From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Xavier Chantry Subject: Re: storage fixup laptop model dependent ? Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:30:56 +0100 Message-ID: References: <91752840912030533k18aa5595kbdd6bbf716ce5976@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from mail-fx0-f220.google.com ([209.85.220.220]:43251 "EHLO mail-fx0-f220.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754829Ab0BQXbB convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:31:01 -0500 Received: by fxm20 with SMTP id 20so8275655fxm.21 for ; Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:30:59 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <91752840912030533k18aa5595kbdd6bbf716ce5976@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Xavier 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 : > =A09 Power_On_Hours =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A00x0032 =A0 100 =A0 100 =A0 000= =A0 =A0Old_age > Always =A0 =A0 =A0 - =A0 =A0 =A0 36 > 193 Load_Cycle_Count =A0 =A0 =A0 =A00x0032 =A0 200 =A0 200 =A0 000 =A0= =A0Old_age > Always =A0 =A0 =A0 - =A0 =A0 =A0 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 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 WDC WD*BEVT* > # Reported drive model: WDC WD3200BEVT-22ZCT0 > ata model =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 WDC WD*BEVT* > # Reported drive model: WDC WD1600BEVT-22ZCT0 > ata model =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 WDC WD*BEVT* > # Reported drive model: WDC WD3200BEVT-22ZCT0 > ata model =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 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 touc= h :) 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