Possible ATA errors with kernel 6.12 on Asus K50IN

[pacoman]

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Asunto: Posibles errores ATA con kernel 6.12 en Asus K50IN

Mensaje resumido:

Hola equipo de Manjaro,

He instalado Manjaro Cinnamon 6.12.44-3 (kernel 6.12.44-3-MANJARO, Cinnamon 6.4.10) en un Asus K50IN y el sistema funciona correctamente, estable y usable, pero he detectado algunos errores ATA en dmesg:

Hardware:

CPU: Pentium Dual-Core T4300 @ 2.10GHz

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce G102M

Chipset / SATA: NVIDIA MCP79 AHCI (BIOS configurada en AHCI)

Errores detectados:

ATA bus errors en el puerto sata1: interface fatal error y SError: { Handshk }.

Errores de firmware Nouveau (NVIDIA), sin impacto en el funcionamiento general.

Lo que hemos descartado:

Cable SATA: no, disco interno funciona.

Puerto SATA: no, funciona con otro disco y Windows.

AHCI/IDE en BIOS: correcto (AHCI).

Posibles causas:

Compatibilidad del kernel 6.12 con chipset NVIDIA MCP79.

Controlador libata o AHCI en el kernel.

Observaciones:

El sistema funciona bien a pesar de estos errores.

Soluciones temporales conocidas: usar kernel LTS (6.6) o añadir libata.force=1:noncq en GRUB.

Quisiera saber si este comportamiento es esperado y si hay recomendaciones para evitar estos errores en kernels recientes con este hardware.

Gracias de antemano por vuestra ayuda.

Un saludo,
F.J.M.

Subject: Possible ATA errors with kernel 6.12 on Asus K50IN

Hello Manjaro team,

I installed Manjaro Cinnamon 6.12.44-3 (kernel 6.12.44-3-MANJARO, Cinnamon 6.4.10) on an Asus K50IN. The system works fine, stable and usable, but I noticed some ATA errors in dmesg:

Hardware:

CPU: Pentium Dual-Core T4300 @ 2.10GHz

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce G102M

SATA controller: NVIDIA MCP79 AHCI (BIOS set to AHCI)

Detected errors:

ATA bus errors on port sata1: interface fatal error and SError: { Handshk }

Nouveau firmware errors (NVIDIA), no impact on normal operation

What we have ruled out:

SATA cable: no, internal disk is fine

SATA port: no, works with another disk and Windows

AHCI/IDE in BIOS: correct (AHCI)

Possible causes:

Kernel 6.12 compatibility with NVIDIA MCP79 chipset

Kernel AHCI / libata driver

Observations:

System runs well despite these errors

Known temporary workarounds: use LTS kernel (6.6) or add libata.force=1:noncq in GRUB

I would like to know if this behavior is expected and if there are recommendations to avoid these errors on recent kernels with this hardware.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Best regards,
F.J.M.

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ATA bus errors on port sata1: interface fatal error and SError: { Handshk }

sata1: interface fatal error typically indicates a transmission error of some kind - either in the cabling, the connectors (on the mainboard or the disk/device) or a failing controller.

To rule out the disk as the culprit you could swap it out for another, and monitor whether or not the errors return.

Try re-seating your cables and see if that makes any noticeable difference; if not, consider replacing them completely.

It’s also possible that a SATA connector is damaged, or loose-fitting, in which case moving the disk to another SATA port might produce favourable results.

Check for all these scenarios.

Regards.

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