Hi all, I’m running into persistent disk I/O errors on my Unraid server and need some help figuring out the cause. I’ve already swapped out major hardware, but the issue remains. Setup: Unraid version: 7.1.4 Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B450M-A II (brand new) Drives: [0:0:0:0]disk SanDisk Cruzer Blade 1.00 /dev/sda 30.7GB [1:0:0:0]disk ATA KINGSTON SA400S3 0100 /dev/sdb 120GB [2:0:0:0]disk ATA TOSHIBA MG09ACA1 0107 /dev/sdc 14.0TB [5:0:0:0]disk ATA ST4000VN006-3CW1 SC60 /dev/sdd 4.00TB [6:0:0:0]disk ATA TOSHIBA MG09ACA1 0107 /dev/sde 14.0TB PSU: Cooler Master MWE 650 White 230V - V2 SATA cables: Tried old and new Problem: Despite installing a new motherboard and replacing the HDDs, I’m still getting recurring errors in syslog. Example errors from syslog: Aug 20 00:00:07 FA2NAS kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#11 CDB: opcode=0x88 88 00 00 00 00 00 01 bb 43 70 00 00 04 00 00 00
Aug 20 00:00:07 FA2NAS kernel: I/O error, dev sde, sector 20949712 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x80700 phys_seg 139 prio class 3
Aug 20 00:00:07 FA2NAS kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#12 UNKNOWN(0x2003) Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=DRIVER_OK cmd_age=14s
Aug 20 00:00:07 FA2NAS kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#12 Sense Key : Aborted Command [current]
Aug 20 00:00:07 FA2NAS kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#12 ASC=0x21 ASCQ=0x4
Aug 20 00:00:07 FA2NAS kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#12 CDB: opcode=0x88 88 00 00 00 00 00 01 bb 48 00 00 00 06 38 00 00
Aug 20 00:00:07 FA2NAS kernel: I/O error, dev sde, sector 20949808 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x84700 phys_seg 168 prio class 3
Aug 20 00:00:07 FA2NAS kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#13 UNKNOWN(0x2003) Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=DRIVER_OK cmd_age=14s
Aug 20 00:00:07 FA2NAS kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#13 Sense Key : Aborted Command [current]
Aug 20 00:00:07 FA2NAS kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#13 ASC=0x21 ASCQ=0x4
Aug 20 00:00:07 FA2NAS kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#13 CDB: opcode=0x88 88 00 00 00 00 00 01 bb 4e 38 00 00 03 c8 00 00
Aug 20 00:00:07 FA2NAS kernel: I/O error, dev sde, sector 20952472 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x80700 phys_seg 120 prio class 3
Aug 20 00:00:08 FA2NAS kernel: ata6: EH complete
Aug 20 00:00:08 FA2NAS kernel: ata6.00: exception Emask 0x50 SAct 0x80b02 SErr 0xb0802 action 0xe frozen
Aug 20 00:00:08 FA2NAS kernel: ata6.00: irq_stat 0x00400000, PHY RDY changed
Aug 20 00:00:08 FA2NAS kernel: ata6.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED
Aug 20 00:00:08 FA2NAS kernel: ata6.00: cmd 60/08:00:d0:00:00:00:40 tag 5 ncq dma 4096 in
Aug 20 00:00:08 FA2NAS kernel: res 40/00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x50 (ATA bus error)
Aug 20 00:00:08 FA2NAS kernel: ata6.00: status: { DRDY }
Aug 20 00:00:08 FA2NAS kernel: ata6.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED
Aug 20 00:00:08 FA2NAS kernel: ata6.00: cmd 60/08:98:00:00:01:00:40 tag 19 ncq dma 4096 in
Aug 20 00:00:08 FA2NAS kernel: res 40/00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x50 (ATA bus error)
Aug 20 00:00:08 FA2NAS kernel: ata6.00: status: { DRDY }
Aug 20 00:00:08 FA2NAS kernel: ata6: hard resetting link
Aug 20 00:00:13 FA2NAS kernel: ata6: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
Aug 20 00:00:13 FA2NAS kernel: ata6: hard resetting link
Aug 20 00:00:18 FA2NAS kernel: ata6: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
Aug 20 00:00:22 FA2NAS kernel: ata6: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300)
Aug 20 00:00:22 FA2NAS kernel: ata6.00: configured for UDMA/133
Aug 20 00:00:22 FA2NAS kernel: ata6: limiting SATA link speed to 3.0 Gbps
Aug 20 00:00:23 FA2NAS kernel: ata6: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 320)
Aug 20 00:00:23 FA2NAS kernel: ata6.00: configured for UDMA/133
Aug 20 00:00:23 FA2NAS kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#15 UNKNOWN(0x2003) Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=DRIVER_OK cmd_age=15s
Aug 20 00:00:23 FA2NAS kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#15 Sense Key : Aborted Command [current]
Aug 20 00:00:23 FA2NAS kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#15 ASC=0x21 ASCQ=0x4
Aug 20 00:00:23 FA2NAS kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#15 CDB: opcode=0x88 88 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Aug 20 00:00:23 FA2NAS kernel: I/O error, dev sde, sector 0 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x80700 phys_seg 1 prio class 0
Aug 20 00:00:23 FA2NAS kernel: ata6: EH complete
Aug 20 00:00:28 FA2NAS kernel: ata6.00: exception Emask 0x50 SAct 0xe0000 SErr 0x30802 action 0xe frozen
Aug 20 00:00:28 FA2NAS kernel: ata6.00: irq_stat 0x00400000, PHY RDY changed
Aug 20 00:00:28 FA2NAS kernel: ata6: SError: { RecvComm HostInt PHYRdyChg PHYInt }
Aug 20 00:00:28 FA2NAS kernel: ata6.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED
Aug 20 00:00:28 FA2NAS kernel: ata6.00: cmd 60/08:bc:e3:ad/04:00:05:00:40 tag 25 ncq dma 614400 in
Aug 20 00:00:28 FA2NAS kernel: res 40/00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x50 (ATA bus error)
Aug 20 00:00:28 FA2NAS kernel: ata6.00: status: { DRDY }
What I’ve tried so far: Replaced motherboard (new chipset, new controller) Replaced both HDDs with brand new ones Errors persist on the new drives Verified drives are detected correctly by Unraid Questions / next steps I need help with: Has anyone else run into these exact errors in Unraid before? How did you fix it? Could this be caused by bad PSU cables or unstable power? Could this be a SATA cable/port issue? Any other common causes of repeated ATA link resets that I might have overlooked? Diagnostics
diagnostics-20250820-0958.zip