$ sudo dmesg --level=warn
[ 1.257330] acpi PNP0C14:01: duplicate WMI GUID 05901221-D566-11D1-B2F0-00A0C9062910 (first instance was on PNP0C14:00)
[ 1.259352] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000000428-0x000000000000042F conflicts with OpRegion 0x0000000000000400-0x000000000000047F (\_SB.PCI0.LPC.PMIO) (20210730/utaddress-204)
[ 1.259371] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000000540-0x000000000000054F conflicts with OpRegion 0x0000000000000500-0x000000000000057F (\_SB.PCI0.LPC.LPIO) (20210730/utaddress-204)
[ 1.259381] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000000530-0x000000000000053F conflicts with OpRegion 0x0000000000000500-0x000000000000057F (\_SB.PCI0.LPC.LPIO) (20210730/utaddress-204)
[ 1.259389] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000000500-0x000000000000052F conflicts with OpRegion 0x0000000000000500-0x000000000000057F (\_SB.PCI0.LPC.LPIO) (20210730/utaddress-204)
[ 1.259396] lpc_ich: Resource conflict(s) found affecting gpio_ich
This could be safely ignored[1]. I also see similar warning message on my own device.
$ sudo dmesg --level=err,crit,alert,emerg
[241386.467654] ACPI: \_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.BAT1: Unable to dock!
It's related with suspend feature[2-3] which shouldn't be relevant in this case.
$ sudo dmesg --level=warn
[241387.735718] ata1.00: ATA Identify Device Log not supported
[241387.738884] ata1.00: ATA Identify Device Log not supported
Honestly i'm not sure what this one means.
How do I confirm that the HDD is the problem
Aside from testing which could take some time, you could check S.M.A.R.T. status of your HDD. Ubuntu website has detailed guide about it using smartmontools[4]. Usually i just run command
sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda and check raw value of those two attributes for quick check.
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct
197 Current_Pending_Sector
[1]
https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/99550[2]
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-acpi/patch/1406670374.2406.27.camel@x220/[3]
https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-general/2013-July/033839.html[4]
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Smartmontools