At this point, I’m not sure if my SSD is dying, or if I have other issues. At first I started getting the ata COMRESET failed (error =-16) on boot, but the computer would boot and run fine, with the exception of it hanging every once in a while.
I thought the reason of the error was because of a checksum not matching due to a bad download (as it turns out Kubuntu uses SHA256 rather than MD5 for checksum) and downloaded Kubuntu 16.04.2 again.
Before reinstalling I went and installed Windows (forgive me Stallman) and used it to update the firmware of the SSD -Since the manufacturer didn’t and won’t provide an updater for Linux, and Windows didn’t report any issues with the drive as I checked it several times, and did so with the update tool (that is also a check tool), which says that the SSD is clean.
I didn’t want to update the bios as it might brick my computer if I do it wrong.
The disk is running fine and there is no data loss, and the only indicator of trouble is the message displayed sometimes when I boot, and when I booted from a live disk this is a part of what I got before booting into live mode.
[ 7.332980] ata3: link is slow to respond, please be patient
(ready=0) [ 11.877170] ata3: COMRESET failed (errno=-16). [
17.237292] ata3: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0) [ 21.934657] ata3: COMRESET failed
(errno=-16). [
27.294779] ata3: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0) Limiting link speed to 1.5 GB
I checked it using Parted Magic and this is the log I got, it passed all the tests and the S.M.A.R.T says it’s healthy (and so did the manufacturer tool).
smartctl 5.43 2012-06-30 r3573 [i686-linux-3.10.4-pmagic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-12 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model: SPCC Solid State Disk
Serial Number: F4C3075B14D000003262
Firmware Version: S9FM02.8
User Capacity: 120,034,123,776 bytes [120 GB]
Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is: 8
ATA Standard is: ACS-3 (revision not indicated)
Local Time is: Fri Apr 21 10:43:21 2017 UTC
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
=== 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: ( 30) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
Suspend 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: ( 2) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 3341
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 1455
168 Unknown_Attribute 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
170 Unknown_Attribute 0x0013 100 100 010 Pre-fail Always - 25
173 Unknown_Attribute 0x0000 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 50135087
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 51
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0023 070 070 000 Pre-fail Always - 30
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0000 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0
218 Unknown_Attribute 0x0000 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 8428
241 Total_LBAs_Written 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 2691971
SMART Error Log Version: 1
ATA Error Count: 217 (device log contains only the most recent five errors)
CR = Command Register [HEX]
FR = Features Register [HEX]
SC = Sector Count Register [HEX]
SN = Sector Number Register [HEX]
CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX]
CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX]
DH = Device/Head Register [HEX]
DC = Device Command Register [HEX]
ER = Error register [HEX]
ST = Status register [HEX]
Powered_Up_Time is measured from power on, and printed as
DDd+hh:mm:SS.sss where DD=days, hh=hours, mm=minutes,
SS=sec, and sss=millisec. It "wraps" after 49.710 days.
Error 217 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 0 hours (0 days + 0 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
84 51 00 10 47 68 e0 Error: ICRC, ABRT at LBA = 0x00684710 = 6833936
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
ca 00 00 10 47 68 e0 00 00:02:23.733 WRITE DMA
ca 00 00 10 46 68 e0 00 00:02:23.732 WRITE DMA
ca 00 00 10 45 68 e0 00 00:02:23.731 WRITE DMA
ca 00 00 10 44 68 e0 00 00:02:23.730 WRITE DMA
ca 00 00 10 43 68 e0 00 00:02:23.729 WRITE DMA
Error 216 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 0 hours (0 days + 0 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
84 51 00 10 23 68 e0 Error: ICRC, ABRT at LBA = 0x00682310 = 6824720
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
ca 00 00 10 23 68 e0 00 00:02:18.108 WRITE DMA
ca 00 00 10 22 68 e0 00 00:02:18.108 WRITE DMA
ca 00 00 10 21 68 e0 00 00:02:18.107 WRITE DMA
ca 00 00 10 20 68 e0 00 00:02:18.106 WRITE DMA
ca 00 00 10 1f 68 e0 00 00:02:18.105 WRITE DMA
Error 215 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 0 hours (0 days + 0 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
84 51 00 f8 15 68 e0 Error: ABRT at LBA = 0x006815f8 = 6821368
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
c5 00 00 f8 15 68 e0 00 00:02:13.687 WRITE MULTIPLE
c5 00 00 f8 14 68 e0 00 00:02:13.661 WRITE MULTIPLE
ca 00 18 f8 17 68 e0 00 00:02:13.661 WRITE DMA
ca 00 00 f8 16 68 e0 00 00:02:13.660 WRITE DMA
ca 00 00 f8 15 68 e0 00 00:02:13.656 WRITE DMA
Error 214 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 0 hours (0 days + 0 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
84 51 00 f8 14 68 e0 Error: ABRT at LBA = 0x006814f8 = 6821112
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
c5 00 00 f8 14 68 e0 00 00:02:13.661 WRITE MULTIPLE
ca 00 18 f8 17 68 e0 00 00:02:13.661 WRITE DMA
ca 00 00 f8 16 68 e0 00 00:02:13.660 WRITE DMA
ca 00 00 f8 15 68 e0 00 00:02:13.656 WRITE DMA
ca 00 00 f8 14 68 e0 00 00:02:13.651 WRITE DMA
Error 213 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 0 hours (0 days + 0 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
84 51 00 f8 15 68 e0 Error: ICRC, ABRT at LBA = 0x006815f8 = 6821368
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
ca 00 00 f8 15 68 e0 00 00:02:13.656 WRITE DMA
ca 00 00 f8 14 68 e0 00 00:02:13.651 WRITE DMA
c8 00 09 20 6a c8 e0 00 00:02:13.633 READ DMA
c8 00 07 28 16 03 e1 00 00:02:13.630 READ DMA
06 01 01 00 00 00 e0 00 00:02:13.614 [RESERVED]
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Conveyance offline Completed without error 00% 3341 -
# 2 Short offline Completed without error 00% 3341 -
# 3 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 3149 -
# 4 Conveyance offline Completed without error 00% 3148 -
# 5 Short offline Completed without error 00% 3148 -
# 6 Short offline Completed without error 00% 2197 -
# 7 Conveyance offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
# 8 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
# 9 Short offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
Note: selective self-test log revision number (0) not 1 implies that no selective self-test has ever been run
SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 0
Note: revision number not 1 implies that no selective self-test has ever been run
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.
When I used another disk and booted from live disk it didn’t display the messages.
Is my SSD dying? I had it for almost a a year now. I’m too afraid of using my computer, and want to make sure that the disk is either OK and usable or dead and needs to be replaced.
In all cases I don't use this disk for data storage as it's a small drive (only 111 GB) and I only got it to make the computer boot faster and to run programs faster.
P.S: I don't have any customizations or special software installed.
P.S.S: Used to have the recovering journal issue, gone now.
So far the disk seems to be working and the error count is at 217. Could it have been the corrupted ISO that I downloaded which started super slow and then I had to tweak it to run faster?
What I did is installing an SSD firmware update under windows (due to lack of software by manufacturer) and then installed a fresh install of Kubuntu 16.04.2
So I'm marking this as solved until further notice.
My question about slow boot and tweaks to fix:
Kubuntu 16.04.1 boots slowly
My question about SSD errors and possible fixes:
Kubuntu 16.04.2 freezes, error message is ata1:COMRESET failed (errno=-16)