On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 10:44 PM, Mark Hanchey wrot= e: > It is really brand and model specific as to how it handles both SMART > and recording of errors. I have seen some drives that will automatically > log it when a rw error occurs while others will only do it when you > instruct the drive to perform the SMART self test. I had a drive > appear to fail two days ago, bios said rw error on boot. Removed the > drive, put it in another pc and ran the SMART long test and nothing bad > found, but the drive listed multiple CRC endpoint errors. Endpoint > errors occur when the interface to the pc is bad, I knew right away what > it was, the SATA cable. I despise SATA cables because they don't really > keep a solid grip on the connection and like I thought my cables socket > was cracked, drive now works fine but SMART recorded those CRC errors so > it still test bad while the drive is fine. Now windows keeps popping up > the warning, drive is about to fail, back up data, so I had to silence > the alert. > Yeah, I really hate the SATA cables. I need to find one with a good connection. Apparently, they're only rated for 50 insertions/removals. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .