From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Mike Sumner" Subject: frequent head unloads Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:05:28 +0100 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from smtp804.mail.ird.yahoo.com ([217.146.188.64]:40426 "HELO smtp804.mail.ird.yahoo.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932364AbZHLKMJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:12:09 -0400 Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org This is the info for my new SONY VAIO FW31E It was doing an unload cycle every 15 seconds. I have found that the setting does not stick on re-boot or after suspend. Any suggestions? Thanks for your work, regards, mike sumner root@vaio:/home/mike# hdparm -B 254 /dev/sda /dev/sda: setting Advanced Power Management level to 0xfe (254) APM_level = 254 root@vaio:/home/mike# smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep 193 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 2082 root@vaio:/home/mike# dmidecode # dmidecode 2.9 SMBIOS 2.4 present. 17 structures occupying 707 bytes. Table at 0xBDF2E010. Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes BIOS Information Vendor: American Megatrends Inc. Version: R2050Y0 Release Date: 11/07/2008 Address: 0xF0000 Runtime Size: 64 kB ROM Size: 2048 kB Characteristics: PCI is supported PNP is supported BIOS is upgradeable BIOS shadowing is allowed ESCD support is available Boot from CD is supported Selectable boot is supported EDD is supported 8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h) CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h) ACPI is supported USB legacy is supported AGP is supported Smart battery is supported BIOS boot specification is supported Function key-initiated network boot is supported Targeted content distribution is supported BIOS Revision: 20.50 Firmware Revision: 20.50 Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes System Information Manufacturer: Sony Corporation Product Name: VGN-FW31E Version: C601DGEE Serial Number: 28288161-5011103 UUID: 5C360280-466A-11DE-82F5-001DBAB8C031 Wake-up Type: Power Switch SKU Number: N/A Family: N/A Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 10 bytes Base Board Information Manufacturer: Sony Corporation Product Name: VAIO Version: N/A Serial Number: N/A Handle 0x0003, DMI type 3, 17 bytes Chassis Information Manufacturer: Sony Corporation Type: Notebook Lock: Not Present Version: N/A Serial Number: N/A Asset Tag: N/A Boot-up State: Safe Power Supply State: Safe Thermal State: Safe Security Status: None OEM Information: 0x00000000 Handle 0x0004, DMI type 4, 35 bytes Processor Information Socket Designation: N/A Type: Central Processor Family: Manufacturer: GenuineIntel ID: 7A 06 01 00 FF FB EB BF Version: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T6400 @ 2.00GHz Voltage: 1.1 V External Clock: 200 MHz Max Speed: 2000 MHz Current Speed: 2000 MHz Status: Populated, Enabled Upgrade: None L1 Cache Handle: 0x0005 L2 Cache Handle: 0x0006 L3 Cache Handle: 0x0007 Serial Number: N/A Asset Tag: N/A Part Number: N/A Handle 0x0005, DMI type 7, 19 bytes Cache Information Socket Designation: L1 Cache Configuration: Enabled, Socketed, Level 1 Operational Mode: Write Back Location: Internal Installed Size: 128 KB Maximum Size: 128 KB Supported SRAM Types: Other Installed SRAM Type: Other Speed: Unknown Error Correction Type: Single-bit ECC System Type: Other Associativity: 8-way Set-associative Handle 0x0006, DMI type 7, 19 bytes Cache Information Socket Designation: L2 Cache Configuration: Enabled, Socketed, Level 2 Operational Mode: Write Back Location: Internal Installed Size: 2048 KB Maximum Size: 2048 KB Supported SRAM Types: Other Installed SRAM Type: Other Speed: Unknown Error Correction Type: Single-bit ECC System Type: Unified Associativity: 8-way Set-associative Handle 0x0007, DMI type 7, 19 bytes Cache Information Socket Designation: L3 Cache Configuration: Disabled, Not Socketed, Level 3 Operational Mode: Unknown Location: Unknown Installed Size: 0 KB Maximum Size: 0 KB Supported SRAM Types: Unknown Installed SRAM Type: Unknown Speed: Unknown Error Correction Type: Unknown System Type: Unknown Associativity: Unknown Handle 0x0008, DMI type 11, 5 bytes OEM Strings String 1: 0000035248 String 2: FNC-EXTB String 3: 7X3C25D1DAA6BD7ADE05D18DC5C60 String 4: Reserved String 5: Reserved Handle 0x0009, DMI type 16, 15 bytes Physical Memory Array Location: System Board Or Motherboard Use: System Memory Error Correction Type: None Maximum Capacity: 2048 GB Error Information Handle: Not Provided Number Of Devices: 2 Handle 0x000A, DMI type 19, 15 bytes Memory Array Mapped Address Starting Address: 0x00000000000 Ending Address: 0x000FFFFFFFF Range Size: 4 GB Physical Array Handle: 0x0009 Partition Width: 0 Handle 0x000B, DMI type 17, 21 bytes Memory Device Array Handle: 0x0009 Error Information Handle: Not Provided Total Width: 64 bits Data Width: 64 bits Size: 2048 MB Form Factor: SODIMM Set: None Locator: SODIMM1 Bank Locator: Bank 0 Type: DDR2 Type Detail: Unknown Handle 0x000C, DMI type 20, 19 bytes Memory Device Mapped Address Starting Address: 0x00000000000 Ending Address: 0x0007FFFFFFF Range Size: 2 GB Physical Device Handle: 0x000B Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x000A Partition Row Position: Unknown Interleave Position: Unknown Interleaved Data Depth: Unknown Handle 0x000D, DMI type 17, 21 bytes Memory Device Array Handle: 0x0009 Error Information Handle: Not Provided Total Width: 64 bits Data Width: 64 bits Size: 2048 MB Form Factor: SODIMM Set: None Locator: SODIMM2 Bank Locator: Bank 1 Type: DDR2 Type Detail: Unknown Handle 0x000E, DMI type 20, 19 bytes Memory Device Mapped Address Starting Address: 0x00080000000 Ending Address: 0x000FFFFFFFF Range Size: 2 GB Physical Device Handle: 0x000D Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x000A Partition Row Position: Unknown Interleave Position: Unknown Interleaved Data Depth: Unknown Handle 0x000F, DMI type 32, 20 bytes System Boot Information Status: No errors detected Handle 0x0010, DMI type 127, 4 bytes End Of Table root@vaio:/home/mike# hdparm -I /dev/sda /dev/sda: ATA device, with non-removable media Model Number: TOSHIBA MK4058GSX Serial Number: 49N5P9ZWT Firmware Revision: FF012A Transport: Serial, ATA8-AST, SATA 1.0a, SATA II Extensions, SATA Rev 2.5, SATA Rev 2.6 Standards: Supported: 8 7 6 5 Likely used: 8 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: 781422768 Logical Sector size: 512 bytes Physical Sector size: 512 bytes device size with M = 1024*1024: 381554 MBytes device size with M = 1000*1000: 400088 MBytes (400 GB) cache/buffer size = 8192 KBytes 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 = 16 Advanced power management level: 254 DMA: sdma0 sdma1 sdma2 mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5 Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 Cycle time: no flow control=120ns 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 * NOP cmd * DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE * Advanced Power Management feature set SET_MAX security extension * 48-bit Address feature set * Device Configuration Overlay feature set * Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE * FLUSH_CACHE_EXT * SMART error logging * SMART self-test * General Purpose Logging feature set * WRITE_{DMA|MULTIPLE}_FUA_EXT * 64-bit World wide name * IDLE_IMMEDIATE with UNLOAD * Gen1 signaling speed (1.5Gb/s) * Native Command Queueing (NCQ) * Host-initiated interface power management * Phy event counters * Idle-Unload when NCQ is active DMA Setup Auto-Activate optimization Device-initiated interface power management * Software settings preservation * SMART Command Transport (SCT) feature set * SCT Error Recovery Control (AC3) * SCT Features Control (AC4) * SCT Data Tables (AC5) Security: Master password revision code = 65534 supported not enabled not locked frozen not expired: security count not supported: enhanced erase 152min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT. Logical Unit WWN Device Identifier: 50000391b238443d NAA : 5 IEEE OUI : 000039 Unique ID : 1b238443d Checksum: correct root@vaio:/home/mike# smartctl -a /dev/sda smartctl version 5.38 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: TOSHIBA MK4058GSX Serial Number: 49N5P9ZWT Firmware Version: FF012A User Capacity: 400,088,457,216 bytes Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated Local Time is: Wed Aug 12 10:52:47 2009 BST SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED General SMART Values: Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity was never started. Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled. Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed without error or no self-test has ever been run. Total time to complete Offline data collection: ( 120) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate. Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. No Conveyance Self-test supported. Selective Self-test supported. SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering power-saving mode. Supports SMART auto save timer. Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported. General Purpose Logging supported. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 160) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x0039) SCT Status supported. SCT Feature Control supported. SCT Data Table supported. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 050 Pre-fail Always - 0 2 Throughput_Performance 0x0005 100 100 050 Pre-fail Offline - 0 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 100 100 001 Pre-fail Always - 1425 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 86 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 050 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 050 Pre-fail Always - 0 8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0005 100 100 050 Pre-fail Offline - 0 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 47 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0033 101 100 030 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 82 191 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 169 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 1 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 2082 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 37 (Lifetime Min/Max 20/48) 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 220 Disk_Shift 0x0002 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 79 222 Loaded_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 37 223 Load_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 224 Load_Friction 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 226 Load-in_Time 0x0026 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 375 240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x0001 100 100 001 Pre-fail Offline - 0 SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t] SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1 SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS 1 0 0 Not_testing 2 0 0 Not_testing 3 0 0 Not_testing 4 0 0 Not_testing 5 0 0 Not_testing Selective self-test flags (0x0): After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk. If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay. root@vaio:/home/mike# smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep 193 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 2082 root@vaio:/home/mike# -- Mike Sumner Dip Arb (RFS), F. Arbor. A Telephone 01507 568735 http://www.msumner.co.uk