01:39:07 roamer kernel: ata2: EH complete May 17 01:39:12 roamer kernel: ata2.00: limiting speed to UDMA/16 May 17 01:39:12 roamer kernel: ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen May 17 01:39:12 roamer kernel: ata2.00: cmd a0/01:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x28 data 2048 in May 17 01:39:12 roamer kernel: res 40/00:03:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x4 (timeout) May 17 01:39:15 roamer kernel: ata2: soft resetting port May 17 01:39:15 roamer kernel: ata2.00: configured for UDMA/16 May 17 01:39:15 roamer kernel: ata2: EH complete May 17 01:39:20 roamer kernel: ata2.00: limiting speed to PIO4 May 17 01:39:20 roamer kernel: ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen May 17 01:39:20 roamer kernel: ata2.00: cmd a0/01:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x28 data 2048 in May 17 01:39:20 roamer kernel: res 40/00:03:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x4 (timeout) May 17 01:39:22 roamer kernel: ata2: soft resetting port May 17 01:39:22 roamer kernel: ata2.00: configured for PIO4 May 17 01:39:22 roamer kernel: ata2: EH complete May 17 01:39:27 roamer kernel: ata2.00: limiting speed to PIO3 May 17 01:39:27 roamer kernel: ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen May 17 01:39:27 roamer kernel: ata2.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:00:20/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x28 data 2048 in May 17 01:39:27 roamer kernel: res 40/00:03:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x4 (timeout) May 17 01:39:29 roamer kernel: ata2: soft resetting port May 17 01:39:29 roamer kernel: ata2.00: configured for PIO3 May 17 01:39:29 roamer kernel: ata2: EH complete May 17 01:39:34 roamer kernel: ata2.00: limiting speed to PIO2 May 17 01:39:34 roamer kernel: ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen May 17 01:39:34 roamer kernel: ata2.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:00:20/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x28 data 2048 in May 17 01:39:34 roamer kernel: res 40/00:02:00:08:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x4 (timeout) May 17 01:39:36 roamer kernel: ata2: soft resetting port May 17 01:39:36 roamer kernel: ata2.00: configured for PIO2 May 17 01:39:36 roamer kernel: ata2: EH complete May 17 01:40:18 roamer kernel: cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize! May 17 01:40:37 roamer kernel: warning: many lost ticks. May 17 01:40:37 roamer kernel: Your time source seems to be instable or some driver is hogging interupts May 17 01:40:37 roamer kernel: rip _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x8/0x9 May 17 01:40:37 roamer kernel: Falling back to HPET May 17 02:21:51 roamer kernel: ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen May 17 02:21:51 roamer kernel: ata2.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:00:20/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x1e data 0 in May 17 02:21:51 roamer kernel: res 50/00:01:00:00:20/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) May 17 02:21:51 roamer kernel: klogd 1.4.1, ---------- state change ---------- May 17 02:21:51 roamer kernel: ata2: soft resetting port May 17 02:21:52 roamer kernel: ata2.00: configured for PIO2 May 17 02:21:52 roamer kernel: ata2: EH complete Result: Success (according to K3B) Anybody seen this?, can it be a hardware problem?, K3B?, kernel?. 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