[conspire] 3rd Master Hard Disk Error

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Steve M Bibayoff (bibayoff at gmail.com):

> In my experience, this is usually either a sata controller issue, or a
> problem with the circuit board on the HD itself (the platters would
> report fine with whatever test you run).

It's a very good point that the error reported could be caused by HBA
circuitry problems.  As before, logical thinking helps, e.g., after the
testing I recommended upthread one _thinks_ the problem has been
isolated to a specific hard drive -- but it's cheap insurance to then
cross-check to ensure that the cause isn't a cable or HBA defect, i.e.,
reconnect that drive to a different cable and HBA.  Does the problem
move with the drive?  If yes, it's the drive.  If no, it's the HBA or
cable.