HDD and BIOS detection issues

Ok, extended test finished in 2 hours 40 minutes and no errors were reported.  Hooked it up to another system and it did allow me to see the SMART data and it passed.

I used the Disk Smart View utiliy from Nirsoftand was able to post the data into a .txt file:

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Description : Model
Raw Value : WDC WD5000AAKS-22YGA0
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Description : Firmware Revision
Raw Value : 12.01C02
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Description : Serial Number
Raw Value : WD-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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Description : Cylinders
Raw Value : 16,383
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Description : Heads
Raw Value : 16
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Description : Bytes Per Track
Raw Value : 0
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Description : Bytes Per Sector
Raw Value : 0
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Description : Sectors Per Track
Raw Value : 63
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Description : ECC Size
Raw Value : 50
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Description : PIO Timing
Raw Value : 0
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Description : DMA Timing
Raw Value : 0
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Description : Current Cylinders
Raw Value : 16,383
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Description : Current Heads
Raw Value : 16
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Description : Current Sectors Per Track
Raw Value : 63
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Description : Current Sector Capacity
Raw Value : 16,514,064
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Description : Total Addressable Sectors
Raw Value : 268,435,455
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Description : Single Word DMA
Raw Value : 0
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Description : Multi Word DMA
Raw Value : 7
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Description : Attributes
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Description : Read Error Rate
Raw Value : 49,165
Normalized Value : 199
Worst Value : 199
Threshold Value : 51
Status : Ok
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Description : Spin-Up Time
Raw Value : 6,166
Normalized Value : 176
Worst Value : 176
Threshold Value : 21
Status : Ok
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Description : Start/Stop Count
Raw Value : 1,771
Normalized Value : 99
Worst Value : 99
Threshold Value : 0
Status : Ok
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Description : Reallocated Sectors Count
Raw Value : 0
Normalized Value : 200
Worst Value : 200
Threshold Value : 140
Status : Ok
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Description : Seek Error Rate
Raw Value : 0
Normalized Value : 200
Worst Value : 200
Threshold Value : 51
Status : Ok
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Description : Power-On Hours (POH)
Raw Value : 15,438
Normalized Value : 79
Worst Value : 79
Threshold Value : 0
Status : Ok
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Description : Spin Retry Count
Raw Value : 0
Normalized Value : 100
Worst Value : 100
Threshold Value : 51
Status : Ok
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Description : Recalibration Retries
Raw Value : 0
Normalized Value : 100
Worst Value : 100
Threshold Value : 51
Status : Ok
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Description : Power Cycle Count
Raw Value : 1,738
Normalized Value : 99
Worst Value : 99
Threshold Value : 0
Status : Ok
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Description : Power-off Retract Count
Raw Value : 63
Normalized Value : 200
Worst Value : 200
Threshold Value : 0
Status : Ok
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Description : Load Cycle Count
Raw Value : 1,785
Normalized Value : 200
Worst Value : 200
Threshold Value : 0
Status : Ok
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Description : Internal Temperature
Raw Value : 28°C
Normalized Value : 122
Worst Value : 115
Threshold Value : 0
Status : Ok
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Description : Reallocation Event Count
Raw Value : 0
Normalized Value : 200
Worst Value : 200
Threshold Value : 0
Status : Ok
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Description : Current Pending Sector Count
Raw Value : 0
Normalized Value : 200
Worst Value : 200
Threshold Value : 0
Status : Ok
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Description : Uncorrectable Sector Count
Raw Value : 0
Normalized Value : 200
Worst Value : 200
Threshold Value : 0
Status : Ok
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Description : UltraDMA CRC Error Count
Raw Value : 0
Normalized Value : 200
Worst Value : 200
Threshold Value : 0
Status : Ok
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Description : Write Error Rate
Raw Value : 156
Normalized Value : 198
Worst Value : 198
Threshold Value : 51
Status : Ok
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Description : [132]
Raw Value : 2,199,040,033,659
Normalized Value : 49
Worst Value : 1
Threshold Value : 0
Status : Unknown
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Description : Reallocated Sectors Count
Raw Value : 0
Normalized Value : 0
Worst Value : 0
Threshold Value : 140
Status : Unknown
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Description : Read Error Rate
Raw Value : 0
Normalized Value : 0
Worst Value : 0
Threshold Value : 51
Status : Unknown
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 Not sure what most of that means but there it is.  I am now 3/3 on startup after changing the sATA cable, maybe that was the issue all along :confounded:.