Good afternoon-

Yesterday, when I was looking at my log file, I saw the errors copied below repeated multiple times. Today I got a message that one of my disks, the 16 GB Exos, had read errors, but I don't see them reflected in the SMART log. I assume that this is indicative of a drive going down, but I wanted to confirm. Thanks very much!

Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel: ata3.00: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x7f010 SErr 0x4490100 action 0xe frozen
Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel: ata3.00: irq_stat 0x08000000, interface fatal error
Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel: ata3: SError: { UnrecovData PHYRdyChg 10B8B Handshk DevExch }
Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel: ata3.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel: ata3.00: cmd 61/98:20:68:9f:71/01:00:00:00:00/40 tag 4 ncq dma 208896 out
Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel:         res 40/00:01:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)
Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel: ata3.00: status: { DRDY }
Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel: ata3.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel: ata3.00: cmd 61/40:60:78:f4:fd/05:00:00:07:00/40 tag 12 ncq dma 688128 out
Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel:         res 40/00:01:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)
Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel: ata3.00: status: { DRDY }
Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel: ata3.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel: ata3.00: cmd 61/30:68:b8:f9:fd/04:00:00:07:00/40 tag 13 ncq dma 548864 out
Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel:         res 40/00:01:01:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)
Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel: ata3.00: status: { DRDY }
Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel: ata3.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel: ata3.00: cmd 61/a8:70:e8:fd:fd/02:00:00:07:00/40 tag 14 ncq dma 348160 out
Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel:         res 40/00:ff:ff:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/40 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)
Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel: ata3.00: status: { DRDY }
Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel: ata3.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel: ata3.00: cmd 61/98:78:00:a1:71/02:00:00:00:00/40 tag 15 ncq dma 339968 out
Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel:         res 40/00:01:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)
Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel: ata3.00: status: { DRDY }
Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel: ata3.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel: ata3.00: cmd 61/f0:80:98:a3:71/03:00:00:00:00/40 tag 16 ncq dma 516096 out
Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel:         res 40/00:01:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)
Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel: ata3.00: status: { DRDY }
Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel: ata3.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel: ata3.00: cmd 61/48:88:88:a7:71/01:00:00:00:00/40 tag 17 ncq dma 167936 out
Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel:         res 40/00:01:01:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)
Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel: ata3.00: status: { DRDY }
Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel: ata3.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel: ata3.00: cmd 61/40:90:d0:a8:71/05:00:00:00:00/40 tag 18 ncq dma 688128 out
Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel:         res 40/00:01:01:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)
Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel: ata3.00: status: { DRDY }
Jun 13 04:32:02 HowardFile kernel: ata3: hard resetting link
Jun 13 04:32:03 HowardFile kernel: ata3: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 310)
Jun 13 04:32:03 HowardFile kernel: ata3: hard resetting link
Jun 13 04:32:08 HowardFile kernel: ata3: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
Jun 13 04:32:13 HowardFile kernel: ata3: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Jun 13 04:32:13 HowardFile kernel: ata3: hard resetting link
Jun 13 04:32:18 HowardFile kernel: ata3: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
Jun 13 04:32:23 HowardFile kernel: ata3: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Jun 13 04:32:23 HowardFile kernel: ata3: hard resetting link
Jun 13 04:32:28 HowardFile kernel: ata3: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
Jun 13 04:32:28 HowardFile kernel: ata3.00: configured for UDMA/33
Jun 13 04:32:28 HowardFile kernel: ata3: EH complete

howardfile-diagnostics-20250613-1438.zip

Edited June 13, 20251 yr by jgh0927
gettting banned notices when I post.

Start by replacing both cables, looks more like a power/connection issue.

I have an “older” thermaltake power supply, (SPD- 0600P) and used one of these (https://a.co/d/2Qkye2q) that I clipped the power to pin 3 on. That was about 18 months ago, but could that be a factor as well?

Edited June 15, 20251 yr by jgh0927
Psu edit

13 hours ago, jgh0927 said:

and used one of these

That can definitely be a problem, SATA plug should be split into two max, 12V line is limited to 4.5A, and that's just about enough for two disks.

Ok, I'll check into that. But at the moment it seems I may have a bigger problem....posting a new support request.

I think it was a power issue. I ended up replacing the power supply completely and no more issues!