[Soekris] Soekris 5501 with Many Errors Using Metrix miniPCI 802.11

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <478B3D5E.5060802 at psg.com>, Randy Bush writes:

>I attempted to better shield it.  A full description with pretty 
>pictures is at <http://rip.psg.com/~randy/5501-abg.html>.

First off, the motor in the disk is not your only worry, the
head/voice-coil throws significant magnetic fields around as well.

A simple test with the SATA disk over the mini-PCI or away from it
should be able to tell you if that is indeed the path of trouble.

Other potential causes:

Power supply noise when the disk operates.

Radiated noise from cables (Wrapping in alu-foil may make it worse
if you cannot get good grounding for the foil)

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