SATA problems with 850 EVO

Hello,
I recently upgraded my laptops slow HDD to a brand new SSD! (samsung 850 EVO 120gb) and my computer is misbehaving!
When I first turned on my laptop with the SSD and installed the Samsung magician software it said that my computer did NOT support SATA3 6GB/s! My computer suddently did some sort of update and the magician said "Your SSD is connected to SATA3 6GB/s!" And yes i did a benchmark and got over 500MB/s read and write compared to the SATA2 210MB/s i got on read and write. The next morning I went to check it out again and it said it was SATA2 again!??! wth is going on here?
I have a hp pavilion 17-e177sb with windows 8.1
UPDATE: I should've called this thread: "SATA3 enabled after BIOS flash but gets disabled on next reboot"
can anyone help me?
thanks,
nnvt

HI @nnvt
I grasp that you installed a new SSD drive, the Samsung 850 EVO 120gb.
The magician software advised you that your system did not support SATA 3. The computer did something and then you were connected at SATA 3. This worked fine until you rebooted and it then reverted back to SATA2.
Here is a link to the HP Pavilion 17-e177sb Software and Drivers . Please check that you have the latest bios and UEFI ( under diagnostics) installed.
If the issue should remain please contact HP support for further assistance.
Please call our technical support at 800 474 6836. If you live outside the US/Canada Region, please click the link below to get a support number for your region.
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http://www.siliconimage.com/support/supportsearchresults.aspx?pid=63&cid=3&ctid=2&osid=4&
And remember 3112 is sata150 only , so it's not sure it will work with your drive at all .
Anyway it should be set to fixed sata1.5G with jumper - not certain the controller can autonegotiate
without trouble. You cannot have command queing enabled either , disk support only NCQ and controller TCQ
so having command queing set ON will cause major conflicts in data transfers.

Memory Problem With 4gb Crucial Ballistix and Asus M4A785TD-V EVO

motherBoard: ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO
bios Version :2005
Video: amd hd5750
Processor: AMD PHENON II X2 550 3.100MHZ
Memory: Crucial
Modele Memory: blt4g3d1608dt1tx0
Capacity: 4GB
greetings to all
i have asus m4a785td-v evo mobo. i ve bought 4 gb crucial ballistix ram today. it says on product its 1600 mhz and cl8 but it shows on my pc 1333 mhz and cl9. when i was searching for this problem i came across this topic: http://forum.crucial.com/t5/Crucial-Ballistix-gaming-memory/Memory-Probleme-With-8GO-Crucial-Ballistix-and-Asus-M4A785TD-V/td-p/9464 can i apply the same settings? how can i fix that? is it possible via bios settings? thx in advance and sry for my bad english. here is some screenshots:

I am not good at RAM setting but the 'Timings Table' shows there is XMP-1600 profile available so I believe it would be enough to turn on that memory profile in BIOS.

[SOLVED] Problem with second SATA drive

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.
Now, anytime the second hard drive /dev/sdb has any heavy disk activity, it appears to cause a shutdown of the SATA port for the first drive (/dev/sda)! Though the second drive is still fine, and I can still write to it until the system crashes from the root drive (on /dev/sda) being shutdown.
If I don't mount and use the second drive, the first drive works just fine, and I can pound it with traffic without issue.
I can reproduce this problem by copying large amounts of data to drive 2.
This is when I get in my dmesg when the first SATA drive shuts down:
[ 3013.249525] ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x7ff SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
[ 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
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 100 100 051 Pre-fail Always - 0
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0007 252 252 025 Pre-fail Always - 2562
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 810
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 252 252 010 Pre-fail Always - 0
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000e 252 252 051 Old_age Always - 0
8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0024 252 252 015 Old_age Offline - 0
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 092 092 000 Old_age Always - 4842
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0032 252 252 051 Old_age Always - 0
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 440
191 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 154
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 71
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 073 073 000 Old_age Always - 55 (Min/Max 17/55)
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 1
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 252 252 000 Old_age Always - 0
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 252 252 000 Old_age Always - 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 252 252 000 Old_age Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0036 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x000a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
201 Soft_Read_Error_Rate 0x0032 252 252 000 Old_age Always - 0
223 Load_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 534
225 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 077 077 000 Old_age Always - 236803
SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t]
Note: selective self-test log revision number (0) not 1 implies that no selective self-test has ever been run
SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 0
Note: revision number not 1 implies that no selective self-test has ever been run
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.
Last edited by johni (2012-09-16 00:46:54)

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