Hard Drive Error : ata3.00: status: { DRDY ERR }

[hobong]

Hi all
I have problem with my System the log always spam with these messages :

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68489.756311] ata3.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
[68489.756314] ata3.00: error: { UNC }
[68489.951583] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133
[68489.951604] ata3: EH complete
[68492.671124] ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
[68492.671133] ata3.00: BMDMA stat 0x24
[68492.671140] ata3.00: cmd c8/00:08:55:e8:8d/00:00:00:00:00/e2 tag 0 dma 4096 in
[68492.671142]          res 51/40:00:56:e8:8d/00:00:00:00:00/02 Emask 0x9 (media error)
[68492.671145] ata3.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
[68492.671148] ata3.00: error: { UNC }
[68492.899657] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133
[68492.899678] ata3: EH complete
[68495.610841] ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
[68495.610851] ata3.00: BMDMA stat 0x24
[68495.610857] ata3.00: cmd c8/00:08:55:e8:8d/00:00:00:00:00/e2 tag 0 dma 4096 in
[68495.610859]          res 51/40:00:56:e8:8d/00:00:00:00:00/02 Emask 0x9 (media error)
[68495.610863] ata3.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
[68495.610865] ata3.00: error: { UNC }
[68495.799599] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133
[68495.799620] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE,SUGGEST_OK
[68495.799626] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Sense Key : Medium Error [current] [descriptor]
[68495.799631] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
[68495.799633]         72 03 11 04 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00 
[68495.799643]         02 8d e8 56 
[68495.799647] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error - auto reallocate failed
[68495.799653] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 42854486
[68495.799675] ata3: EH complete
[68495.800096] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] 625142448 512-byte hardware sectors (320073 MB)
[68495.817023] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[68495.817030] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[68495.819042] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[68495.826120] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] 625142448 512-byte hardware sectors (320073 MB)
.....

I Have just replace the Hard Drive but the messages are still spaming my system. Any one could please help me ? I also attach the log from dmesg command output.

Thank You

U'm using Ubuntu 8.10 II
Proc 3.1 Ghz
Hard Drive 320 GB
Mem 2 GB

It's Kernel bug on ata acpi
Put "options libata noacpi=1" on /etc/modprobe.d/options
solved the problem

[reya276]

I'm also having the same issue with my xps m1330 from dell the same exact error. I even tried installing Intrepid. The funny thing is that the OS install just fine is at boot time that the error occurs, which leaves me to believe that it might be a faulty drive, but now how the hell do I tell dell you hardware is faulty when I removed the OS(hardy 8.04) that it came with. OH BOY.

You know my laptop was working just fine last night, this happen right after new updates were installed. Do they not test these updates?

[RJARRRPCGP]

Still could be a bad HDD and you could have a bad cable connection, if any cables have any obstruction even microscopic, prepare for disk errors galore!

[hobong]

In my case I suspect to cable or even the mainboard but i'm not sure. I have replace the harddrive and cable too ...

[reya276]

I don't think this is the case for me as I was working on this laptop minutes before this happen. I had an update prompt through update manager, the system updated. The I decided to step out and take the laptop with me so I shut it down. When I arrive to my destination which was like maybe 10 minutes I started up again and bam, no system. all I kept getting was this error so I took my Live CD of 8.10 and ran it installed it.

After it installed I logged in and the system prompted for some updates and the system asked me to reboot when it started again the same error again. Now the differences is that it ends like this

[ 59.517457] ata3.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
[ 59.517504] ata3.00: error: { UNC }
[ 59.702599] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 106645428
/etc/init.d/rc: 327: Syntax error: end of file expected code flow.
init: rc2 main process (2237) terminated with status 2

[RJARRRPCGP]

[ 59.517457] ata3.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
[ 59.517504] ata3.00: error: { UNC }

Looks like a bad HDD.

[josuelopes]

It's Kernel bug on ata acpi
Put "options libata noacpi=1" on /etc/modprobe.d/options
solved the problem

I have the same problem and its annoying please tell me what do i have to input in the terminal (the exact words) to solve thi thing? I dont know if it matters but i tried to find the "options" file with command ls and it doesn't find it...

[overdrank]

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