Sata downshift count

[myklcz]

Hi, I'm using several SATA III drives (both WD and Seagate) on Intel SATA II controller, work fine but S.M.A.R.T. parameter "SATA Downshift count" increases each time I cycle power or reset computer. Guess this is because downshift to 3Gb/s speed forced by Intel ESB2 SATA controller. Are you experiencing same behaviour on similar setup? Is there anything I can do to prevent this (except replacing the controller/drives that I don't want to). Thank you in advance.

 

[drtweak]

Western Digital, Samsung or Seagate attribute: Total number of data blocks with detected, uncorrectable errors encountered during normal operation.

that is what it is. Not exactly what that is though. I'll see what else i can find. Here is a list of all the codes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T.

 

[drtweak]

Can't find much on it, but from what I can find is that if it keeps going up you may have a failing hard drive.

 

[myklcz]

Thank you for your effort but please do not answer unless you have something to say 😉 This parameter has almost nothing to do with physical drive condition...