Difficulty detecting SATA disk, adding a second SATA disk, memory conflict, etc

I resolved the SATA problem in the middle of writing this post, but for others’ benefit in the future, I am still describing it here.  But there are still some unresolved problems.
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I have an Intel P4 2.4 GHz CPU.
My MSI motherboard has the words 865PE Neon 2P on it.
BIOS is AmiBIOS 3.31a.
I cannot tell what display card I have.  I do not see any brand printed on the card.
I have an (internal) 37 GB IDE hard disk (I cannot see the brand and I am too lazy to un-mount it) as the C drive.
About 3 years ago I added another internal disk, 150GB Western Digital WD 1600, SATA as the E drive.
I have a copy of Windows XP Pro SP2 on each of these two hard drives but I always boot on C.
I also have 2 DVD drives (Drives D and G) and 6 (2 at the side and 4 at the back) USB ports.
A shop installed everything for me and things have been well.  I did not record the BIOS settings so I do not know how it was set up.  My nightmare started about 2 weeks ago when my PC suddenly did not detect E, i.e. the SATA drive.  I had not done anything to the BIOS setting or otherwise, so I have no idea why the E drive suddenly disappeared. 
At that time, the Standard CMOS Features in the BIOS setting was:
Primary IDE Master - Not Installed
Primary IDE Slave - IC35L060AVV207-0
Secondary IDE Master - Pioneer DVD ROM
Secondary IDE Slave - Lite On DVD ROM
Third IDE Master - Not Installed
Third IDE Slave - Not Installed
Fourth IDE Master - Not Installed
Fourth IDE Slave - Not Installed
I tried many things and finally bought a hard disk enclosure and put that SATA in it and connect it to one of the USB ports.  It works.
This morning I stumbled on this article "Motherboard can't detect SATA hard disk" at http://forum.msi.com.tw/index.php?topic=119738.0 and also “Q: How to enable both SATA and PATA? “ on “NEO Boards Unofficial FAQ rev 4/05/2004 - two lights on "P" series” at https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=21469.0 taking about the On-Chip IDE Configuration section of  the BIOS menu and I decided to give it a try, so that I can get rid of that hard disk enclosure.
It works, kind of.  I saw that it was set to Legacy Mode, P-ATA Only, SATA Keep Enabled=No, PATA Keep Enabled=No, PATA Channel Selection=Both, Combined Mode Option=PATA 1st Channel, SATA Ports Definition= P0-3rd/P1-4th. So following the advice on the article and the FAQ, I reset it to Legacy Mode, P-ATA + S-ATA, SATA Keep Enabled=No, PATA Keep Enabled=No, PATA Channel Selection=Both, Combined Mode Option=PATA 1st Channel, SATA Ports Definition= P0-Master/P1-Slave.  Now my PC could detect the SATA drive and set it as the D drive (and the IDE remained as Drive C) but my two DVD ROMs disappeared.  The Standard CMOS Features in the BIOS setting was:
Primary IDE Slave - IC35L060AVV207-0
Secondary IDE Master - WDC WD1600JD-00HBB
The rest is Not Installed.
So, I (only) changed Combined Mode Option to SATA 1st Channel. So apparently my PC now booted using the WinXP copy on the SATA disk (recall that I have WinXP on both hard disks).  And now the SATA disk is C, and both DVD ROMs are visible.  My IDE disk disappeared.
Now I went back to the BIOS menu and switched back to PATA 1st Channel, reset it back to P-ATA Only, and changed SATA Keep Enabled=Yes.  Voila.  Now I can see my IDE disk as Drive C, SATA disk as Drive D, the two DVD ROMs as Drives E and G.  Everything looks fine except that some of the start-up programs no longer start up apparently because their paths used to be E:\.... but now the disk they are on was renamed from E to D so the operating system cannot locate them.  And the Standard CMOS Features menu reads:
Primary IDE Master - Not Installed
Primary IDE Slave - IC35L060AVV207-0
Secondary IDE Master - Pioneer DVD ROM
Secondary IDE Slave - Lite On DVD ROM
Third IDE Master - Not Installed
Third IDE Slave - Not Installed
Fourth IDE Master - WDC WD1600JD-00HBB
Fourth IDE Slave - Not Installed
Problem 1 (the main problem): Difficulty detecting SATA disk – Resolved.  If anyone is kind enough, maybe you can tell me and others why suddenly the BIOS setting was changed by itself causing all these problems, and why “P-ATA Only, SATA Keep Enabled=Yes” works but “P-ATA + S-ATA, SATA Keep Enabled=No” does not.  Should I now tweak the Windows registry to change the drive letter of the SATA disk from D to E? 
Problem 2: I just bought an internal Hitachi Deskstar 640GB SATA disk.  And I have a vacant orange SATA connector on my mobo.  Can I add it together with the existing 2?  Would it be set up as Third IDE Master, Fourth IDE Slave, or something else?
Problem 3: I used to have a Samsung DDR PC2700 512MB memory module and during the last week I added a Corsair DDR PC3200 1GB memory module, both on the green slots (not the purple slots).  It caused my PC to freeze (keyboard and mouse not responsive) every now and then.  So I pulled out the Samsung one and it has been working fine.  Some said one has to use memory from the same manufacturer with the same size and same everything.  The sticky thread titled “NEO Boards Unofficial FAQ rev 4/05/2004 - two lights on "P" series” in this forum has a question “I have this RAM xxxx but it does not work with my board. Can MSI update the BIOS to fix this?” and the answer points to a Product Info page and I don’t know where that is. Any advice on how to make both work together?  Can I use the purple slots?
Problem 4: The “usable” space on my Dell M991 CRT monitor has shrunk.  That is, the black areas on both sides, mostly RHS, have intermittently enlarged.  It only happened in these 2 weeks. I tried Control Panel – Display – Settings – Advanced – Displays – Adjustments to no avail.  I don’t have another monitor to try in order to test whether it has to do with the CRT.  Just in case you happen to know anything, please jot a line.
Problem 5: Some of my USB ports do not work or only work intermittently.  For example I plugged in my wireless adaptor into one of them and it sometimes would say “USB Device Not Recognized”.

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If anyone is kind enough, maybe you can tell me and others why suddenly the BIOS setting was changed by itself causing all these problems, and why “P-ATA Only, SATA Keep Enabled=Yes” works but “P-ATA + S-ATA, SATA Keep Enabled=No” does not.
Maybe your CMOS Battery is running low and it is time to replace it.
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Should I now tweak the Windows registry to change the drive letter of the SATA disk from D to E? 
Try to change drive letters via the Windows Drive Manager:
http://www.mvps.org/marksxp/WindowsXP/driveltr.php
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Problem 2: I just bought an internal Hitachi Deskstar 640GB SATA disk.  And I have a vacant orange SATA connector on my mobo.  Can I add it together with the existing 2?
If it is a SATA-II Drive, you will probably have to force it into SATA-I Compatibility mode first (check the hard drive user manual for jumper settings or firmware switches).
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I used to have a Samsung DDR PC2700 512MB memory module and during the last week I added a Corsair DDR PC3200 1GB memory module, both on the green slots (not the purple slots).  It caused my PC to freeze (keyboard and mouse not responsive) every now and then.  So I pulled out the Samsung one and it has been working fine.  Some said one has to use memory from the same manufacturer with the same size and same everything.
Exactly.  Mixing different memory modules causes problems in many cases because the exact same settings will apply to both modules at the same time.  What works for the one module may not work so well for the other one.
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Just in case you happen to know anything, please jot a line.
That is either related to the monitor itself or to the video card.  It may also be related to a problem with the driver or improper screen resolution settings.
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Problem 5: Some of my USB ports do not work or only work intermittently.  For example I plugged in my wireless adaptor into one of them and it sometimes would say “USB Device Not Recognized”.
What ports? Front Panel or Back Panel?

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    My laptop has two hard drive bays, and just recently I added a second SATA drive (moved it from my old laptop) to the extra bay.
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    [ 3013.249532] ata1.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED
    [ 3013.249539] ata1.00: cmd 60/08:00:78:b8:ba/00:00:24:00:00/40 tag 0 ncq 4096 in
    [ 3013.249539] res 40/00:00:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/40 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
    [ 3013.249543] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
    [ 3013.249545] ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
    [ 3013.249559] ata1.00: cmd 61/08:08:b8:60:7b/00:00:29:00:00/40 tag 1 ncq 4096 out
    [ 3013.249559] res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
    [ 3013.249562] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
    [ 3013.249564] ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
    [ 3013.249568] ata1.00: cmd 61/08:10:c0:60:7b/00:00:29:00:00/40 tag 2 ncq 4096 out
    [ 3013.249568] res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
    [ 3013.249570] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
    [ 3013.249572] ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
    [ 3013.249576] ata1.00: cmd 61/08:18:c8:60:7b/00:00:29:00:00/40 tag 3 ncq 4096 out
    [ 3013.249576] res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
    [ 3013.249578] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
    [ 3013.249580] ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
    [ 3013.249585] ata1.00: cmd 61/08:20:48:12:d7/00:00:18:00:00/40 tag 4 ncq 4096 out
    [ 3013.249585] res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
    [ 3013.249587] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
    [ 3013.249589] ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
    [ 3013.249593] ata1.00: cmd 61/08:28:28:63:38/00:00:19:00:00/40 tag 5 ncq 4096 out
    [ 3013.249593] res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
    [ 3013.249595] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
    [ 3013.249597] ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
    [ 3013.249601] ata1.00: cmd 61/08:30:28:6f:38/00:00:19:00:00/40 tag 6 ncq 4096 out
    [ 3013.249601] res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
    [ 3013.249603] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
    [ 3013.249605] ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
    [ 3013.249609] ata1.00: cmd 61/08:38:28:98:ae/00:00:25:00:00/40 tag 7 ncq 4096 out
    [ 3013.249609] res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
    [ 3013.249611] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
    [ 3013.249613] ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
    [ 3013.249617] ata1.00: cmd 61/08:40:d8:79:3b/00:00:25:00:00/40 tag 8 ncq 4096 out
    [ 3013.249617] res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
    [ 3013.249619] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
    [ 3013.249621] ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
    [ 3013.249625] ata1.00: cmd 61/08:48:08:98:b6/00:00:18:00:00/40 tag 9 ncq 4096 out
    [ 3013.249625] res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
    [ 3013.249627] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
    [ 3013.249629] ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
    [ 3013.249633] ata1.00: cmd 61/08:50:10:98:36/00:00:19:00:00/40 tag 10 ncq 4096 out
    [ 3013.249633] res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
    [ 3013.249636] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
    [ 3013.249640] ata1: hard resetting link
    [ 3013.575549] ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
    [ 3013.576784] ata1.00: ACPI cmd 00/00:00:00:00:00:a0 (NOP) rejected by device (Stat=0x51 Err=0x04)
    [ 3013.578334] ata1.00: ACPI cmd 00/00:00:00:00:00:a0 (NOP) rejected by device (Stat=0x51 Err=0x04)
    [ 3013.578588] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
    [ 3013.592223] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
    [ 3013.592233] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
    [ 3013.592238] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
    [ 3013.592242] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
    [ 3013.592246] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
    [ 3013.592250] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
    [ 3013.592254] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
    [ 3013.592258] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
    [ 3013.592263] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
    [ 3013.592267] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
    [ 3013.592271] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
    [ 3013.592302] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3013.592306] Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
    [ 3013.592310] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3013.592313] Sense Key : 0xb [current] [descriptor]
    [ 3013.592320] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
    [ 3013.592323] 72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
    [ 3013.592342] 00 00 00 00
    [ 3013.592351] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3013.592353] ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
    [ 3013.592358] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
    [ 3013.592361] cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 24 ba b8 78 00 00 08 00
    [ 3013.592376] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 616216696
    [ 3013.592414] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3013.592417] Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
    [ 3013.592421] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3013.592423] Sense Key : 0xb [current] [descriptor]
    [ 3013.592428] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
    [ 3013.592431] 72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
    [ 3013.592449] 00 00 00 00
    [ 3013.592458] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3013.592460] ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
    [ 3013.592465] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
    [ 3013.592467] cdb[0]=0x2a: 2a 00 29 7b 60 b8 00 00 08 00
    [ 3013.592482] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 695951544
    [ 3013.592505] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3013.592508] Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
    [ 3013.592512] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3013.592514] Sense Key : 0xb [current] [descriptor]
    [ 3013.592519] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
    [ 3013.592522] 72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
    [ 3013.592540] 00 00 00 00
    [ 3013.592549] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3013.592551] ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
    [ 3013.592556] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
    [ 3013.592558] cdb[0]=0x2a: 2a 00 29 7b 60 c0 00 00 08 00
    [ 3013.592572] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 695951552
    [ 3013.592583] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3013.592586] Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
    [ 3013.592589] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3013.592592] Sense Key : 0xb [current] [descriptor]
    [ 3013.592597] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
    [ 3013.592599] 72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
    [ 3013.592618] 00 00 00 00
    [ 3013.592626] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3013.592628] ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
    [ 3013.592632] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
    [ 3013.592635] cdb[0]=0x2a: 2a 00 29 7b 60 c8 00 00 08 00
    [ 3013.592649] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 695951560
    [ 3013.592665] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3013.592668] Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
    [ 3013.592671] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3013.592673] Sense Key : 0xb [current] [descriptor]
    [ 3013.592678] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
    [ 3013.592684] Aborting journal on device dm-0-8.
    [ 3013.592701] EXT4-fs error (device dm-0) in ext4_reserve_inode_write:4476: Journal has aborted
    [ 3013.592687] 72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
    [ 3013.592723] 00 00 00 00
    [ 3013.592729] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3013.592730] ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
    [ 3013.592733] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
    [ 3013.592735] cdb[0]=0x2a: 2a 00 18 d7 12 48 00 00 08 00
    [ 3013.592744] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 416748104
    [ 3013.592752] Buffer I/O error on device dm-0, logical block 266057
    [ 3013.592760] EXT4-fs warning (device dm-0): ext4_end_bio:250: I/O error writing to inode 5902184 (offset 258048 size 4096 starting block 266057)
    [ 3013.592766] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3013.592768] Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
    [ 3013.592771] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3013.592772] Sense Key : 0xb [current] [descriptor]
    [ 3013.592776] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
    [ 3013.592778] 72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
    [ 3013.592790] 00 00 00 00
    [ 3013.592795] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3013.592797] ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
    [ 3013.592800] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
    [ 3013.592801] cdb[0]=0x2a: 2a 00 19 38 63 28 00 00 08 00
    [ 3013.592811] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 423125800
    [ 3013.592817] Buffer I/O error on device dm-0, logical block 1063269
    [ 3013.592822] EXT4-fs warning (device dm-0): ext4_end_bio:250: I/O error writing to inode 5898577 (offset 970752 size 4096 starting block 1063269)
    [ 3013.592842] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3013.592845] Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
    [ 3013.592849] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3013.592851] Sense Key : 0xb [current] [descriptor]
    [ 3013.592856] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
    [ 3013.592859] 72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
    [ 3013.592877] 00 00 00 00
    [ 3013.592885] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3013.592887] ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
    [ 3013.592892] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
    [ 3013.592894] cdb[0]=0x2a: 2a 00 19 38 6f 28 00 00 08 00
    [ 3013.592908] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 423128872
    [ 3013.592915] Buffer I/O error on device dm-0, logical block 1063653
    [ 3013.592922] EXT4-fs warning (device dm-0): ext4_end_bio:250: I/O error writing to inode 5902187 (offset 1171456 size 4096 starting block 1063653)
    [ 3013.592931] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3013.592934] Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
    [ 3013.592937] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3013.592940] Sense Key : 0xb [current] [descriptor]
    [ 3013.592945] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
    [ 3013.592947] 72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
    [ 3013.592966] 00 00 00 00
    [ 3013.592974] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3013.592976] ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
    [ 3013.592980] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
    [ 3013.592983] cdb[0]=0x2a: 2a 00 25 ae 98 28 00 00 08 00
    [ 3013.592997] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 632199208
    [ 3013.593006] Buffer I/O error on device dm-0, logical block 27197445
    [ 3013.593018] EXT4-fs warning (device dm-0): ext4_end_bio:250: I/O error writing to inode 6425165 (offset 151552 size 4096 starting block 27197445)
    [ 3013.593028] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3013.593031] Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
    [ 3013.593034] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3013.593037] Sense Key : 0xb [current] [descriptor]
    [ 3013.593042] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
    [ 3013.593045] 72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
    [ 3013.593063] 00 00 00 00
    [ 3013.593071] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3013.593073] ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
    [ 3013.593078] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
    [ 3013.593085] EXT4-fs error (device dm-0) in ext4_reserve_inode_write:4476: Journal has aborted
    [ 3013.593089] cdb[0]=0x2a: 2a 00 25 3b 79 d8 00 00 08 00
    [ 3013.593104] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 624654808
    [ 3013.593111] Buffer I/O error on device dm-0, logical block 26254395
    [ 3013.593115] lost page write due to I/O error on dm-0
    [ 3013.593126] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3013.593129] Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
    [ 3013.593132] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3013.593135] Sense Key : 0xb [current] [descriptor]
    [ 3013.593140] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
    [ 3013.593142] 72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
    [ 3013.593161] 00 00 00 00
    [ 3013.593169] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3013.593171] ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
    [ 3013.593175] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
    [ 3013.593178] cdb[0]=0x2a: 2a 00 18 b6 98 08 00 00 08 00
    [ 3013.593192] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 414619656
    [ 3013.593198] Buffer I/O error on device dm-0, logical block 1
    [ 3013.593201] lost page write due to I/O error on dm-0
    [ 3013.593211] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3013.593213] Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
    [ 3013.593217] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3013.593219] Sense Key : 0xb [current] [descriptor]
    [ 3013.593224] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
    [ 3013.593227] 72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
    [ 3013.593245] 00 00 00 00
    [ 3013.593253] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3013.593256] ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
    [ 3013.593260] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
    [ 3013.593262] cdb[0]=0x2a: 2a 00 19 36 98 10 00 00 08 00
    [ 3013.593277] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 423008272
    [ 3013.593283] Buffer I/O error on device dm-0, logical block 1048578
    [ 3013.593286] lost page write due to I/O error on dm-0
    [ 3013.593298] ata1: EH complete
    [ 3013.595707] EXT4-fs error (device dm-0) in ext4_dirty_inode:4603: Journal has aborted
    [ 3013.596581] EXT4-fs error (device dm-0): ext4_journal_start_sb:370: Detected aborted journal
    [ 3013.596591] EXT4-fs (dm-0): Remounting filesystem read-only
    [ 3020.421558] journal commit I/O error
    [ 3020.421570] journal commit I/O error
    [ 3020.421574] journal commit I/O error
    [ 3020.421578] journal commit I/O error
    [ 3020.421581] journal commit I/O error
    [ 3147.052191] ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0xf SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
    [ 3147.052197] ata1.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED
    [ 3147.052209] ata1.00: cmd 60/50:00:d0:48:99/00:00:1c:00:00/40 tag 0 ncq 40960 in
    [ 3147.052209] res 40/00:00:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/40 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
    [ 3147.052212] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
    [ 3147.052213] ata1.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED
    [ 3147.052218] ata1.00: cmd 60/18:08:28:49:99/00:00:1c:00:00/40 tag 1 ncq 12288 in
    [ 3147.052218] res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
    [ 3147.052220] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
    [ 3147.052221] ata1.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED
    [ 3147.052226] ata1.00: cmd 60/88:10:48:49:99/00:00:1c:00:00/40 tag 2 ncq 69632 in
    [ 3147.052226] res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
    [ 3147.052228] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
    [ 3147.052229] ata1.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED
    [ 3147.052234] ata1.00: cmd 60/20:18:00:a4:ba/00:00:24:00:00/40 tag 3 ncq 16384 in
    [ 3147.052234] res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
    [ 3147.052236] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
    [ 3147.052239] ata1: hard resetting link
    [ 3147.378368] ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
    [ 3148.066853] ata1.00: ACPI cmd ef/5a:00:00:00:00:a0 (SET FEATURES) succeeded
    [ 3148.069139] ata1.00: ACPI cmd 00/00:00:00:00:00:a0 (NOP) rejected by device (Stat=0x51 Err=0x04)
    [ 3148.069393] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
    [ 3148.080059] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
    [ 3148.080066] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
    [ 3148.080071] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
    [ 3148.080075] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
    [ 3148.080112] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3148.080114] Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
    [ 3148.080117] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3148.080118] Sense Key : 0xb [current] [descriptor]
    [ 3148.080123] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
    [ 3148.080125] 72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
    [ 3148.080136] 00 00 00 00
    [ 3148.080140] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3148.080142] ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
    [ 3148.080145] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
    [ 3148.080146] cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 1c 99 48 d0 00 00 50 00
    [ 3148.080156] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 479807696
    [ 3148.080170] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3148.080171] Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
    [ 3148.080173] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3148.080175] Sense Key : 0xb [current] [descriptor]
    [ 3148.080178] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
    [ 3148.080180] 72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
    [ 3148.080190] 00 00 00 00
    [ 3148.080195] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3148.080196] ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
    [ 3148.080199] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
    [ 3148.080200] cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 1c 99 49 28 00 00 18 00
    [ 3148.080209] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 479807784
    [ 3148.080216] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3148.080218] Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
    [ 3148.080220] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3148.080221] Sense Key : 0xb [current] [descriptor]
    [ 3148.080224] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
    [ 3148.080225] 72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
    [ 3148.080236] 00 00 00 00
    [ 3148.080241] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3148.080242] ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
    [ 3148.080245] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
    [ 3148.080246] cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 1c 99 49 48 00 00 88 00
    [ 3148.080254] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 479807816
    [ 3148.080267] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3148.080268] Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
    [ 3148.080270] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3148.080272] Sense Key : 0xb [current] [descriptor]
    [ 3148.080274] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
    [ 3148.080276] 72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
    [ 3148.080287] 00 00 00 00
    [ 3148.080291] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]
    [ 3148.080293] ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
    [ 3148.080295] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
    [ 3148.080296] cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 24 ba a4 00 00 00 20 00
    [ 3148.080305] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 616211456
    [ 3148.080315] ata1: EH complete
    I have experimented, and found that if I turn off NCQ on the kernel command line in my bootloader (libata.force=noncq), that it takes longer before the problem occurs.  Though, if I write enough to the second drive, it does still happen after a while, just greatly reduced its chances of happening.
    Is it possible that the old drive (sdb) is causing the problem?  I noticed that it is much noisier than I remember when the drive head moves around.
    Another curiosity while I was trying to duplicate the problem:
      - I start a large file copy from sda -> sdb
      - At the same time in another terminal, I do "find / -print"
      - When I hear the drive 2 head moving, it pauses the output of the "find" command.
    Every time I hear the head move, I see the find output pause.  Its almost like the drive seek on drive 2 causes the whole Sata controller to pause while the head moves.  Very odd!
    Anyone have any ideas?   I think the next thing I will try is borrow a drive from another machine, and do the big write to it to see if I get the same results.
    If it is of any help, here is some more info on the laptop:
    lspci:
    00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
    00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)
    00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
    00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05)
    00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
    00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b5)
    00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev b5)
    00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev b5)
    00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev b5)
    00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05)
    00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM67 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 05)
    00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
    00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)
    01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 1251 (rev a1)
    01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GF116 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
    07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet (rev c0)
    0d:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 (rev 5e)
    13:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5209 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
    13:00.1 SD Host controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5209 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
    19:00.0 USB controller: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 04)
    cat /proc/interrupts:
    CPU0 CPU1 CPU2 CPU3 CPU4 CPU5 CPU6 CPU7
    0: 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC-edge timer
    1: 958 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC-edge i8042
    8: 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC-edge rtc0
    9: 1675 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi acpi
    12: 12257 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC-edge i8042
    16: 24769 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb1, mmc0, nvidia
    17: 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi snd_hda_intel
    19: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi rts_pstor
    23: 1937 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb4
    41: 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge xhci_hcd
    42: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge xhci_hcd
    43: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge xhci_hcd
    44: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge xhci_hcd
    45: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge xhci_hcd
    46: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge xhci_hcd
    47: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge xhci_hcd
    48: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge xhci_hcd
    49: 19406 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge iwlwifi
    50: 36099 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge ahci
    51: 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge mei
    52: 386378 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge snd_hda_intel
    53: 56803 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge eth0
    NMI: 34 5 19 5 18 4 13 4 Non-maskable interrupts
    LOC: 77964 17705 161241 14302 187823 16150 56845 12750 Local timer interrupts
    SPU: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Spurious interrupts
    PMI: 34 5 19 5 18 4 13 4 Performance monitoring interrupts
    IWI: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IRQ work interrupts
    RTR: 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 APIC ICR read retries
    RES: 13721 7023 304 110 175 110 213 123 Rescheduling interrupts
    CAL: 6941 7677 2774 7670 5804 7568 7655 7673 Function call interrupts
    TLB: 366 545 268 179 310 272 212 166 TLB shootdowns
    TRM: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Thermal event interrupts
    THR: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Threshold APIC interrupts
    MCE: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Machine check exceptions
    MCP: 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 Machine check polls
    ERR: 0
    MIS: 0
    smartctl --all /dev/sda
    smartctl 5.43 2012-06-30 r3573 [x86_64-linux-3.5.3-1-ARCH] (local build)
    Copyright (C) 2002-12 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net
    === START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
    Device Model: ST9500423AS
    Serial Number: 5WS354LM
    LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 044bb741b
    Firmware Version: 0005DEM1
    User Capacity: 500,107,862,016 bytes [500 GB]
    Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
    Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
    ATA Version is: 8
    ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 4
    Local Time is: Thu Sep 13 15:26:14 2012 CDT
    SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
    SMART support is: Enabled
    === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
    SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
    General SMART Values:
    Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity
    was never started.
    Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
    Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed
    without error or no self-test has ever
    been run.
    Total time to complete Offline
    data collection: ( 0) seconds.
    Offline data collection
    capabilities: (0x73) SMART execute Offline immediate.
    Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
    Suspend Offline collection upon new
    command.
    No Offline surface scan supported.
    Self-test supported.
    Conveyance Self-test supported.
    Selective Self-test supported.
    SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
    power-saving mode.
    Supports SMART auto save timer.
    Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported.
    General Purpose Logging supported.
    Short self-test routine
    recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
    Extended self-test routine
    recommended polling time: ( 105) minutes.
    Conveyance self-test routine
    recommended polling time: ( 3) minutes.
    SCT capabilities: (0x303f) SCT Status supported.
    SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
    SCT Feature Control supported.
    SCT Data Table supported.
    SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10
    Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
    ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
    1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 113 099 006 Pre-fail Always - 54715920
    3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 098 098 085 Pre-fail Always - 0
    4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 099 099 020 Old_age Always - 1114
    5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 036 Pre-fail Always - 0
    7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 069 060 030 Pre-fail Always - 10214892
    9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 098 098 000 Old_age Always - 2030
    10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0
    12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 559
    184 End-to-End_Error 0x0032 100 100 099 Old_age Always - 0
    187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
    188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 100 098 000 Old_age Always - 8590065667
    189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
    190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 053 049 045 Old_age Always - 47 (Min/Max 47/51)
    191 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 17
    192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 871
    193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 039 039 000 Old_age Always - 122293
    194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 047 051 000 Old_age Always - 47 (0 17 0 0 0)
    195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 113 099 000 Old_age Always - 54715920
    197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
    198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0
    199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
    240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 67229123085518
    241 Total_LBAs_Written 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 1947733828
    242 Total_LBAs_Read 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 2798982459
    254 Free_Fall_Sensor 0x0032 001 001 000 Old_age Always - 899
    SMART Error Log Version: 1
    ATA Error Count: 8 (device log contains only the most recent five errors)
    CR = Command Register [HEX]
    FR = Features Register [HEX]
    SC = Sector Count Register [HEX]
    SN = Sector Number Register [HEX]
    CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX]
    CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX]
    DH = Device/Head Register [HEX]
    DC = Device Command Register [HEX]
    ER = Error register [HEX]
    ST = Status register [HEX]
    Powered_Up_Time is measured from power on, and printed as
    DDd+hh:mm:SS.sss where DD=days, hh=hours, mm=minutes,
    SS=sec, and sss=millisec. It "wraps" after 49.710 days.
    Error 8 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 2017 hours (84 days + 1 hours)
    When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
    After command completion occurred, registers were:
    ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
    04 71 09 a9 00 80 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT
    Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
    CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
    a1 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 05:21:04.438 IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE
    ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 05:21:04.438 IDENTIFY DEVICE
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff 05:21:04.124 NOP [Abort queued commands]
    a1 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 05:20:59.118 IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE
    ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 05:20:59.118 IDENTIFY DEVICE
    Error 7 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 2017 hours (84 days + 1 hours)
    When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
    After command completion occurred, registers were:
    ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
    04 71 09 a9 00 80 e0
    Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
    CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
    ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 05:21:04.438 IDENTIFY DEVICE
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff 05:21:04.124 NOP [Abort queued commands]
    a1 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 05:20:59.118 IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE
    ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 05:20:59.118 IDENTIFY DEVICE
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff 05:20:58.805 NOP [Abort queued commands]
    Error 6 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 2017 hours (84 days + 1 hours)
    When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
    After command completion occurred, registers were:
    ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
    04 71 09 a9 00 80 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT
    Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
    CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
    a1 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 05:20:59.118 IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE
    ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 05:20:59.118 IDENTIFY DEVICE
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff 05:20:58.805 NOP [Abort queued commands]
    a1 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 05:20:58.761 IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE
    ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 05:20:58.725 IDENTIFY DEVICE
    Error 5 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 2017 hours (84 days + 1 hours)
    When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
    After command completion occurred, registers were:
    ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
    04 71 09 a9 00 80 e0
    Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
    CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
    ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 05:20:59.118 IDENTIFY DEVICE
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff 05:20:58.805 NOP [Abort queued commands]
    a1 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 05:20:58.761 IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE
    ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 05:20:58.725 IDENTIFY DEVICE
    2f 00 01 10 00 00 a0 00 05:20:58.724 READ LOG EXT
    Error 4 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 2017 hours (84 days + 1 hours)
    When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
    After command completion occurred, registers were:
    ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
    04 71 09 a9 00 80 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT
    Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
    CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
    a1 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 05:20:58.761 IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE
    ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 05:20:58.725 IDENTIFY DEVICE
    2f 00 01 10 00 00 a0 00 05:20:58.724 READ LOG EXT
    61 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00 05:20:58.724 WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
    61 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00 05:20:58.724 WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
    SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
    Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
    # 1 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 6 -
    # 2 Short offline Aborted by host 90% 1 -
    SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
    SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
    1 0 0 Not_testing
    2 0 0 Not_testing
    3 0 0 Not_testing
    4 0 0 Not_testing
    5 0 0 Not_testing
    Selective self-test flags (0x0):
    After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
    If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.
    smartctl --all /dev/sdb
    smartctl 5.43 2012-06-30 r3573 [x86_64-linux-3.5.3-1-ARCH] (local build)
    Copyright (C) 2002-12 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net
    === START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
    Model Family: SAMSUNG SpinPoint M6
    Device Model: SAMSUNG HM320JI
    Serial Number: S16LJF0QB02815
    LU WWN Device Id: 5 0f0000 001202815
    Firmware Version: 2SS00_01
    User Capacity: 320,072,933,376 bytes [320 GB]
    Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
    Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
    ATA Version is: 7
    ATA Standard is: ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D revision 0
    Local Time is: Thu Sep 13 15:27:10 2012 CDT
    SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
    SMART support is: Enabled
    === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
    SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
    General SMART Values:
    Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity
    was never started.
    Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
    Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed
    without error or no self-test has ever
    been run.
    Total time to complete Offline
    data collection: ( 110) seconds.
    Offline data collection
    capabilities: (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
    Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
    Suspend Offline collection upon new
    command.
    Offline surface scan supported.
    Self-test supported.
    No Conveyance Self-test supported.
    Selective Self-test supported.
    SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
    power-saving mode.
    Supports SMART auto save timer.
    Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported.
    General Purpose Logging supported.
    Short self-test routine
    recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
    Extended self-test routine
    recommended polling time: ( 110) minutes.
    SCT capabilities: (0x003f) SCT Status supported.
    SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
    SCT Feature Control supported.
    SCT Data Table supported.
    SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
    Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
    ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
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