hdb: irq timeout: status=0xff \n ide0: reset: succ

I am getting the following errors, sporadically, when I stream music from my Empeg:

hdb: irq timeout: status=0xff
ide0: reset: success

I have seen past posts and the FAQ regarding the irq timeout indicating either bad ide cable, joint, or dying drive. I get these at a rate of about 1 every couple hours with constant streaming. None of the posts or articles I have seen include "reset: success". Does this mean thatin my case its not a hardware issue?

Prior to being in this state, I got tons of irq timeouts. Then I did the following as indicated in the faq:

ro
umount /dev/hda4
umount /dev/hdc4
swapon /swapfile
fsck -fay /
fsck -fay /dev/hda4
fsck -fay /dev/hdc4
swapoff /swapfile
sync

Since then, I only get them like once every couple of hours. But I still do. Is there any other fsck that might finish solving the problem?

Thanks.

It's very likely that it is a hardware fault somewhere. A corrupt partition wouldn't cause that kind of error.

Hardware fault.

Most likely the drive is overheating, but it could also be the IDE header coming off of its moorings.

-ml

Thanks for both comments, Mark and Trevor. The problem has since gotten worse. Seems like I'll need to open the Empeg and check all the cables and the jumper on the slave drive.