Discussion What does “SMART ATA Error Log Structure error: invalid SMART checksum.” mean?

Manuel Jordan · Jun 9, 2024

Hello

I have a situation about the SSD reported at:

* After apt upgrade - Failed to start VirtualBox Linux Kernel - I/O error, dev sda

I did do a research in the web and is suggested work with the smartctl command and GSMartControl GUI

First the SSD partitions for a better understanding

/dev/sda1

/dev/sda2

As follows the reports:

sudo smartctl -H /dev/sda1

Bash:

sudo smartctl -H /dev/sda1
smartctl 7.2 2020-12-30 r5155 [x86_64-linux-6.5.0-35-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-20, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org


=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

sudo smartctl -H /dev/sda2

Bash:

sudo smartctl -H /dev/sda2
smartctl 7.2 2020-12-30 r5155 [x86_64-linux-6.5.0-35-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-20, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

So far all seem fine

sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda1

Bash:

sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda1
smartctl 7.2 2020-12-30 r5155 [x86_64-linux-6.5.0-35-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-20, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     WD Blue SA510 2.5 1000GB
Serial Number:    22196N807187
LU WWN Device Id: 5 001b44 8b08f5266
Firmware Version: 52008100
User Capacity:    1,000,204,886,016 bytes [1.00 TB]
Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical
Rotation Rate:    Solid State Device
Form Factor:      2.5 inches
TRIM Command:     Available, deterministic
Device is:        Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is:   ACS-4, ACS-2 T13/2015-D revision 3
SATA Version is:  SATA 3.2, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is:    Sun Jun  9 10:45:21 2024 -05
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x00)    Offline data collection activity
                    was never started.
                    Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status:      (   0)    The previous self-test routine completed
                    without error or no self-test has ever 
                    been run.
Total time to complete Offline 
data collection:         (    0) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities:              (0x71) SMART execute Offline immediate.
                    No Auto Offline data collection support.
                    Suspend Offline collection upon new
                    command.
                    No Offline surface scan supported.
                    Self-test supported.
                    Conveyance Self-test supported.
                    Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)    Saves SMART data before entering
                    power-saving mode.
                    Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:        (0x01)    Error logging supported.
                    General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine 
recommended polling time:      (   1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time:      (  10) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time:      (   1) minutes.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 0
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0032   100   100   010    Old_age   Always       -       0
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       2
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       1057
165 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       98173724
166 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
167 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       17
168 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       1
169 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       236
170 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
171 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
172 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
173 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   005    Old_age   Always       -       0
174 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       742
184 End-to-End_Error        0x0032   100   100   097    Old_age   Always       -       0
187 Reported_Uncorrect      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
188 Command_Timeout         0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   100   100   014    Old_age   Always       -       32 (Min/Max 17/39)
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
230 Unknown_SSD_Attribute   0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       1524713390435
232 Available_Reservd_Space 0x0033   100   100   004    Pre-fail  Always       -       94
233 Media_Wearout_Indicator 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
234 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       16429
241 Total_LBAs_Written      0x0030   253   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       530
242 Total_LBAs_Read         0x0030   253   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       382
244 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0

Warning! SMART ATA Error Log Structure error: invalid SMART checksum.
SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%         2         -
# 2  Short offline       Completed without error       00%         0         -

SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
 SPAN  MIN_LBA  MAX_LBA  CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
    1        0        0  Not_testing
    2        0        0  Not_testing
    3        0        0  Not_testing
    4        0        0  Not_testing
    5        0        0  Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
  After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.

sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda2

Bash:

sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda2
smartctl 7.2 2020-12-30 r5155 [x86_64-linux-6.5.0-35-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-20, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     WD Blue SA510 2.5 1000GB
Serial Number:    22196N807187
LU WWN Device Id: 5 001b44 8b08f5266
Firmware Version: 52008100
User Capacity:    1,000,204,886,016 bytes [1.00 TB]
Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical
Rotation Rate:    Solid State Device
Form Factor:      2.5 inches
TRIM Command:     Available, deterministic
Device is:        Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is:   ACS-4, ACS-2 T13/2015-D revision 3
SATA Version is:  SATA 3.2, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is:    Sun Jun  9 10:47:52 2024 -05
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x00)    Offline data collection activity
                    was never started.
                    Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status:      (   0)    The previous self-test routine completed
                    without error or no self-test has ever 
                    been run.
Total time to complete Offline 
data collection:         (    0) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities:              (0x71) SMART execute Offline immediate.
                    No Auto Offline data collection support.
                    Suspend Offline collection upon new
                    command.
                    No Offline surface scan supported.
                    Self-test supported.
                    Conveyance Self-test supported.
                    Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)    Saves SMART data before entering
                    power-saving mode.
                    Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:        (0x01)    Error logging supported.
                    General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine 
recommended polling time:      (   1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time:      (  10) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time:      (   1) minutes.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 0
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0032   100   100   010    Old_age   Always       -       0
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       2
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       1057
165 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       98632477
166 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
167 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       17
168 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       1
169 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       236
170 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
171 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
172 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
173 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   005    Old_age   Always       -       0
174 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       742
184 End-to-End_Error        0x0032   100   100   097    Old_age   Always       -       0
187 Reported_Uncorrect      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
188 Command_Timeout         0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   100   100   014    Old_age   Always       -       33 (Min/Max 17/39)
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
230 Unknown_SSD_Attribute   0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       1524713390435
232 Available_Reservd_Space 0x0033   100   100   004    Pre-fail  Always       -       94
233 Media_Wearout_Indicator 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
234 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       16467
241 Total_LBAs_Written      0x0030   253   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       530
242 Total_LBAs_Read         0x0030   253   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       382
244 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0

Warning! SMART ATA Error Log Structure error: invalid SMART checksum.
SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%         2         -
# 2  Short offline       Completed without error       00%         0         -

SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
 SPAN  MIN_LBA  MAX_LBA  CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
    1        0        0  Not_testing
    2        0        0  Not_testing
    3        0        0  Not_testing
    4        0        0  Not_testing
    5        0        0  Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
  After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.

sudo smartctl -x /dev/sda1

Bash:

sudo smartctl -x /dev/sda1
smartctl 7.2 2020-12-30 r5155 [x86_64-linux-6.5.0-35-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-20, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     WD Blue SA510 2.5 1000GB
Serial Number:    22196N807187
LU WWN Device Id: 5 001b44 8b08f5266
Firmware Version: 52008100
User Capacity:    1,000,204,886,016 bytes [1.00 TB]
Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical
Rotation Rate:    Solid State Device
Form Factor:      2.5 inches
TRIM Command:     Available, deterministic
Device is:        Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is:   ACS-4, ACS-2 T13/2015-D revision 3
SATA Version is:  SATA 3.2, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is:    Sun Jun  9 10:49:42 2024 -05
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
AAM feature is:   Unavailable
APM level is:     254 (maximum performance)
Rd look-ahead is: Enabled
Write cache is:   Enabled
DSN feature is:   Unavailable
ATA Security is:  Disabled, NOT FROZEN [SEC1]
Wt Cache Reorder: Unavailable

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x00)    Offline data collection activity
                    was never started.
                    Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status:      (   0)    The previous self-test routine completed
                    without error or no self-test has ever 
                    been run.
Total time to complete Offline 
data collection:         (    0) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities:              (0x71) SMART execute Offline immediate.
                    No Auto Offline data collection support.
                    Suspend Offline collection upon new
                    command.
                    No Offline surface scan supported.
                    Self-test supported.
                    Conveyance Self-test supported.
                    Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)    Saves SMART data before entering
                    power-saving mode.
                    Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:        (0x01)    Error logging supported.
                    General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine 
recommended polling time:      (   1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time:      (  10) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time:      (   1) minutes.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 0
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAGS    VALUE WORST THRESH FAIL RAW_VALUE
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   -O--CK   100   100   010    -    0
  9 Power_On_Hours          -O--CK   100   100   000    -    2
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    1057
165 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    99025695
166 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
167 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    17
168 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    1
169 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    236
170 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
171 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
172 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
173 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   005    -    0
174 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    742
184 End-to-End_Error        -O--CK   100   100   097    -    0
187 Reported_Uncorrect      -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
188 Command_Timeout         -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
194 Temperature_Celsius     -O---K   100   100   014    -    34 (Min/Max 17/39)
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
230 Unknown_SSD_Attribute   -O--CK   100   100   000    -    1524713390435
232 Available_Reservd_Space PO--CK   100   100   004    -    94
233 Media_Wearout_Indicator -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
234 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    16499
241 Total_LBAs_Written      ----CK   253   253   000    -    530
242 Total_LBAs_Read         ----CK   253   253   000    -    382
244 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
                            ||||||_ K auto-keep
                            |||||__ C event count
                            ||||___ R error rate
                            |||____ S speed/performance
                            ||_____ O updated online
                            |______ P prefailure warning

General Purpose Log Directory Version 1
SMART           Log Directory Version 1 [multi-sector log support]
Address    Access  R/W   Size  Description
0x00       GPL,SL  R/O      1  Log Directory
0x01           SL  R/O      1  Summary SMART error log
0x02           SL  R/O      1  Comprehensive SMART error log
0x03       GPL     R/O     16  Ext. Comprehensive SMART error log
0x04       GPL,SL  R/O      8  Device Statistics log
0x06           SL  R/O      1  SMART self-test log
0x07       GPL     R/O      1  Extended self-test log
0x09           SL  R/W      1  Selective self-test log
0x10       GPL     R/O      1  NCQ Command Error log
0x11       GPL     R/O      1  SATA Phy Event Counters log
0x30       GPL,SL  R/O      9  IDENTIFY DEVICE data log
0x80-0x9f  GPL,SL  R/W     16  Host vendor specific log
0xa0-0xa1  GPL,SL  VS       1  Device vendor specific log
0xa2       GPL,SL  VS       2  Device vendor specific log
0xa3-0xa7  GPL,SL  VS       1  Device vendor specific log
0xde       GPL,SL  VS       1  Device vendor specific log

Warning! SMART Extended Comprehensive Error Log Structure error: invalid SMART checksum.
SMART Extended Comprehensive Error Log Version: 1 (16 sectors)
No Errors Logged

SMART Extended Self-test Log Version: 1 (1 sectors)
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%         2         -
# 2  Short offline       Completed without error       00%         0         -

SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
 SPAN  MIN_LBA  MAX_LBA  CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
    1        0        0  Not_testing
    2        0        0  Not_testing
    3        0        0  Not_testing
    4        0        0  Not_testing
    5        0        0  Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
  After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.

SCT Commands not supported

Device Statistics (GP Log 0x04)
Page  Offset Size        Value Flags Description
0x01  =====  =               =  ===  == General Statistics (empty) ==
0x05  =====  =               =  ===  == Temperature Statistics (empty) ==
0x07  =====  =               =  ===  == Solid State Device Statistics (empty) ==
                                |||_ C monitored condition met
                                ||__ D supports DSN
                                |___ N normalized value

Pending Defects log (GP Log 0x0c) not supported

SATA Phy Event Counters (GP Log 0x11)
ID      Size     Value  Description
0x0001  2            0  Command failed due to ICRC error
0x0004  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device data FIS
0x0006  2            0  R_ERR response for device-to-host non-data FIS
0x0007  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device non-data FIS
0x0009  2            0  Transition from drive PhyRdy to drive PhyNRdy
0x000a  2            5  Device-to-host register FISes sent due to a COMRESET
0x000f  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device data FIS, CRC
0x0013  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device non-data FIS, non-CRC

sudo smartctl -x /dev/sda2

Bash:

sudo smartctl -x /dev/sda2
smartctl 7.2 2020-12-30 r5155 [x86_64-linux-6.5.0-35-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-20, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     WD Blue SA510 2.5 1000GB
Serial Number:    22196N807187
LU WWN Device Id: 5 001b44 8b08f5266
Firmware Version: 52008100
User Capacity:    1,000,204,886,016 bytes [1.00 TB]
Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical
Rotation Rate:    Solid State Device
Form Factor:      2.5 inches
TRIM Command:     Available, deterministic
Device is:        Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is:   ACS-4, ACS-2 T13/2015-D revision 3
SATA Version is:  SATA 3.2, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is:    Sun Jun  9 10:51:02 2024 -05
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
AAM feature is:   Unavailable
APM level is:     254 (maximum performance)
Rd look-ahead is: Enabled
Write cache is:   Enabled
DSN feature is:   Unavailable
ATA Security is:  Disabled, NOT FROZEN [SEC1]
Wt Cache Reorder: Unavailable

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x00)    Offline data collection activity
                    was never started.
                    Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status:      (   0)    The previous self-test routine completed
                    without error or no self-test has ever 
                    been run.
Total time to complete Offline 
data collection:         (    0) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities:              (0x71) SMART execute Offline immediate.
                    No Auto Offline data collection support.
                    Suspend Offline collection upon new
                    command.
                    No Offline surface scan supported.
                    Self-test supported.
                    Conveyance Self-test supported.
                    Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)    Saves SMART data before entering
                    power-saving mode.
                    Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:        (0x01)    Error logging supported.
                    General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine 
recommended polling time:      (   1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time:      (  10) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time:      (   1) minutes.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 0
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAGS    VALUE WORST THRESH FAIL RAW_VALUE
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   -O--CK   100   100   010    -    0
  9 Power_On_Hours          -O--CK   100   100   000    -    2
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    1057
165 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    99287840
166 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
167 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    17
168 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    1
169 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    236
170 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
171 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
172 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
173 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   005    -    0
174 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    742
184 End-to-End_Error        -O--CK   100   100   097    -    0
187 Reported_Uncorrect      -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
188 Command_Timeout         -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
194 Temperature_Celsius     -O---K   100   100   014    -    34 (Min/Max 17/39)
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
230 Unknown_SSD_Attribute   -O--CK   100   100   000    -    2199023256064
232 Available_Reservd_Space PO--CK   100   100   004    -    94
233 Media_Wearout_Indicator -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
234 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    16521
241 Total_LBAs_Written      ----CK   253   253   000    -    530
242 Total_LBAs_Read         ----CK   253   253   000    -    382
244 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
                            ||||||_ K auto-keep
                            |||||__ C event count
                            ||||___ R error rate
                            |||____ S speed/performance
                            ||_____ O updated online
                            |______ P prefailure warning

General Purpose Log Directory Version 1
SMART           Log Directory Version 1 [multi-sector log support]
Address    Access  R/W   Size  Description
0x00       GPL,SL  R/O      1  Log Directory
0x01           SL  R/O      1  Summary SMART error log
0x02           SL  R/O      1  Comprehensive SMART error log
0x03       GPL     R/O     16  Ext. Comprehensive SMART error log
0x04       GPL,SL  R/O      8  Device Statistics log
0x06           SL  R/O      1  SMART self-test log
0x07       GPL     R/O      1  Extended self-test log
0x09           SL  R/W      1  Selective self-test log
0x10       GPL     R/O      1  NCQ Command Error log
0x11       GPL     R/O      1  SATA Phy Event Counters log
0x30       GPL,SL  R/O      9  IDENTIFY DEVICE data log
0x80-0x9f  GPL,SL  R/W     16  Host vendor specific log
0xa0-0xa1  GPL,SL  VS       1  Device vendor specific log
0xa2       GPL,SL  VS       2  Device vendor specific log
0xa3-0xa7  GPL,SL  VS       1  Device vendor specific log
0xde       GPL,SL  VS       1  Device vendor specific log

Warning! SMART Extended Comprehensive Error Log Structure error: invalid SMART checksum.
SMART Extended Comprehensive Error Log Version: 1 (16 sectors)
No Errors Logged

SMART Extended Self-test Log Version: 1 (1 sectors)
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%         2         -
# 2  Short offline       Completed without error       00%         0         -

SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
 SPAN  MIN_LBA  MAX_LBA  CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
    1        0        0  Not_testing
    2        0        0  Not_testing
    3        0        0  Not_testing
    4        0        0  Not_testing
    5        0        0  Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
  After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.

SCT Commands not supported

Device Statistics (GP Log 0x04)
Page  Offset Size        Value Flags Description
0x01  =====  =               =  ===  == General Statistics (empty) ==
0x05  =====  =               =  ===  == Temperature Statistics (empty) ==
0x07  =====  =               =  ===  == Solid State Device Statistics (empty) ==
                                |||_ C monitored condition met
                                ||__ D supports DSN
                                |___ N normalized value

Pending Defects log (GP Log 0x0c) not supported

SATA Phy Event Counters (GP Log 0x11)
ID      Size     Value  Description
0x0001  2            0  Command failed due to ICRC error
0x0004  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device data FIS
0x0006  2            0  R_ERR response for device-to-host non-data FIS
0x0007  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device non-data FIS
0x0009  2            0  Transition from drive PhyRdy to drive PhyNRdy
0x000a  2            5  Device-to-host register FISes sent due to a COMRESET
0x000f  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device data FIS, CRC
0x0013  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device non-data FIS, non-CRC

Sorry for the long outputs

I am not an expert about this data report, so I am providing detailed information for you. According with the long output, Should I assume the SSD is passing away? So far my main concern is the following:

Bash:

Warning! SMART ATA Error Log Structure error: invalid SMART checksum.
SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

and

Bash:

Warning! SMART Extended Comprehensive Error Log Structure error: invalid SMART checksum.
SMART Extended Comprehensive Error Log Version: 1 (16 sectors)
No Errors Logged

Note: Pls, if you find some important point in the result let me know

kanewolf · Jun 9, 2024

I would start by swapping the SATA data cable. A checksum could be a cable issue.

Manuel Jordan · Jun 9, 2024

Furthermore was executed the GSMartControl tool, with Extended Self-test, as follows:

Once completed, in the Error Log tab appears as follows:

Again

Bash:

Complete error log
SMART Extended Comprehensive Error Log Version: 1 (16 sectors)
No Errors Logged

If is pressed the View Output button the report is as follows:

Bash:

smartctl 7.2 2020-12-30 r5155 [x86_64-linux-6.5.0-35-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-20, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     WD Blue SA510 2.5 1000GB
Serial Number:    22196N807187
LU WWN Device Id: 5 001b44 8b08f5266
Firmware Version: 52008100
User Capacity:    1,000,204,886,016 bytes [1.00 TB]
Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical
Rotation Rate:    Solid State Device
Form Factor:      2.5 inches
TRIM Command:     Available, deterministic
Device is:        Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is:   ACS-4, ACS-2 T13/2015-D revision 3
SATA Version is:  SATA 3.2, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is:    Sun Jun  9 11:09:28 2024 -05
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
AAM feature is:   Unavailable
APM level is:     254 (maximum performance)
Rd look-ahead is: Enabled
Write cache is:   Enabled
DSN feature is:   Unavailable
ATA Security is:  Disabled, NOT FROZEN [SEC1]

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x00)    Offline data collection activity
                    was never started.
                    Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status:      (   0)    The previous self-test routine completed
                    without error or no self-test has ever 
                    been run.
Total time to complete Offline 
data collection:         (    0) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities:              (0x71) SMART execute Offline immediate.
                    No Auto Offline data collection support.
                    Suspend Offline collection upon new
                    command.
                    No Offline surface scan supported.
                    Self-test supported.
                    Conveyance Self-test supported.
                    Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)    Saves SMART data before entering
                    power-saving mode.
                    Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:        (0x01)    Error logging supported.
                    General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine 
recommended polling time:      (   1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time:      (  10) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time:      (   1) minutes.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 0
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAGS    VALUE WORST THRESH FAIL RAW_VALUE
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   -O--CK   100   100   010    -    0
  9 Power_On_Hours          -O--CK   100   100   000    -    4
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    1057
165 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    100729639
166 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
167 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    17
168 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    1
169 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    236
170 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
171 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
172 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
173 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   005    -    0
174 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    742
184 End-to-End_Error        -O--CK   100   100   097    -    0
187 Reported_Uncorrect      -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
188 Command_Timeout         -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
194 Temperature_Celsius     -O---K   100   100   014    -    31 (Min/Max 17/39)
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
230 Unknown_SSD_Attribute   -O--CK   100   100   000    -    2203318223361
232 Available_Reservd_Space PO--CK   100   100   004    -    94
233 Media_Wearout_Indicator -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
234 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    16654
241 Total_LBAs_Written      ----CK   253   253   000    -    531
242 Total_LBAs_Read         ----CK   253   253   000    -    382
244 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
                            ||||||_ K auto-keep
                            |||||__ C event count
                            ||||___ R error rate
                            |||____ S speed/performance
                            ||_____ O updated online
                            |______ P prefailure warning

General Purpose Log Directory Version 1
SMART           Log Directory Version 1 [multi-sector log support]
Address    Access  R/W   Size  Description
0x00       GPL,SL  R/O      1  Log Directory
0x01           SL  R/O      1  Summary SMART error log
0x02           SL  R/O      1  Comprehensive SMART error log
0x03       GPL     R/O     16  Ext. Comprehensive SMART error log
0x04       GPL,SL  R/O      8  Device Statistics log
0x06           SL  R/O      1  SMART self-test log
0x07       GPL     R/O      1  Extended self-test log
0x09           SL  R/W      1  Selective self-test log
0x10       GPL     R/O      1  NCQ Command Error log
0x11       GPL     R/O      1  SATA Phy Event Counters log
0x30       GPL,SL  R/O      9  IDENTIFY DEVICE data log
0x80-0x9f  GPL,SL  R/W     16  Host vendor specific log
0xa0-0xa1  GPL,SL  VS       1  Device vendor specific log
0xa2       GPL,SL  VS       2  Device vendor specific log
0xa3-0xa7  GPL,SL  VS       1  Device vendor specific log
0xde       GPL,SL  VS       1  Device vendor specific log

Warning! SMART Extended Comprehensive Error Log Structure error: invalid SMART checksum.
SMART Extended Comprehensive Error Log Version: 1 (16 sectors)
No Errors Logged

SMART Extended Self-test Log Version: 1 (1 sectors)
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%         3         -
# 2  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%         2         -
# 3  Short offline       Completed without error       00%         0         -

SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
 SPAN  MIN_LBA  MAX_LBA  CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
    1        0        0  Not_testing
    2        0        0  Not_testing
    3        0        0  Not_testing
    4        0        0  Not_testing
    5        0        0  Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
  After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.

SCT Commands not supported

Device Statistics (GP Log 0x04)
Page  Offset Size        Value Flags Description
0x01  =====  =               =  ===  == General Statistics (empty) ==
0x05  =====  =               =  ===  == Temperature Statistics (empty) ==
0x07  =====  =               =  ===  == Solid State Device Statistics (empty) ==
                                |||_ C monitored condition met
                                ||__ D supports DSN
                                |___ N normalized value

SATA Phy Event Counters (GP Log 0x11)
ID      Size     Value  Description
0x0001  2            0  Command failed due to ICRC error
0x0004  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device data FIS
0x0006  2            0  R_ERR response for device-to-host non-data FIS
0x0007  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device non-data FIS
0x0009  2            0  Transition from drive PhyRdy to drive PhyNRdy
0x000a  2            5  Device-to-host register FISes sent due to a COMRESET
0x000f  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device data FIS, CRC
0x0013  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device non-data FIS, non-CRC

Note: remember in the link of the other post, through the SMART DATA & Self-Tests... tool, about the id with 234 (Uncorrectable ECC Count) its value is always increasing, so far with 16xxx sectors, so from that value is reported here the

Bash:

SMART Extended Comprehensive Error Log Version: 1 (16 sectors)

Again, is my SSD passing away? I am not sure what to do, in these days I am going to go to the hardware provider, to apply the warranty if is necessary, so I am want be very sure the information he is going to give me matches with your answer(s).

Thanks for your understanding

Manuel Jordan · Jun 9, 2024

kanewolf said:
I would start by swapping the SATA data cable. A checksum could be a cable issue.

Thanks for the reply. Just in case, the SSD is located within a laptop and it is always located in the same place with its own cooler in a diagonal position (deepcool N8)

fzabkar · Jun 9, 2024

There are NUMEROUS reports of early failures for this model (SA510).

That said, I suspect that the checksum error is benign. The relevant SMART log has recorded no errors, so it is possible that the checksum is invalid until the log is initialised, and this presumably will happen after the first error.

See section A.7 of the following standard:

https://people.freebsd.org/~imp/asiabsdcon2015/works/d2161r5-ATAATAPI_Command_Set_-_3.pdf

As for attribute 234, what does WD's Dashboard tool say about it?

kanewolf · Jun 9, 2024

Manuel Jordan said:
Thanks for the reply. Just in case, the SSD is located within a laptop and it is always located in the same place with its own cooler in a diagonal position (deepcool N8)

Laptop does make it more difficult.

Manuel Jordan · Jun 10, 2024

Thanks for the replies

There are NUMEROUS reports of early failures for this model (SA510).

Pls, share the link to read more about that. I bought many SSDs of the same model.

To be honest I bought that model because so far works fine in my father's laptop Dell with Windows 10 and according with that I bought many of them from Amazon shared below (and mostly taking in consideration the customer reviews in that point of time)

* Western Digital 1TB WD Blue SA510 SATA Internal Solid State Drive SSD - SATA III 6 Gb/s, 2.5"/7mm, Up to 560 MB/s - WDS100T3B0A

Thanks for the pdf (link) provided, I will read that section. It seems the main point is the "A.7.6 Data structure checksum" section located at the page 446 (using the page control available at the top) the content is as follows:

The data structure checksum is the two’s complement of the sum of the first 511 bytes in the data structure. Eachbyte shall be added with unsigned arithmetic, and overflow shall be ignored. The sum of all 512 bytes shall be zero when the checksum is correct. The checksum is placed in byte 511.

To be honest I don't understand the idea here.

As for attribute 234, what does WD's Dashboard tool say about it?

Pls, could you expand the idea? Is there a specific tool from WD to do a scan? I hope exists for Linux too

fzabkar · Jun 10, 2024

Dashboard is WD's SMART tool. It understands WD's SMART attributes, some of which are counterintuitive. Just count the number of "Unknown_Attributes" in the smartctl report. I don't know if there is a Linux version of Dashboard, though.

The idea with a checksum is to validate the contents of the log. In this case all the bytes in the log are summed and the result becomes the checksum. This checksum is appended to the data bytes in the log. When the log is read, the checksum is recomputed and compared against the stored checksum. If the two checksums don't match, then the integrity of the log is suspect.

As for the SA510's reliability problems, there are plenty of threads at WD's forum.

https://www.google.com/search?q=sa510+problems

Manuel Jordan · Jun 11, 2024

fzabkar said:
Dashboard is WD's SMART tool. It understands WD's SMART attributes, some of which are counterintuitive. Just count the number of "Unknown_Attributes" in the smartctl report. I don't know if there is a Linux version of Dashboard, though.

The idea with a checksum is to validate the contents of the log. In this case all the bytes in the log are summed and the result becomes the checksum. This checksum is appended to the data bytes in the log. When the log is read, the checksum is recomputed and compared against the stored checksum. If the two checksums don't match, then the integrity of the log is suspect.

As for the SA510's reliability problems, there are plenty of threads at WD's forum.

https://www.google.com/search?q=sa510+problems

Thanks for the feedback

According with your experience, to be take it in the future, what manufacturer (and model) do you recommend to replace this SSD when it passes away?

fzabkar · Jun 11, 2024

Personally, if I were looking for a replacement SSD, I would give Sk Hynix and Kioxia a go. SanDisk and WD have lots of problems at the moment, and Samsung is still on the nose after a run of bad products.

Manuel Jordan · Jun 11, 2024

fzabkar said:
Personally, if I were looking for a replacement SSD, I would give Sk Hynix and Kioxia a go. SanDisk and WD have lots of problems at the moment, and Samsung is still on the nose after a run of bad products.

Thanks for the feedback ... interesting the current situation

Just in case, do you have some thoughts about crucial?

Thank You

fzabkar · Jun 11, 2024

I have a Crucial MX500 SSD, but other people have reported problems with the same model after Crucial switched from SM2258 to SM2259 controllers.

Manuel Jordan · Jun 11, 2024

Thanks for share that info ...

So far ... I remember the old days when a HDD of 30GB can live in peace for more of 10 years ... I can't believe why until now there is no a solid/trustable SSD ...

MWink64 · Jun 11, 2024

Manuel Jordan said:
Thanks for the feedback ... interesting the current situation

Just in case, do you have some thoughts about crucial?

Thank You

The Crucial MX500 is my current choice for SATA SSDs. It sounds like Samsung may finally have resolved the issues with the 870 EVO but it still tends to be more expensive.

fzabkar said:
I have a Crucial MX500 SSD, but other people have reported problems with the same model after Crucial switched from SM2258 to SM2259 controllers.

What kind of problems? Do you have any links? I haven't heard any convincing reports of serious, widespread problems with any variant of the MX500. They switched to the SM2259 quite some time ago, and even released another variant (with newer 176 layer NAND) since then. Personally, I haven't had any real problems with any variant of the MX500. If some new issues have cropped up, I'd be interested in reading about them.

MWink64 · Jun 11, 2024

Manuel Jordan said:
Thanks for share that info ...

So far ... I remember the old days when a HDD of 30GB can live in peace for more of 10 years ... I can't believe why until now there is no a solid/trustable SSD ...

In general, SSDs tend to be far more reliable than hard drives. Hard drives died all the time. I have a huge neodymium magnet collection that can attest to that. SSDs can and do fail but it tends to be less common, with the exception of some dud models, like the WD Blue SA510 and older Samsung 870 EVOs.

fzabkar · Jun 11, 2024

https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/whr5ek/crucial_mx500_historically_good_recent_batches/

"My.company had also had a extremely high rate of failure in the mx500. I'd say about 100+ dead drives out of 500"

MWink64 · Jun 12, 2024

fzabkar said:
https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/whr5ek/crucial_mx500_historically_good_recent_batches/

"My.company had also had a extremely high rate of failure in the mx500. I'd say about 100+ dead drives out of 500"

Yeah, I've seen that thread. It's pretty much the only place I've seen so many complaints about this drive, which is why I'm not convinced of a widespread issue. This isn't like the Samsung 870 EVO, where people everywhere were complaining about random failures. This is complete speculation but I've wondered if it could have just been a bad batch, or maybe even something relating to the use case of the people in that thread. If it was a widespread issue, I'd expect to see many more threads spread over time. Though, I do keep those comments in mind, as I installed several MX500s in that timeframe.

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