JD wrote: > On 08/15/2010 06:44 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > >> On Sunday 15 August 2010 10:17 AM, James McKenzie wrote: >> >>> Got a good backup of this drive? Looks like it needs to be retested, in >>> a different machine and if it fails, replaced. >>> >>> I had a drive that exhibited the same behavior and eventually, it failed. >>> >>> >> I downloaded the bootable iso of the disk diagnostic suite from Western >> Digital and ran. It claimed to detect and fix the errors. After the scan >> the smart logs read like this, >> >> >>> Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: >>> ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE >>> 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 199 199 051 Pre-fail Always - 1545 >>> 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 253 253 021 Pre-fail Always - 1066 >>> 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 42 >>> 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 200 200 140 Pre-fail Always - 0 >>> 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x002e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 >>> 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 1426 >>> 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 0 >>> 11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 0 >>> 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 38 >>> 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 21 >>> 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 20 >>> 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 109 107 000 Old_age Always - 41 >>> 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 >>> 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 200 199 000 Old_age Always - 78 >>> 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 200 200 000 Old_age Offline - 0 >>> 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 >>> 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0008 200 200 000 Old_age Offline - 0 >>> >>> SMART Error Log Version: 1 >>> No Errors Logged >>> >>> SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 >>> Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error >>> # 1 Conveyance offline Completed: read failure 90% 1422 1106820646 >>> # 2 Extended offline Completed: read failure 90% 1393 1106820646 >>> >>> >> Is it okay to continue with this drive? I bought them a few months back, >> I am not in a position to change them unless I can RMA the unit. >> >> >>> James McKenzie >>> >> All suggestions welcome. >> > > Is it possible to purge the SMART logs and reset > the counters, and the rerun the SMART tests? > > That should be possible. Any errors should be a good reason to send the drives back. James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
