> It is 100% a faulty disk, and 0% a cable problem.
It's indeed not a problem with the SATA connection. And it is almost
assuredly a disk problem. But FWIW it can also be a problem with the
power supply (speaking from experience, where such problems were
recurring for multiple drives on a specific (Orange-Pi-mini) machine,
depending on the load on the machine, the ambient temperature, ...).
Stefan