Hi. On Sun, Sep 20, 2020 at 08:53:20PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: > > Second, > > > > SATA Phy Event Counters (GP Log 0x11) > > ID Size Value Description > > 0x000a 2 2 Device-to-host register FISes sent due to a COMRESET > > 0x0001 2 0 Command failed due to ICRC error 0 > > > > [1] helpfully states: > > > > CRC error during data transfer > > This is indicated by ICRC bit in the ERROR register and means that > > corruption occurred during data transfer. Up to ATA/ATAPI-7, the > > standard specifies that this bit is only applicable to UDMA transfers > > but ATA/ATAPI-8 draft revision 1f says that the bit may be applicable to > > multiword DMA and PIO. > > > > > > So, it's either a damaged SATA cable, or a damaged SATA port on a > > motherboard. > > Without specialized test equipment, about all I can do is buy surplus > hardware and apply a process of elimination.
I'd do the same, starting with SATA cable (the cheapest part of the equation). Reco
