I'm sorry, you'll have to define "dibbled" for me, lol.
I was using an app to simulate the spindown at one point but I thought I had that removed and spindown turned off - I'll take a look again when I get home tonight.
No cables to replace as its a hard backplane, but plenty of spare slots if I need to relocate. Can you tell me where in the diagnostics you're seeing this information? Are you suggesting that the drive might still be good and just needs to have the parity rebuilt on it, possibly in a new slot?