SATA Handshake Errors

[mathurnitin]

Does anybody know, why do handshake errors occur ?
What I understand from the spec is, handshake errors occur when one or more R_ERRP handshake response are received in response to frame transmission.
Such errors may be the result of a CRC error detected by the recipient, a disparity or 10b/8b decoding error, or other error condition leading to a negative handshake on a transmitted frame.

My question is specifically targeted for, do the handshake errors occur when the SATA cable is faulty or similar scenario.
My problem is, i am getting a handshake error only under some conditions always at the same place (kind of reproducible)... anybody has any clues regarding this

 

[Elixer]

You got nothing to lose by trying a new cable.
If that fails, try a new port.
If that fails, then try another machine.
If that fails as well, then you found the problem.

 

[mathurnitin]

I tried the first 3 solutions, & perhaps that is the reason why results are reproducible