Please note that I changed the settings manually using hdparam -B 254
and -S 0, but I was looking for a more permanent fix. Will try to
edit the config file as well
Output below..
Output from dmidecode:
# dmidecode 2.9
SMBIOS 2.4 present.
43 structures occupying 1896 bytes.
Table at 0x000F7670.
Handle 0xDA00, DMI type 218, 251 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
DA FB 00 DA B2 00 0D 5F 1F 37 40 7D 00 00 00 00
00 7E 00 02 00 00 00 40 00 04 00 01 00 41 00 04
00 00 00 65 00 05 00 00 00 66 00 05 00 01 00 5E
00 06 00 01 00 5F 00 06 00 00 00 89 01 07 00 00
00 8A 01 07 00 01 00 42 00 08 00 01 00 43 00 08
00 00 00 55 00 09 00 00 00 6D 00 09 00 01 00 2D
00 0A 00 02 00 6E 00 0A 00 01 00 2E 00 0A 00 00
00 11 01 0B 00 00 00 10 01 0B 00 01 00 F0 00 0C
00 01 00 ED 00 0C 00 00 00 41 01 0D 00 01 00 40
01 0D 00 00 00 47 01 0E 00 01 00 46 01 0E 00 00
00 4A 01 0F 00 00 00 4B 01 0F 00 01 00 52 01 10
00 01 00 53 01 10 00 00 00 80 01 11 00 01 00 7F
01 11 00 00 00 94 01 12 00 00 00 93 01 12 00 01
00 86 01 13 00 01 00 85 01 13 00 00 00 82 01 14
00 01 00 81 01 14 00 00 00 9B 01 15 00 00 00 9C
01 15 00 01 00 FF FF 00 00 00 00
Handle 0xDA01, DMI type 218, 239 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
DA EF 01 DA B2 00 0D 5F 1F 37 40 9D 01 15 00 02
00 9E 01 15 00 03 00 8B 01 16 00 00 00 8C 01 16
00 01 00 EA 00 17 00 00 00 EB 00 17 00 01 00 EC
00 17 00 02 00 28 00 18 00 00 00 29 00 18 00 01
00 2A 00 18 00 02 00 2B 00 19 00 00 00 2C 00 1A
00 00 00 E7 00 1B 00 01 00 E6 00 1B 00 00 00 0E
01 1C 00 01 00 0F 01 1C 00 00 00 9B 00 1D 00 01
00 9C 00 1D 00 00 00 4D 01 1E 00 01 00 4C 01 1E
00 00 00 01 01 1F 00 00 00 02 01 1F 00 01 00 04
01 1F 00 02 00 37 01 20 00 00 00 38 01 20 00 01
00 D9 01 21 00 01 00 D8 01 21 00 00 00 EA 01 22
00 00 00 EB 01 22 00 01 00 76 01 76 01 01 00 75
01 75 01 01 00 13 02 13 02 01 00 14 02 14 02 00
00 01 F0 01 F0 00 00 02 F0 02 F0 00 00 03 F0 03
F0 00 00 04 F0 04 F0 00 00 FF FF 00 00 00 00
Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: Dell Inc.
Version: A00
Release Date: 05/05/2008
Address: 0xF0000
Runtime Size: 64 kB
ROM Size: 2048 kB
Characteristics:
ISA is supported
PCI is supported
PC Card (PCMCIA) is supported
PNP is supported
BIOS is upgradeable
BIOS shadowing is allowed
Boot from CD is supported
Selectable boot is supported
3.5"/720 KB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
Serial services are supported (int 14h)
Printer services are supported (int 17h)
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: 0.0
Firmware Revision: 0.0
Handle 0x0100, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: Inspiron 1318
Version: Not Specified
Serial Number: 9D0D6G1
UUID: 44454C4C-4400-1030-8044-
B9C04F364731
Wake-up Type: Power Switch
SKU Number: Not Specified
Family:
Handle 0x0200, DMI type 2, 9 bytes
Base Board Information
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: 0C236D
Version:
Serial Number: .9D0D6G1.CN70166881026W.
Handle 0x0300, DMI type 3, 13 bytes
Chassis Information
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Type: Portable
Lock: Not Present
Version: Not Specified
Serial Number: 9D0D6G1
Asset Tag: Not Specified
Boot-up State: Safe
Power Supply State: Safe
Thermal State: Safe
Security Status: None
Handle 0x0400, DMI type 4, 40 bytes
Processor Information
Socket Designation: Microprocessor
Type: Central Processor
Family: <OUT OF SPEC>
Manufacturer: Intel
ID: FD 06 00 00 FF FB EB BF
Version: Not Specified
Voltage: 3.3 V
External Clock: 166 MHz
Max Speed: 2000 MHz
Current Speed: 2000 MHz
Status: Populated, Enabled
Upgrade: None
L1 Cache Handle: 0x0700
L2 Cache Handle: 0x0701
L3 Cache Handle: Not Provided
Serial Number: Not Specified
Asset Tag: Not Specified
Part Number: Not Specified
Core Count: 2
Core Enabled: 2
Thread Count: 2
Characteristics:
64-bit capable
Handle 0x0700, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
Socket Designation: Not Specified
Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 1
Operational Mode: Write Back
Location: Internal
Installed Size: 32 KB
Maximum Size: 32 KB
Supported SRAM Types:
Unknown
Installed SRAM Type: Unknown
Speed: Unknown
Error Correction Type: None
System Type: Data
Associativity: 4-way Set-associative
Handle 0x0701, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
Socket Designation: Not Specified
Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 2
Operational Mode: Varies With Memory Address
Location: Internal
Installed Size: 2048 KB
Maximum Size: 2048 KB
Supported SRAM Types:
Pipeline Burst
Installed SRAM Type: Pipeline Burst
Speed: 15 ns
Error Correction Type: None
System Type: Unified
Associativity: Other
Handle 0x0804, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
Internal Reference Designator: USB
Internal Connector Type: None
External Reference Designator: Not Specified
External Connector Type: Access Bus (USB)
Port Type: USB
Handle 0x0806, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
Internal Reference Designator: MONITOR
Internal Connector Type: None
External Reference Designator: Not Specified
External Connector Type: DB-15 female
Port Type: Video Port
Handle 0x080B, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
Internal Reference Designator: FireWire
Internal Connector Type: None
External Reference Designator: Not Specified
External Connector Type: IEEE 1394
Port Type: Firewire (IEEE P1394)
Handle 0x080D, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
Internal Reference Designator: Ethernet
Internal Connector Type: None
External Reference Designator: Not Specified
External Connector Type: RJ-45
Port Type: Network Port
Handle 0x0A00, DMI type 10, 6 bytes
On Board Device Information
Type: Video
Status: Enabled
Description: Intel Crestline Graphics
Handle 0x0A01, DMI type 10, 6 bytes
On Board Device Information
Type: Sound
Status: Enabled
Description: IDT 9228
Handle 0x0B00, DMI type 11, 5 bytes
OEM Strings
String 1: Dell System
String 2: 5[0003]
String 3: 13[PP25L]
Handle 0x0D00, DMI type 13, 22 bytes
BIOS Language Information
Installable Languages: 1
en|US|iso8859-1
Currently Installed Language: en|US|iso8859-1
Handle 0x1000, DMI type 16, 15 bytes
Physical Memory Array
Location: System Board Or Motherboard
Use: System Memory
Error Correction Type: None
Maximum Capacity: 4 GB
Error Information Handle: Not Provided
Number Of Devices: 2
Handle 0x1100, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x1000
Error Information Handle: Not Provided
Total Width: 64 bits
Data Width: 64 bits
Size: 1024 MB
Form Factor: DIMM
Set: None
Locator: DIMM_A
Bank Locator: Not Specified
Type: DDR
Type Detail: Synchronous
Speed: 667 MHz (1.5 ns)
Manufacturer: AD00000000000000
Serial Number: 00003022
Asset Tag: 000827
Part Number: HYMP112S64CP6-Y5
Handle 0x1101, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x1000
Error Information Handle: Not Provided
Total Width: 64 bits
Data Width: 64 bits
Size: 2048 MB
Form Factor: DIMM
Set: None
Locator: DIMM_B
Bank Locator: Not Specified
Type: DDR
Type Detail: Synchronous
Speed: 667 MHz (1.5 ns)
Manufacturer: CE00000000000000
Serial Number: 75866A0B
Asset Tag: 510822
Part Number: M4 70T5663QZ3-CE6
Handle 0x1301, DMI type 19, 15 bytes
Memory Array Mapped Address
Starting Address: 0x00000000000
Ending Address: 0x000BFFFFFFF
Range Size: 3 GB
Physical Array Handle: 0x1000
Partition Width: 0
Handle 0x1401, DMI type 20, 19 bytes
Memory Device Mapped Address
Starting Address: 0x00000000000
Ending Address: 0x0007FFFFFFF
Range Size: 2 GB
Physical Device Handle: 0x1100
Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x1301
Partition Row Position: 1
Interleave Position: 1
Interleaved Data Depth: 8
Handle 0x1411, DMI type 126, 19 bytes
Inactive
Handle 0x1402, DMI type 20, 19 bytes
Memory Device Mapped Address
Starting Address: 0x00000000000
Ending Address: 0x0007FFFFFFF
Range Size: 2 GB
Physical Device Handle: 0x1101
Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x1301
Partition Row Position: 1
Interleave Position: 2
Interleaved Data Depth: 8
Handle 0x1412, DMI type 20, 19 bytes
Memory Device Mapped Address
Starting Address: 0x00080000000
Ending Address: 0x000BFFFFFFF
Range Size: 1 GB
Physical Device Handle: 0x1101
Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x1301
Partition Row Position: 1
Handle 0x1500, DMI type 21, 7 bytes
Built-in Pointing Device
Type: Touch Pad
Interface: Bus Mouse
Buttons: 2
Handle 0x1600, DMI type 22, 26 bytes
Portable Battery
Location: Sys. Battery Bay
Manufacturer: Sanyo
Name: DELL UM2307A
Design Capacity: 78000 mWh
Design Voltage: 11100 mV
SBDS Version: 1.0
Maximum Error: 0%
SBDS Serial Number: 01FD
SBDS Manufacture Date: 2007-10-04
SBDS Chemistry: LION
OEM-specific Information: 0x00000001
Handle 0x1B00, DMI type 27, 12 bytes
Cooling Device
Type: Fan
Status: OK
OEM-specific Information: 0x0000DD00
Handle 0x1C00, DMI type 28, 20 bytes
Temperature Probe
Description: CPU Internal Temperature
Location: Processor
Status: OK
Maximum Value: 127.0 deg C
Minimum Value 0.0 deg C
Resolution: 1.000 deg C
Tolerance: 0.5 deg C
Accuracy: Unknown
OEM-specific Information: 0x0000DC00
Handle 0x2000, DMI type 32, 11 bytes
System Boot Information
Status: No errors detected
Handle 0xB000, DMI type 176, 5 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
B0 05 00 B0 01
Handle 0xB100, DMI type 177, 12 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
B1 0C 00 B1 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Handle 0xB200, DMI type 178, 6 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
B2 06 00 B2 99 99
Handle 0xD000, DMI type 208, 10 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
D0 0A 00 D0 01 04 FE 00 86 02
Handle 0xD800, DMI type 216, 9 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
D8 09 00 D8 01 03 01 F0 03
Strings:
Intel Corp.
1566
Handle 0xD900, DMI type 217, 8 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
D9 08 00 D9 01 02 01 03
Strings:
US-101
Proprietary
Handle 0xDB00, DMI type 219, 9 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
DB 09 00 DB 03 01 02 03 FF
Strings:
System Device Bay
Floppy, Battery, CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD, DVD+RW, DVD+/-RW, Hard
Disk, BLU-RAY
DVD+/-RW
Handle 0xDC00, DMI type 220, 22 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
DC 16 00 DC 01 F0 00 00 02 F0 00 00 00 00 03 F0
04 F0 00 00 00 00
Handle 0xDD00, DMI type 221, 19 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
DD 13 00 DD 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00
Handle 0xD400, DMI type 212, 37 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
D4 25 00 D4 74 00 75 00 00 10 2D 2E 5C 00 78 BF
40 5D 00 78 BF 00 08 00 1D DF 00 03 00 1D DF 00
FF FF 00 00 00
Handle 0xD401, DMI type 212, 17 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
D4 11 01 D4 74 00 75 00 03 40 49 4A FF FF 00 00
00
Handle 0xDE00, DMI type 222, 16 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
DE 10 00 DE 01 02 FF FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01
Handle 0x7F00, DMI type 127, 4 bytes
End Of Table
hdparm output:
/dev/sda:
ATA device, with non-removable media
Model Number: WDC WD2500BEVS-75UST0
Serial Number: WD-WXE708HR3348
Firmware Revision: 01.01A01
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: 488397168
device size with M = 1024*1024: 238475 MBytes
device size with M = 1000*1000: 250059 MBytes (250 GB)
Capabilities:
LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
Queue depth: 32
Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, with device specific minimum
R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 8
Advanced power management level: 254
Recommended acoustic management value: 128, current value: 254
DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6
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
* General Purpose Logging feature set
* WRITE_{DMA|MULTIPLE}_FUA_EXT
* 64-bit World wide name
* IDLE_IMMEDIATE with UNLOAD
* Segmented DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
* SATA-I signaling speed (1.5Gb/s)
* Native Command Queueing (NCQ)
* Host-initiated interface power management
* Phy event counters
DMA Setup Auto-Activate optimization
Device-initiated interface power management
* Software settings preservation
* 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[12] (vendor specific)
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
92min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT.
Logical Unit WWN Device Identifier: 50014ee25720269e
NAA : 5
IEEE OUI : 14ee
Unique ID : 25720269e
Checksum: correct
smartctl output
smartctl 5.39 2008-05-08 21:56 [i686-pc-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 WD2500BEVS-75UST0
Serial Number: WD-WXE708HR3348
Firmware Version: 01.01A01
User Capacity: 250,059,350,016 bytes
Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is: 8
ATA Standard is: Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated
Local Time is: Sun Sep 7 00:49:55 2008 CDT
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: (9180) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
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: ( 110) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 5) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x303f) 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 188 188 021 Pre-fail
Always - 1600
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age
Always - 22
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 200 200 140 Pre-fail
Always - 0
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000e 100 253 051 Old_age
Always - 0
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age
Always - 13
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0012 100 253 051 Old_age
Always - 0
11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0012 100 253 051 Old_age
Always - 0
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age
Always - 21
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age
Always - 3
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age
Always - 141
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 108 104 000 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 0x0008 100 253 051 Old_age
Offline - 0
240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age
Always - 14
241 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age
Always - 858998242602
242 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age
Always - 61985358
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 Short offline Completed without error 00% 4 -
# 2 Short offline Completed without error 00% 1 -
# 3 Short offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
# 4 Short offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
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.
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