From: Niels <zorglub_olsen@hotmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Western Digital GreenPower drives and Linux
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:22:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <fv7egg$a76$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 256077993@web.de
On Sunday 27 April 2008 19:45, devzero@web.de wrote:
> on a second system , my wd drive shows this values:
>
> 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always
> - 853
> 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 170 170 000 Old_age Always
> - 90960
>
> absolutely scary.....
>
> meanwhile, i got wdidle3 from WD support and set it to 25secs (factory
> support seems to be at 8 secs) - but still waiting for an answer if this
> is a bug or not.
>
> i`m really wondering why support is so quiet here....
> anybody got a response from support about this?
>
[snip]
I contacted WD support, asking for wdidle. They asked about my drive, and
warned me that this application was meant for a specific drive and could
damage others. I replied with information about my drives and never heard
back. I repeated my request, without result.
This mess combined with disappointing performance from a couple of WD
Mybooks will certainly make me think twice before buying or recommending WD
for the foreseeable future.
//Niels
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-04-29 15:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-04-27 17:45 Western Digital GreenPower drives and Linux devzero
2008-04-27 19:14 ` Renato S. Yamane
2008-04-29 15:22 ` Niels [this message]
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2008-04-10 22:36 devzero
2008-04-11 21:00 ` Tvrtko A. Ursulin
2008-04-12 3:19 ` Mike Snitzer
2008-04-12 7:11 ` Tvrtko A. Ursulin
2008-04-12 15:20 ` Mike Snitzer
2008-04-12 15:56 ` Mike Snitzer
2008-04-13 8:30 ` Niels
2008-04-09 20:18 Tvrtko A. Ursulin
2008-04-10 7:48 ` Tvrtko A. Ursulin
2008-04-10 12:44 ` Kasper Sandberg
2008-04-10 15:01 ` Christian Pernegger
2008-04-12 17:11 ` Jan Engelhardt
2008-04-13 15:41 ` Mark Lord
2008-04-16 11:40 ` Helge Hafting
2008-04-16 17:59 ` Christian Pernegger
2008-04-16 18:18 ` Mark Lord
2008-04-16 19:44 ` Tvrtko A. Ursulin
2008-04-16 19:46 ` Tvrtko A. Ursulin
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