Hi,
I have installed a new hard drive to my laptop and noticed i have this
problem. Didn't have any problem with the previous/original drive.
Laptop: Targa Traveller 826T (clone of MSI M635 - MS1029)
Hard Drive: Western Digital 2.5" WD1600BEVE
OS: OpenSuSE 11.0 64bit
Western Digital has an utility on their website to resolve this, but
it does nothing as it notifies that the hard drive already has the
latest firmware:
http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/popup_adp.php?p_sid=undefined&p_lva=undefined&p_li=undefined&p_faqid=1414&p_created=1138984716&p_sp=undefined
I have noticed this problem for a while now, and have used this
information and laptop-mode-tools to work around it:
http://en.opensuse.org/Reduce_laptop_APM_loadcycle
But i have only found this webpage a few days ago.
The value 254 seems to work fine.
Attached you can find the outputs:
dmidecode
hdparm -I /dev/[hs]dX
smartctl -a /dev/[hs]dX
regards,
Carlos Bessa
# dmidecode 2.9
SMBIOS 2.3 present.
15 structures occupying 789 bytes.
Table at 0x000FAA80.
Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 20 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
Version: A1029AMS V2.50
Release Date: 11/02/2005
Address: 0xF0000
Runtime Size: 64 kB
ROM Size: 512 kB
Characteristics:
ISA is supported
EISA is supported
PCI is supported
PC Card (PCMCIA) 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
Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
Serial services are supported (int 14h)
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
Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 25 bytes
System Information
Manufacturer: MICRO-STAR INT'L CO.,LTD
Product Name: MS-1029
Version: 0291
Serial Number: FFFFFFFF
UUID: 00020003-0004-0005-0006-000700080009
Wake-up Type: Power Switch
Handle 0x0002, DMI type 3, 17 bytes
Chassis Information
Manufacturer: MICRO-STAR INT'L CO.,LTD
Type: Notebook
Lock: Present
Version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Serial Number: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Asset Tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Boot-up State: Safe
Power Supply State: Safe
Thermal State: Safe
Security Status: None
OEM Information: 0x000004D2
Handle 0x0003, DMI type 4, 35 bytes
Processor Information
Socket Designation: CPU 1
Type: Central Processor
Family: Unknown
Manufacturer: AMD
ID: 42 0F 02 00 FF FB 8B 07
Version: AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology MT-32
Voltage: 3.3 V 2.9 V
External Clock: 200 MHz
Max Speed: 1800 MHz
Current Speed: 1800 MHz
Status: Populated, Enabled
Upgrade: Socket 754
L1 Cache Handle: 0x0004
L2 Cache Handle: 0x0005
L3 Cache Handle: Not Provided
Serial Number: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Asset Tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Part Number: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Handle 0x0004, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
Socket Designation: L1-Cache
Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 1
Operational Mode: Varies With Memory Address
Location: Internal
Installed Size: 64 KB
Maximum Size: 64 KB
Supported SRAM Types:
Pipeline Burst
Installed SRAM Type: Pipeline Burst
Speed: Unknown
Error Correction Type: Single-bit ECC
System Type: Data
Associativity: 4-way Set-associative
Handle 0x0005, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
Socket Designation: L2-Cache
Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 2
Operational Mode: Varies With Memory Address
Location: Internal
Installed Size: 512 KB
Maximum Size: 512 KB
Supported SRAM Types:
Pipeline Burst
Installed SRAM Type: Pipeline Burst
Speed: Unknown
Error Correction Type: Single-bit ECC
System Type: Unified
Associativity: 4-way Set-associative
Handle 0x0006, DMI type 9, 13 bytes
System Slot Information
Designation: RC593
Type: 32-bit PC Card (PCMCIA)
Current Usage: Available
Length: Short
ID: Adapter 0, Socket 0
Characteristics:
5.0 V is provided
3.3 V is provided
PC Card-16 is supported
Cardbus is supported
Handle 0x0007, DMI type 16, 15 bytes
Physical Memory Array
Location: System Board Or Motherboard
Use: System Memory
Error Correction Type: None
Maximum Capacity: 8 GB
Error Information Handle: Not Provided
Number Of Devices: 2
Handle 0x0008, DMI type 19, 15 bytes
Memory Array Mapped Address
Starting Address: 0x00000000000
Ending Address: 0x0007FFFFFFF
Range Size: 2 GB
Physical Array Handle: 0x0007
Partition Width: 0
Handle 0x0009, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x0007
Error Information Handle: Not Provided
Total Width: 64 bits
Data Width: 72 bits
Size: 1024 MB
Form Factor: DIMM
Set: None
Locator: DIMM0
Bank Locator: BANK0
Type: DDR
Type Detail: Synchronous
Speed: 333 MHz (3.0 ns)
Manufacturer: Manufacturer0
Serial Number: SerNum0
Asset Tag: AssetTagNum0
Part Number: PartNum0
Handle 0x000A, DMI type 20, 19 bytes
Memory Device Mapped Address
Starting Address: 0x00000000000
Ending Address: 0x0003FFFFFFF
Range Size: 1 GB
Physical Device Handle: 0x0009
Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x0008
Partition Row Position: 1
Handle 0x000B, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x0007
Error Information Handle: Not Provided
Total Width: 64 bits
Data Width: 72 bits
Size: 1024 MB
Form Factor: DIMM
Set: None
Locator: DIMM1
Bank Locator: BANK1
Type: DDR
Type Detail: Synchronous
Speed: 333 MHz (3.0 ns)
Manufacturer: Manufacturer1
Serial Number: SerNum1
Asset Tag: AssetTagNum1
Part Number: PartNum1
Handle 0x000C, DMI type 20, 19 bytes
Memory Device Mapped Address
Starting Address: 0x00040000000
Ending Address: 0x0007FFFFFFF
Range Size: 1 GB
Physical Device Handle: 0x000B
Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x0008
Partition Row Position: 1
Handle 0x000D, DMI type 32, 20 bytes
System Boot Information
Status: No errors detected
Handle 0x000E, DMI type 127, 4 bytes
End Of Table
hdparm -I /dev/sda
/dev/sda:
ATA device, with non-removable media
Model Number: WDC WD1600BEVE-00UYT0
Serial Number: WD-WXEZ07Y37762
Firmware Revision: 01.04A01
Standards:
Supported: 7 6 5 4
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: 312581808
device size with M = 1024*1024: 152627 MBytes
device size with M = 1000*1000: 160041 MBytes (160 GB)
Capabilities:
LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, with device specific minimum
R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 16
Advanced power management level: 128
Recommended acoustic management value: 128, current value: 254
DMA: 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
Automatic Acoustic Management feature set
* 48-bit Address feature set
* Device Configuration Overlay feature set
* Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE
* FLUSH_CACHE_EXT
* SMART error logging
* SMART self-test
Media Card Pass-Through
* General Purpose Logging feature set
* 64-bit World wide name
* URG for READ_STREAM[_DMA]_EXT
* URG for WRITE_STREAM[_DMA]_EXT
* IDLE_IMMEDIATE with UNLOAD
* Segmented DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
* SMART Command Transport (SCT) feature set
* SCT Long Sector Access (AC1)
* SCT LBA Segment Access (AC2)
* SCT Error Recovery Control (AC3)
* SCT Features Control (AC4)
* SCT Data Tables (AC5)
unknown 206[13] (vendor specific)
Security:
Master password revision code = 65534
supported
not enabled
not locked
frozen
not expired: security count
not supported: enhanced erase
72min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT.
Logical Unit WWN Device Identifier: 50014ee2ab7d665f
NAA : 5
IEEE OUI : 14ee
Unique ID : 2ab7d665f
HW reset results:
CBLID- above Vih
Device num = 0 determined by the jumper
Checksum: correct
smartctl -a /dev/sda
smartctl 5.39 2008-05-08 21:56 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-8 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Western Digital Scorpio family
Device Model: WDC WD1600BEVE-00UYT0
Serial Number: WD-WXEZ07Y37762
Firmware Version: 01.04A01
User Capacity: 160,041,885,696 bytes
Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is: 7
ATA Standard is: Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated
Local Time is: Wed Aug 6 14:38:25 2008 WEST
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: (7200) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off supp
ort.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
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: ( 92) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 6) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x203f) 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 0x000f 200 200 051 Pre-fail Always -
0
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 185 183 021 Pre-fail Always -
1708
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always -
496
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 200 200 140 Pre-fail Always -
0
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 100 253 051 Pre-fail Always -
0
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 098 098 000 Old_age Always -
1473
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 051 Pre-fail Always -
0
11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0012 100 100 051 Old_age Always -
0
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always -
477
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always -
120
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 199 199 000 Old_age Always -
5340
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 108 098 000 Old_age Always -
39
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always -
0
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 200 200 000 Old_age Always -
0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 253 000 Old_age Offline -
0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0009 100 253 051 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.
