USB Hard Drive problems
Hi,
I recently purchased a factory recertified Fantom Drives 120 GB USB
drive. I have just begun to use it, and I'm experiencing major
headaches. Every now and then (I don't see a triggering condition or
chronological pattern, but I see the problem several times a day) the
drive goes offline. Sometimes remounting fixes it, but at least twice
(including the period after the second incident seen below in the log)
it required power cycling. One of those times its status light went
red; usually it stays its normal blue, including during and after the
second incident below. I don't know much about HDDs; I'm including
copious syslog extracts from the last couple of failures.
Is this a hardware problem? Is there anything I can do?
Aug 28 21:29:37 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
Aug 28 21:29:37 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: device descriptor read/64, error -71
Aug 28 21:29:38 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: device descriptor read/64, error -71
Aug 28 21:29:38 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
Aug 28 21:29:38 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: device descriptor read/64, error -71
Aug 28 21:29:38 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: device descriptor read/64, error -71
Aug 28 21:29:38 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
Aug 28 21:29:39 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: device not accepting address 3, error -71
Aug 28 21:29:39 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
Aug 28 21:29:39 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: device not accepting address 3, error -71
Aug 28 21:29:39 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: USB disconnect, address 3
Aug 28 21:29:39 lizzie kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Result: hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK,SUGGEST_OK
Aug 28 21:29:39 lizzie kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 124256335
Aug 28 21:29:39 lizzie kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 15532034
Aug 28 21:29:39 lizzie kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda1
Aug 28 21:29:39 lizzie kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Result: hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK,SUGGEST_OK
Aug 28 21:29:39 lizzie kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 8279
Aug 28 21:29:39 lizzie kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 1027
Aug 28 21:29:39 lizzie kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda1
Aug 28 21:29:39 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
Aug 28 21:29:40 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: device descriptor read/64, error -71
Aug 28 21:29:40 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: device descriptor read/64, error -71
Aug 28 21:29:40 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
Aug 28 21:29:40 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: device descriptor read/64, error -71
Aug 28 21:29:40 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: device descriptor read/64, error -71
Aug 28 21:29:40 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
Aug 28 21:29:41 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: device not accepting address 6, error -71
Aug 28 21:29:41 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
Aug 28 21:29:41 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: device not accepting address 7, error -71
Aug 28 21:30:26 lizzie kernel: scsi 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device
Aug 28 21:30:26 lizzie kernel: scsi 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device
Aug 28 21:30:26 lizzie kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda1): ext3_get_inode_loc: unable to read inode block - inode=7766021, block=15532034
Aug 28 21:30:26 lizzie kernel: scsi 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device
Aug 28 21:30:26 lizzie kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 0
Aug 28 21:30:26 lizzie kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda1
Aug 28 21:30:26 lizzie kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda1) in ext3_reserve_inode_write: IO failure
Aug 28 21:30:26 lizzie kernel: scsi 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device
Aug 28 21:30:26 lizzie kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 0
Aug 28 21:30:26 lizzie kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda1
Aug 28 21:30:26 lizzie kernel: scsi 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device
Aug 28 21:30:26 lizzie last message repeated 5 times
Aug 28 21:30:26 lizzie kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda1): ext3_find_entry: reading directory #7766021 offset 0
Aug 28 21:30:26 lizzie kernel: scsi 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device
Aug 28 21:30:26 lizzie kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 0
Aug 28 21:30:26 lizzie kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda1
Aug 28 21:30:26 lizzie kernel: scsi 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device
Aug 28 21:30:32 lizzie last message repeated 2 times
Aug 28 21:30:32 lizzie kernel: journal_bmap: journal block not found at offset 14926 on sda1
Aug 28 21:30:32 lizzie kernel: Aborting journal on device sda1.
Aug 28 21:30:32 lizzie kernel: scsi 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device
Aug 28 21:30:32 lizzie kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 1545
Aug 28 21:30:32 lizzie kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda1
Aug 28 21:30:44 lizzie kernel: scsi 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device
Aug 28 21:30:44 lizzie kernel: ext3_abort called.
Aug 28 21:30:44 lizzie kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda1): ext3_journal_start_sb: Detected aborted journal
Aug 28 21:30:44 lizzie kernel: Remounting filesystem read-only
Aug 28 21:30:47 lizzie kernel: scsi 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device
Aug 28 21:30:52 lizzie last message repeated 3 times
Aug 28 21:32:33 lizzie kernel: scsi 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device
Aug 28 21:32:40 lizzie last message repeated 2 times
Aug 28 21:32:40 lizzie kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 1545
Aug 28 21:32:40 lizzie kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda1
[snip]
Aug 28 22:38:47 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
Aug 28 22:38:47 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: device descriptor read/64, error -71
Aug 28 22:38:47 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: device descriptor read/64, error -71
Aug 28 22:38:47 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
Aug 28 22:38:47 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: device descriptor read/64, error -71
Aug 28 22:38:48 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: device descriptor read/64, error -71
Aug 28 22:38:48 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
Aug 28 22:38:48 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: device not accepting address 8, error -71
Aug 28 22:38:48 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: device not accepting address 8, error -71
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: USB disconnect, address 8
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: scsi: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Result: hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK,SUGGEST_OK
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 63007
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 7871
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda1
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: Aborting journal on device sda1.
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda1) in ext3_reserve_inode_write: Journal has aborted
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 0
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda1
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda1) in ext3_dirty_inode: Journal has aborted
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: journal commit I/O error
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 1027
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda1
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 14254082
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda1
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 15532034
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda1
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: scsi 1:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 0
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda1
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: scsi 1:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda1): ext3_find_entry: reading directory #2 offset 0
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: scsi 1:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 0
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda1
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: scsi 1:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda1): ext3_find_entry: reading directory #2 offset 0
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: scsi 1:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 0
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda1
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: scsi 1:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda1): ext3_find_entry: reading directory #2 offset 0
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: scsi 1:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 0
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda1
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: ext3_abort called.
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda1): ext3_journal_start_sb: Detected aborted journal
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: Remounting filesystem read-only
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: device descriptor read/64, error -71
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: device descriptor read/64, error -71
Aug 28 22:38:49 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 10
Aug 28 22:38:50 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: device descriptor read/64, error -71
Aug 28 22:38:50 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: device descriptor read/64, error -71
Aug 28 22:38:50 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 11
Aug 28 22:38:50 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: device not accepting address 11, error -71
Aug 28 22:38:50 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 12
Aug 28 22:38:51 lizzie kernel: usb 5-7: device not accepting address 12, error -71
[snip]
Aug 28 22:39:27 lizzie kernel: scsi 1:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device
Aug 28 22:39:50 lizzie last message repeated 4 times
Aug 28 22:51:19 lizzie -- MARK --
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