I'm having this issue with a vostro 1700 and  2.6.22-14-generic kernel, i've read that it won't get fixed for this kernel, so i wonder what problems would arise in my system if i don´t upgrade to hardy kernel?? would my drive get toasted??.

Also i've found this patch that seems to solve the issue without the need of blacklist each model reported..

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ide/26012    Issue explanation
http://<email address hidden>/msg240008.html   The patch itself.

My hdparm -I /dev/sda

/dev/sda:

ATA device, with non-removable media
        Model Number:       ST9160821AS                             
        Serial Number:      removed
        Firmware Revision:  3.CDE   
Standards:
        Supported: 7 6 5 4 
        Likely used: 7
Configuration:
        Logical         max     current
        cylinders       16383   16383
        heads           16      16
        sectors/track   63      63
        --
        CHS current addressable sectors:   16514064
        LBA    user addressable sectors:  268435455
        LBA48  user addressable sectors:  312581808
        device size with M = 1024*1024:      152627 MBytes
        device size with M = 1000*1000:      160041 MBytes (160 GB)
Capabilities:
        LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
        Queue depth: 32
        Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum
        R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16  Current = 8
        Advanced power management level: unknown setting (0x8080)
        Recommended acoustic management value: 128, current value: 0
        DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6 
             Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
        PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 
             Cycle time: no flow control=240ns  IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
        Enabled Supported:
           *    SMART feature set
                Security Mode feature set
           *    Power Management feature set
           *    Write cache
           *    Look-ahead
           *    Host Protected Area feature set
           *    WRITE_BUFFER command
           *    READ_BUFFER command
           *    DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
           *    Advanced Power Management feature set
                SET_MAX security extension
                Automatic Acoustic Management feature set
           *    48-bit Address feature set
           *    Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE
           *    FLUSH_CACHE_EXT
           *    SMART error logging
           *    SMART self-test
           *    IDLE_IMMEDIATE with UNLOAD
           *    SATA-I signaling speed (1.5Gb/s)
           *    Native Command Queueing (NCQ)
           *    Phy event counters
                Device-initiated interface power management
           *    Software settings preservation
           *    SMART Command Transport (SCT) feature set
Security: 
        Master password revision code = 65534
                supported
        not     enabled
        not     locked
                frozen
        not     expired: security count
        not     supported: enhanced erase


and the dmesg | grep ata output

[  360.444000] ata3: soft resetting port
[  360.616000] ata3: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
[  360.624000] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133
[  360.624000] ata3: EH complete
[ 1520.244000] ata3.00: exception Emask 0x2 SAct 0x7ffc SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
[ 1520.244000] ata3.00: (spurious completions during NCQ issue=0x7fc0 SAct=0x7ffc FIS=004040a1:00000002)
[ 1520.244000] ata3.00: cmd 61/08:10:d1:4e:27/00:00:06:00:00/40 tag 2 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out
[ 1520.244000] ata3.00: cmd 61/08:18:59:4f:27/00:00:06:00:00/40 tag 3 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out
[ 1520.244000] ata3.00: cmd 61/08:20:61:4f:27/00:00:06:00:00/40 tag 4 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out
[ 1520.244000] ata3.00: cmd 61/08:28:71:4f:27/00:00:06:00:00/40 tag 5 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out
[ 1520.244000] ata3.00: cmd 61/10:30:c1:4f:2f/00:00:06:00:00/40 tag 6 cdb 0x0 data 8192 out
[ 1520.244000] ata3.00: cmd 61/08:38:d1:4e:6f/00:00:07:00:00/40 tag 7 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out
[ 1520.244000] ata3.00: cmd 61/10:40:f1:4e:6f/00:00:07:00:00/40 tag 8 cdb 0x0 data 8192 out
[ 1520.244000] ata3.00: cmd 61/08:48:49:4f:6f/00:00:07:00:00/40 tag 9 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out
[ 1520.244000] ata3.00: cmd 61/10:50:19:50:6f/00:00:07:00:00/40 tag 10 cdb 0x0 data 8192 out
[ 1520.244000] ata3.00: cmd 61/08:58:71:50:6f/00:00:07:00:00/40 tag 11 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out
[ 1520.244000] ata3.00: cmd 61/08:60:91:50:6f/00:00:07:00:00/40 tag 12 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out
[ 1520.244000] ata3.00: cmd 61/08:68:61:4f:9f/00:00:07:00:00/40 tag 13 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out
[ 1520.244000] ata3.00: cmd 61/08:70:39:52:9f/00:00:07:00:00/40 tag 14 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out
[ 1520.556000] ata3: soft resetting port
[ 1520.728000] ata3: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
[ 1520.736000] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133
[ 1520.736000] ata3: EH complete
[10950.364000] ata3.00: exception Emask 0x2 SAct 0x7fc SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
[10950.364000] ata3.00: (spurious completions during NCQ issue=0x7c0 SAct=0x7fc FIS=004040a1:00000002)
[10950.364000] ata3.00: cmd 61/08:10:f9:4e:3b/00:00:04:00:00/40 tag 2 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out
[10950.364000] ata3.00: cmd 61/08:18:61:4f:3b/00:00:04:00:00/40 tag 3 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out
[10950.364000] ata3.00: cmd 61/10:20:c1:4e:2b/00:00:04:00:00/40 tag 4 cdb 0x0 data 8192 out
[10950.364000] ata3.00: cmd 61/10:28:71:4f:3b/00:00:04:00:00/40 tag 5 cdb 0x0 data 8192 out
[10950.364000] ata3.00: cmd 61/08:30:c1:90:3d/00:00:04:00:00/40 tag 6 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out
[10950.364000] ata3.00: cmd 61/08:38:c9:a6:3d/00:00:04:00:00/40 tag 7 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out
[10950.364000] ata3.00: cmd 61/08:40:11:0f:3e/00:00:04:00:00/40 tag 8 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out
[10950.364000] ata3.00: cmd 61/08:48:49:4f:6f/00:00:07:00:00/40 tag 9 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out
[10950.364000] ata3.00: cmd 61/08:50:91:50:6f/00:00:07:00:00/40 tag 10 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out
[10950.676000] ata3: soft resetting port
[10950.848000] ata3: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
[10950.856000] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133
[10950.856000] ata3: EH complete
[18737.040000] ata2: port disabled. ignoring.
[18737.352000] ata5: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
[18737.524000] ata3: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
[18737.532000] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133
[18737.580000] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/33