From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: Storage fixup for WDC WD1600BEVT-22ZCT0 in an MSI Wind U100 netbook Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:27:18 +0900 Message-ID: <4A6019C6.4070005@kernel.org> References: <20090713024418.GA11947@sage.bj.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from hera.kernel.org ([140.211.167.34]:53136 "EHLO hera.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933903AbZGQGZM (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:25:12 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20090713024418.GA11947@sage.bj.intel.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: "Li, Yan" Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, yanli@infradead.org Li, Yan wrote: > Hello, > > This is the storage fix up for a WDC WD1600BEVT-22ZCT0 hard drive in > an MSI Wind U100 Netbook. This netbook I have been using has a > Power_On_Hours of 38h and Load_Cycle_Count of 6617 (174 cycle/h). And > the noisy clicking sound can be heard every a few seconds. I found > that Power Management Level 254 is acceptable for it. > > Please be noted that the "smartcrl -a" output was taken today, when > I'd used it for a long time with Power Management Level 254/255 so the > Load_Cycle_Count/Power_On_Hours in it doesn't reflect the status of > it's default setting (Power Management Level 128). The > Load_Cycle_Count/Power_On_Hours in above paragraph was recorded months > ago without changing its default Power Management Level, thus very > high. Added. > Thank you. Please call me if you need any more information. Hehehe... this is so refreshing. Yay, I can call! Thanks. -- tejun