Hard Drive Caddy Reliability?

[rcrickmay]

I am having a problem consistently maintaining access to my hard drive within an HD Caddy.

• I just installed my new hard drive caddy to replace my cd/dvd rom drive.

• The Caddy is, DBPOWER SATA 2.5" / 9.5mm 2nd Hard Disk Drive Caddy Adapter.

• I installed the OLD HDD into the caddy (Seagate ST500LT012-1DG142).

• The OLD HDD was the original HD that the laptop came with.

• I replaced the OLD HDD with a KINGSTON SV300S37/A240G SSD.

• This SSD works without any issue.

• The old HDD worked without any issue.

• I plugged the old HDD into my desktop to test it out, and it works without issue (files can be transferred to and from it; it can be formatted (Quick and Normal); and partitions can be managed).

• When I put the OLD HDD into the caddy and boot up the laptop—no problems.

• When I try to format the OLD HDD in the laptop, it always fails before the format can finish.

• When I successfully format the OLD HDD in my desktop PC, and migrate it over to my Laptop, I cannot transfer files to it on my laptop, or create new folders, and etc.

• Now for a miracle.

• *Voodoo/Miracle* The OLD HDD works perfectly fine for a day or two in my laptop within the HD CADDY.

• Now it doesn’t work.

• When it doesn’t work the error I get when transferring files is, “Error 0x8007045D: the request could not be performed because of an I/O device error”

• I’m guessing it’s going to work on and off forever at this rate, but I don’t know why.

• It’s works today now.

• When the HDD is accessable within the caddy, the seek times are "exaggerated" to say the least.

Thank you.

HARDWARE LEGEND:
Old HDD: Seagate ST500LT012-1DG142
New SSD: KINGSTON SV300S37/A240G SSD
HD Caddy: DBPOWER SATA 2.5" / 9.5mm 2nd Hard Disk Drive Caddy Adapter
Laptop: Acer Aspire E15 Touch (E5-571P-59QA)

 

[Quad5Ny]

I'm assuming its a connection/interference problem, I would pick up a new adapter (from a different company).

Post your SMART log here, you can use the

 tag.  If there are a bunch of device-to-host or host-to-device errors, its almost definitely a connection problem.

[LIST=1]
[*]Download [URL]http://sourceforge.net/projects/smartmontools/files/smartmontools/6.3/smartmontools-6.3-1.win32-setup.exe/download[/URL]
[*]Extract with 7zip
[*]Keep smartctl.exe, Delete the rest
[*]Open a Elevated (Administrator) Command Prompt
[*]Run: [CODE]smartctl /dev/sda -a -x > \Users\Public\Desktop\SMART_Dump.txt

[/LIST]
Note: Your drive might be /dev/sdb instead of /dev/sda. Paste whichever one is the drive in question here.

 

[rcrickmay]

smartctl 6.3 2014-07-26 r3976 [x86_64-w64-mingw32-win8.1] (sf-6.3-1)
Copyright (C) 2002-14, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: SandForce Driven SSDs
Device Model: KINGSTON SV300S37A240G
Serial Number: 50026B724B0485EC
LU WWN Device Id: 5 0026b7 24b0485ec
Firmware Version: 580ABBF0
User Capacity: 240,057,409,536 bytes [240 GB]
Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
Rotation Rate: Solid State Device
Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is: ATA8-ACS, ACS-2 T13/2015-D revision 3
SATA Version is: SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is: Tue Feb 03 09:51:36 2015 PST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
AAM feature is: Unavailable
APM level is: 254 (maximum performance)
Rd look-ahead is: Unavailable
Write cache is: Enabled
ATA Security is: Disabled, frozen [SEC2]
Wt Cache Reorder: Unavailable

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity
was never started.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed
without error or no self-test has ever
been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: ( 0) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x7d) SMART execute Offline immediate.
No Auto Offline data collection support.
Abort Offline collection upon new
command.
Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
Conveyance Self-test supported.
Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
power-saving mode.
Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported.
General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 48) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x0025) SCT Status supported.
SCT Data Table supported.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAGS VALUE WORST THRESH FAIL RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate -O--CK 120 120 050 - 0/0
5 Retired_Block_Count PO--CK 100 100 003 - 0
9 Power_On_Hours_and_Msec -O--CK 100 100 000 - 118h+25m+51.160s
12 Power_Cycle_Count -O--CK 100 100 000 - 131
171 Program_Fail_Count -O-R-- 100 100 000 - 0
172 Erase_Fail_Count -O--CK 100 100 000 - 0
174 Unexpect_Power_Loss_Ct ----CK 000 000 000 - 11
177 Wear_Range_Delta ------ 000 000 000 - 0
181 Program_Fail_Count -O-R-- 100 100 000 - 0
182 Erase_Fail_Count -O--CK 100 100 000 - 0
187 Reported_Uncorrect -O--C- 100 100 000 - 0
189 Airflow_Temperature_Cel ------ 022 035 000 - 22 (Min/Max 15/35)
194 Temperature_Celsius -O---K 022 035 000 - 22 (Min/Max 15/35)
195 ECC_Uncorr_Error_Count --SRC- 120 120 000 - 0/0
196 Reallocated_Event_Count PO--CK 100 100 003 - 0
201 Unc_Soft_Read_Err_Rate --SRC- 120 120 000 - 0/0
204 Soft_ECC_Correct_Rate --SRC- 120 120 000 - 0/0
230 Life_Curve_Status PO--C- 100 100 000 - 100
231 SSD_Life_Left PO--C- 100 100 010 - 0
233 SandForce_Internal -O--CK 000 000 000 - 286
234 SandForce_Internal -O--CK 000 000 000 - 291
241 Lifetime_Writes_GiB -O--CK 000 000 000 - 291
242 Lifetime_Reads_GiB -O--CK 000 000 000 - 308
||||||_ K auto-keep
|||||__ C event count
||||___ R error rate
|||____ S speed/performance
||_____ O updated online
|______ P prefailure warning

General Purpose Log Directory Version 1
SMART Log Directory Version 1 [multi-sector log support]
Address Access R/W Size Description
0x00 GPL,SL R/O 1 Log Directory
0x04 GPL,SL R/O 16 Device Statistics log
0x06 SL R/O 1 SMART self-test log
0x07 GPL R/O 1 Extended self-test log
0x09 SL R/W 1 Selective self-test log
0x10 GPL R/O 1 NCQ Command Error log
0x11 GPL R/O 1 SATA Phy Event Counters
0x80-0x9f GPL,SL R/W 16 Host vendor specific log
0xb7 GPL,SL VS 16 Device vendor specific log
0xe0 GPL,SL R/W 1 SCT Command/Status
0xe1 GPL,SL R/W 1 SCT Data Transfer

SMART Extended Comprehensive Error Log (GP Log 0x03) not supported

SMART Error Log not supported

SMART Extended Self-test Log Version: 1 (1 sectors)
No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t]

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t]

SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
1 0 0 Not_testing
2 0 0 Not_testing
3 0 0 Not_testing
4 0 0 Not_testing
5 0 0 Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.

SCT Status Version: 3
SCT Version (vendor specific): 0 (0x0000)
SCT Support Level: 1
Device State: Active (0)
Current Temperature: 21 Celsius
Power Cycle Min/Max Temperature: 15/35 Celsius
Lifetime Min/Max Temperature: 15/71 Celsius
Under/Over Temperature Limit Count: 0/0

SCT Temperature History Version: 2
Temperature Sampling Period: 1 minute
Temperature Logging Interval: 10 minutes
Min/Max recommended Temperature: 0/70 Celsius
Min/Max Temperature Limit: 0/85 Celsius
Temperature History Size (Index): 478 (353)

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SCT Error Recovery Control command not supported

Device Statistics (GP Log 0x04)
Page Offset Size Value Description
1 ===== = = == General Statistics (rev 1) ==
1 0x008 4 131 Lifetime Power-On Resets
1 0x010 4 118 Power-on Hours
1 0x018 6 610768281 Logical Sectors Written
1 0x028 6 647554051 Logical Sectors Read
4 ===== = = == General Errors Statistics (rev 1) ==
4 0x008 4 0 Number of Reported Uncorrectable Errors
4 0x010 4 352 Resets Between Cmd Acceptance and Completion
5 ===== = = == Temperature Statistics (rev 1) ==
5 0x008 1 22 Current Temperature
5 0x010 1 27 Average Short Term Temperature
5 0x018 1 - Average Long Term Temperature
5 0x020 1 67 Highest Temperature
5 0x028 1 18 Lowest Temperature
5 0x030 1 31 Highest Average Short Term Temperature
5 0x038 1 26 Lowest Average Short Term Temperature
5 0x040 1 - Highest Average Long Term Temperature
5 0x048 1 - Lowest Average Long Term Temperature
5 0x050 4 0 Time in Over-Temperature
5 0x058 1 70 Specified Maximum Operating Temperature
5 0x060 4 0 Time in Under-Temperature
5 0x068 1 0 Specified Minimum Operating Temperature
6 ===== = = == Transport Statistics (rev 1) ==
6 0x008 4 0 Number of Hardware Resets
6 0x010 4 453 Number of ASR Events
6 0x018 4 358 Number of Interface CRC Errors
7 ===== = = == Solid State Device Statistics (rev 1) ==
7 0x008 1 0 Percentage Used Endurance Indicator

SATA Phy Event Counters (GP Log 0x11)
ID Size Value Description
0x0001 2 0 Command failed due to ICRC error
0x0003 2 0 R_ERR response for device-to-host data FIS
0x0004 2 0 R_ERR response for host-to-device data FIS
0x0006 2 0 R_ERR response for device-to-host non-data FIS
0x0007 2 0 R_ERR response for host-to-device non-data FIS
0x0008 2 0 Device-to-host non-data FIS retries
0x0009 2 7 Transition from drive PhyRdy to drive PhyNRdy
0x000a 2 7 Device-to-host register FISes sent due to a COMRESET
0x000f 2 0 R_ERR response for host-to-device data FIS, CRC
0x0010 2 0 R_ERR response for host-to-device data FIS, non-CRC
0x0012 2 0 R_ERR response for host-to-device non-data FIS, CRC
0x0013 2 0 R_ERR response for host-to-device non-data FIS, non-CRC
0x0002 2 0 R_ERR response for data FIS
0x0005 2 0 R_ERR response for non-data FIS
0x000b 2 0 CRC errors within host-to-device FIS
0x000d 2 0 Non-CRC errors within host-to-device FIS

 

[dave_the_nerd]

That's your SSD - you need the HD, probably "/dev/sdb."

But I'd just replace the caddy. They're not expensive, and it's obviously causing issues. I used one in my last laptop for several years with no hiccoughs. (I think it was even the same brand/model you have there.)

Defective stuff happens.

 

[rcrickmay]

I think I'll just have to replace then, I've spent more man hours on the caddy than the price of a new one. Analysis paralysis...

Thanks again!

Here's 'sdb' info;

smartctl 6.3 2014-07-26 r3976 [x86_64-w64-mingw32-win8.1] (sf-6.3-1)
Copyright (C) 2002-14, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

Read Device Identity failed: Input/output error

A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or more '-T permissive' options.