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Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE)

From Paul <nospam@needed.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.os.linux
Subject Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE)
Date 2025-04-08 09:39 -0400
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On Tue, 4/8/2025 6:16 AM, Java Jive wrote:
> On 2025-04-08 07:09, J.O. Aho wrote:
>>
>> On 08/04/2025 02.34, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>
>>> All the issues I have with this box appear to be caused by the firmware of the box. None seem to be caused on the Linux side of things.
>>
>> The workaround seems to be to degrade to the old USB behavior on the Linux side or flash a new firmware and hope it works.
> 
> ... which IIRC Paul thinks should be reversible if it doesn't, or return the unit as unfit for purpose and try a different make and model in the hope it has better firmware, &/or contact the manufacturer of either the box or the chip to explain the firmware problems and suggest that it would be in their interest to fix them, and suggest further that he, Carlos, would be willing to beta-test any fixed firmware they are willing to provide.
> 

As I understand it, the flasher has a "record old BIOS function",
an "erase SPI chip", then power cycle the unit (a HDD must
be connected), and the "flash SPI chip" function can then
be used to flash the SPI.

If you did not like the result, you could flash in the backup
copy and return the unit to original condition.

The SPI chip is good for a large number of write attempts.
It's better quality than TLC for example. It should be NOR
flash, and not NAND flash. A handful of flash cycles won't
harm it. And while it has the "settings" storage for the
device (the NVRAM function), that's not going to receive
any changes (unless there existed a utility to do that).
The preferences are flashed in at the same time as the
flash main block. For example, one of your preferences
could be to turn off UAS, and to turn off aggressive
power saving (it will shut down the drive after ten seconds
of inactivity). There may be other ways in the passthru command
set, to spin down a drive.

But when your unit doesn't have a user manual, this must
all be my imagination :-)

   Paul

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Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-03 22:01 +0200
  Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-03 17:47 -0400
    Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-04 02:39 +0200
      Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-03 23:33 -0400
        Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-04 11:36 +0200
          Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-04 12:16 +0200
            Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-04 14:51 -0400
              Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-04 21:52 +0200
          Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-04-04 11:28 +0100
            Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-04 12:47 +0200
              Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-04-04 17:06 +0100
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                Re: Amazon (Was: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2025-04-04 21:26 +0200
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    Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-06 14:44 +0200
  Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-04-04 06:30 +0000
    Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-04 03:53 -0400
      Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-04 12:53 +0200
        Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-04 13:44 +0200
        Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-04 23:40 +0200
          Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-05 13:33 +0200
            Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-05 18:23 +0200
              Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-05 21:04 +0200
    Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-04 12:15 +0200
      Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-04 16:30 -0400
        Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-04 22:52 +0200
          Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-04 18:46 -0400
          Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-04-05 00:20 +0100
            Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-04 23:05 -0400
            Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-05 12:47 +0200
              Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-04-05 14:14 +0100
                Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-05 18:23 +0200
                Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-06 00:13 -0400
                Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) Simon <SimonJ@eu.invalid> - 2025-04-07 09:42 +0000
                Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-07 14:07 +0200
                Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2025-04-07 16:37 +0200
                Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-07 15:00 -0400
                Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-08 02:34 +0200
                Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-08 00:05 -0400
                Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2025-04-08 08:09 +0200
                Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-04-08 11:16 +0100
                Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-08 09:39 -0400
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