HDDSCAN results, please advise

fzabkar

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ISTM that the SATA downshift errors are the result of the drives switching to 3Gbps from 6Gbps, or to 1Gbps from 3Gbps.

Seagate SMART Attribute Specification:
http://t1.daumcdn.net/brunch/service/user/axm/file/zRYOdwPu3OMoKYmBOby1fEEQEbU.pdf

Normal SATA SMART Attribute Behavior (Seagate):
http://t1.daumcdn.net/brunch/service/user/axm/file/Vw3RJSZllYbDc86ssL6bofiL4r0.pdf

As for the SSD, the SMART attributes appear to be OK. HDDScan doesn't appear to understand how to interpret them correctly.

This Kingston document explains the meanings of the attributes:

http://media.kingston.com/support/downloads/MKP_306_SMART_attribute.pdf