Hi

 

My cubie2 with a 2.5" HDD has 

exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x80000 SErr 0x90300 action 0xe frozen
[182296.803589] ata1.00: irq_stat 0x08400000, interface fatal error, PHY RDY changed
[182296.803605] ata1: SError: { UnrecovData Persist PHYRdyChg 10B8B }
[182296.803624] ata1.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED

errors sometimes, which causes shutdown, spin up for HDD, with a big click sound, and it's not good for it.

 

So i would try if it happens when the sata link is set to slower. But how can i do that?

On 13.05.2017 г. at 3:57 PM, disconnect said:

errors sometimes, which causes shutdown, spin up for HDD, with a big click sound

I think you should check your HDD power supply and sata cable first.

The power supply is the cubieboard2 itselft, with the included 5v+ sata cable.

I think it's obvious you have power supply issues. I saw this 5v+ sata cable. Don't know how the board deliver this 5V for external HDD, if this port is directly connected to board power connector, then you have to use more powerful adapter (at least real 2A, better 3A). If it's through some PMU, better use external power supply for HDD.