I use a USB dock, here's the log:
[13730.103172] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#0 CDB: Read(10) 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00
[13730.103174] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev sde, sector 0
[13730.103177] Buffer I/O error on dev sde, logical block 0, async page read
[13730.103188] ldm_validate_partition_table(): Disk read failed.
[13730.103871] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#0 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[13730.103873] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#0 Sense Key : Medium Error [current]
[13730.103874] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#0 Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error
[13730.103876] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#0 CDB: Read(10) 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00
[13730.103877] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev sde, sector 0
[13730.103878] Buffer I/O error on dev sde, logical block 0, async page read
[13730.104564] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#0 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[13730.104565] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#0 Sense Key : Medium Error [current]
[13730.104567] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#0 Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error
[13730.104568] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#0 CDB: Read(10) 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00
[13730.104569] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev sde, sector 0
[13730.104570] Buffer I/O error on dev sde, logical block 0, async page read
[13730.105237] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#0 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[13730.105238] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#0 Sense Key : Medium Error [current]
[13730.105239] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#0 Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error
[13730.105240] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#0 CDB: Read(10) 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00
[13730.105241] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev sde, sector 0
[13730.105242] Buffer I/O error on dev sde, logical block 0, async page read
[13730.105933] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#0 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[13730.105935] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#0 Sense Key : Medium Error [current]
[13730.105936] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#0 Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error
[13730.105937] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#0 CDB: Read(10) 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00
[13730.105938] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev sde, sector 0
[13730.105939] Buffer I/O error on dev sde, logical block 0, async page read
[13730.105944] Dev sde: unable to read RDB block 0
[13730.106617] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#0 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[13730.106619] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#0 Sense Key : Medium Error [current]
[13730.106620] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#0 Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error
[13730.106622] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#0 CDB: Read(10) 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00
[13730.106623] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev sde, sector 0
[13730.106625] Buffer I/O error on dev sde, logical block 0, async page read
[13730.107298] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#0 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[13730.107299] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#0 Sense Key : Medium Error [current]
[13730.107300] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#0 Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error
[13730.107302] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#0 CDB: Read(10) 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00
[13730.107303] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev sde, sector 0
[13730.107304] Buffer I/O error on dev sde, logical block 0, async page read
[13730.107310] sde: unable to read partition table
[13730.108156] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] Attached SCSI disk
[13730.114207] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#0 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[13730.114210] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#0 Sense Key : Medium Error [current]
[13730.114211] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#0 Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error
[13730.114213] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] tag#0 CDB: Read(10) 28 00 3a 38 5f 80 00 00 08 00
[13730.114215] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev sde, sector 976772992
[13730.114981] Buffer I/O error on dev sde, logical block 122096624, async page read
I'm guessing I'll have to directly connect it via sata? hdparm
version: 9.48