Checking the drive again, it can still be read, and SMART does not indicate any problem with the drive. Connect the drive to a desktop PC through SATA. If data on the drive isn't backed up, run READ test only. If you have a copy, then launch ERASE. On
Hard drives aren't completely "dumb" devices with just a storage platter and conversion interface, there may well be some active intelligence in the controller and you are hitting an edge case where it fails weirdly.