Re: storage fixup laptop model dependent ?

[Xavier Chantry <shiningxc@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Xavier <shiningxc@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a dell xps m1530 which had a seagate 320 gb (not sure which
> model exactly).
> Anyway that disk was working fine except the last part of the disk
> (~20gb or so) was bad and had many bad sectors.
> I just stopped to use the bad part of the disk, and I had no problems
> for almost one year. I finally decided to get it replaced, and got a
> WDC WD3200BEVT-75ZCT2 instead.
>
> I noticed directly that the disk was much more noisy, and also made a
> lot of annoying click. After a few days, I check load cycle count,
> which is pretty huge :
>  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age
> Always       -       36
> 193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age
> Always       -       2481
>
> I noticed this disk, or at least the pattern BEVT appear already 4
> times in storage-fixup though the 4rd occurence seems to be either a
> bug or a typo (BEVT vs BEVE) :
> # Reported drive model: WDC WD1600BEVT-75ZCT0
> ata model                       WDC WD*BEVT*
> # Reported drive model: WDC WD3200BEVT-22ZCT0
> ata model                       WDC WD*BEVT*
> # Reported drive model: WDC WD1600BEVT-22ZCT0
> ata model                       WDC WD*BEVT*
> # Reported drive model: WDC WD3200BEVT-22ZCT0
> ata model                       WDC WD*BEVE*
>
> I am just wondering : does it really matter in which laptop that disk
> is used ? As laptop disk can be changed/replaced easily, this also
> sounds strange to me, but there might be a good reason I am missing :)
>

This disk died after two months usage.
I don't know what I am doing wrong, or if Dell just gives my crappy
disks, or if my laptop is doing crazy things with it, or ...

The new one is TOSHIBA MK3263GSX , and I get crazy loading/unloading
with an annoying noise, just like with the WD :
193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age
Always       -       402
In half a day...

I just noticed the Power on Hours went crazy :
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age
Always       -       603

I must have some magic power for destroying any hard drives that I touch :)
Unless Power_On_Hours actually means Power_On_Minutes , I will monitor
that field too.

And I will just live with hdparm -B254 , no big deal !

cheers
Xavier