Re: troubleshoot disk problems / libata error messages

[scar <scar-47zfDnpWZoPQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>]

Gene Heskett @ 06/15/2013 01:42 AM:
> On Saturday 15 June 2013 04:08:13 scar did opine:
>> i've been having HDD issues lately, and the issues have persisted across
>> two different disks and two different SATA ports on the motherboard
>>
> That hot red plastic die used to color MOST sata cables is a time bomb.  
> That particular red die causes the copper in the cables to embrittle and 
> connectivity goes away, like its some sort of acid.  
> 
> Ditch the hot red colored cables.  They are a time bomb that WILL go off, 
> sooner rather than later.  

thank you Gene for this insightful input.  all five of my internal disks
use these red cables! ;~;  i will check local hardware store for
alternatives.  BTW i finally got the ata3 errors, the other SError was
Handshk[1].

1. http://pastie.org/private/txwmbwyuot2sebmlrigp9g


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