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21.09.2016 - If you run into HDD kerfuffle, check optical drives!⚓

Every once in a while a pc of mine freezed in a time span from instant up to 2 hours after booting. But if it not failed after booting, it could run for months non-stop without any issues.
Kernel log said:
kernel: [ 90.085962] ata1: exception Emask 0x50 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x4090800 action 0xe frozen kernel: [ 90.085965] ata1: irq_stat 0x00400040, connection status changed kernel: [ 90.085966] ata1: SError: { HostInt PHYRdyChg 10B8B DevExch } kernel: [ 90.085969] ata1: hard resetting link kernel: [ 90.085976] ata2: exception Emask 0x50 SAct 0x0 SErr kernel: [ 90.085978] ata2: irq_stat 0x00400040, connection status changed kernel: [ 90.085980] ata2: SError: { HostInt PHYRdyChg 10B8B DevExch } kernel: [ 90.085983] ata2: hard resetting link kernel: [ 90.085999] ata4: exception Emask 0x50 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x4090800 action 0xe frozen kernel: [ 90.086000] ata4: irq_stat 0x00400040, connection status changed kernel: [ 90.086001] ata4: SError: { HostInt PHYRdyChg 10B8B DevExch } kernel: [ 90.086003] ata4: hard resetting link Changed the HDD, switched kernels, disabled NCQ (libata.force=noncq), forced the BIOS to use IDE mode for all the devices: Failish behavior just slowed down/became more sporadic. At the end I just unplugged the barely used optical drive and ta da: Everything was finy fine. So the optical drive made the other (hard) drives fail for some reason what so ever even without being actively used. It just was there and did evil.
Do something with computers, they said. They're not unlogical like humans, they said. >:(

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