cross-posted from: https://swg-empire.de/post/4845931

I’ve had multiple reads fail on a fairly new drive.

I did a smartctl -t long /dev/sdb but after checking back a few minutes later smartctl -a /dev/sdb showed that no tests were running and that the previous test had “the read element of the test failed”.

I did smartctl -t offline /dev/sdb next and after that was done smartctl -x /dev/sdb showed about 1500 errors but it also reported SMART as PASSED.

Here is the output of smartctl -x /dev/sdb: https://pastebin.com/09rNZZfD

How should I interpret these results? Was my assumption that the long test was done wrong? Should I replace the drive? Or might something else be wrong, like the SATA connection?

  • DigitalDilemma@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    try changing the SATA cable.

    This is actually a good point. I had this exact issue quite recently and overlooked it at first, even throwing away a drive and replacing it for the exact same error to re-appear with a second one.

    Quick and easy to do, good suggestion.