YKhan wrote:
On Sep 18, 1:57?am, Franc Zabkar wrote:
I agree. There seems to be no plausible causal relationship between a
faulty data cable and a spin retry issue. It would be a bit like
blaming a flat tyre on a flat battery.

There is one possibility that might explain it that I've been thinking
of recently. When the drive was connected via IDE, it was one of the
first drives detected by the BIOS, whereas now that it's connected via
SATA it's one of the last drives. It's perhaps possible that the
additional resting time in between gives it more time to get ready for
the BIOS when the detection procedure comes around to it.

Actually that makes sense. Or that it just has more time to spin-up
before it is detected and needs to answer commands.

Arno