Hi,
I've been highly frustrated for more than a year about this problem with
my HP nx7400 laptop and its Seagate Momentus 5400.2 disk (which is
otherwise a really fine piece of equipment). By switching from Ubuntu to
openSUSE today, I had to look for the Suse way of fixing this up
(instead of editing /etc/hdparm.conf on Ubuntu), and I stumbled upon the
storage-fixup script which is really nice!
As my harddisk isn't included in by default yet, I've attached the
required information to this e-mail.
Adding this to /etc/storage-fixup.conf solves it:
# Reported drive model: ST9100824AS
rule hp-nx7400
dmi system-manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
dmi system-product-name HP Compaq nx7400*
ata model ST9*AS
act hdparm -B 255 $DEV
An unfortunate side-effect of meddling with the power saving on my
system occurs at shutdown: for some reason I can clearly hear the drive
spin down and then suddenly spin up and initialize again before the
power is killed... This doesn't happen if I leave everything at default
settings. Restoring the default setting (128) manually before shutting
down doesn't prevent this either. It's weird and I've been working
around it by rebooting and using the power button when I see GRUB appear.
I don't know if others have reported similar behavior.
Thanks for the effort,
Greetings,
Pascal Vandeputte
# dmidecode 2.9
SMBIOS 2.4 present.
23 structures occupying 1029 bytes.
Table at 0x000F3A78.
Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: Hewlett-Packard
Version: 68YGU Ver. F.0C
Release Date: 07/25/2007
Address: 0xE0000
Runtime Size: 128 kB
ROM Size: 1024 kB
Characteristics:
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
EDD 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)
ACPI is supported
USB legacy is supported
LS-120 boot 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: 15.12
Firmware Revision: 64.23
Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
Product Name: HP Compaq nx7400 (RH403ET#UUG)
Version: F.0C
Serial Number: CNU6460H7D
UUID: F209EE5C-97D7-DD11-1198-6D990C43B529
Wake-up Type: Power Switch
SKU Number: RH403ET#UUG
Family: 103C_5336AN
Handle 0x0040, DMI type 126, 33 bytes
Inactive
Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 8 bytes
Base Board Information
Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
Product Name: 30A2
Version: KBC Version 40.17
Serial Number: Not Specified
Handle 0x0003, DMI type 3, 13 bytes
Chassis Information
Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
Type: Notebook
Lock: Not Present
Version: Not Specified
Serial Number: CNU6460H7D
Asset Tag: CNU6460H7D
Boot-up State: Safe
Power Supply State: Safe
Thermal State: Safe
Security Status: External Interface Enabled
Handle 0x0041, DMI type 126, 32 bytes
Inactive
Handle 0x0004, DMI type 4, 35 bytes
Processor Information
Socket Designation: U10
Type: Central Processor
Family: Pentium M
Manufacturer: Intel(R)
ID: F6 06 00 00 FF FB EB BF
Signature: Type 0, Family 6, Model 15, Stepping 6
Flags:
FPU (Floating-point unit on-chip)
VME (Virtual mode extension)
DE (Debugging extension)
PSE (Page size extension)
TSC (Time stamp counter)
MSR (Model specific registers)
PAE (Physical address extension)
MCE (Machine check exception)
CX8 (CMPXCHG8 instruction supported)
APIC (On-chip APIC hardware supported)
SEP (Fast system call)
MTRR (Memory type range registers)
PGE (Page global enable)
MCA (Machine check architecture)
CMOV (Conditional move instruction supported)
PAT (Page attribute table)
PSE-36 (36-bit page size extension)
CLFSH (CLFLUSH instruction supported)
DS (Debug store)
ACPI (ACPI supported)
MMX (MMX technology supported)
FXSR (Fast floating-point save and restore)
SSE (Streaming SIMD extensions)
SSE2 (Streaming SIMD extensions 2)
SS (Self-snoop)
HTT (Hyper-threading technology)
TM (Thermal monitor supported)
PBE (Pending break enabled)
Version: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T5600 @ 1.83GHz
Voltage: 1.1 V
External Clock: 166 MHz
Max Speed: 1833 MHz
Current Speed: 1833 MHz
Status: Populated, Enabled
Upgrade: None
L1 Cache Handle: 0x0005
L2 Cache Handle: 0x0006
L3 Cache Handle: Not Provided
Serial Number: Not Specified
Asset Tag: Not Specified
Part Number: Not Specified
Handle 0x0005, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
Socket Designation: Internal L1 Cache
Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 1
Operational Mode: Write Back
Location: Internal
Installed Size: 64 KB
Maximum Size: 64 KB
Supported SRAM Types:
Burst
Installed SRAM Type: Burst
Speed: Unknown
Error Correction Type: Unknown
System Type: Unified
Associativity: 4-way Set-associative
Handle 0x0006, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
Socket Designation: Internal L2 Cache
Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 2
Operational Mode: Write Back
Location: External
Installed Size: 2048 KB
Maximum Size: 2048 KB
Supported SRAM Types:
Burst
Installed SRAM Type: Burst
Speed: Unknown
Error Correction Type: None
System Type: Unified
Associativity: 4-way Set-associative
Handle 0x0007, DMI type 9, 13 bytes
System Slot Information
Designation: PC CARD-Slot 0
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
PME signal is supported
Handle 0x0008, DMI type 10, 6 bytes
On Board Device Information
Type: Video
Status: Enabled
Description: 8
Handle 0x0009, DMI type 11, 5 bytes
OEM Strings
String 1: www.hp.com
String 2: ABS 70/71 79 7A 7B 7C
Handle 0x000A, 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: No Error
Number Of Devices: 2
Handle 0x000B, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x000A
Error Information Handle: No Error
Total Width: 64 bits
Data Width: 64 bits
Size: 1024 MB
Form Factor: SODIMM
Set: None
Locator: DIMM #1
Bank Locator: Not Specified
Type: DDR2
Type Detail: Synchronous
Speed: 667 MHz (1.5 ns)
Manufacturer: 7F7F7F7F7F510000
Serial Number: 04187626
Asset Tag: Not Specified
Part Number: 64T128021HDL3SB
Handle 0x000C, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x000A
Error Information Handle: No Error
Total Width: 64 bits
Data Width: 64 bits
Size: 1024 MB
Form Factor: SODIMM
Set: None
Locator: DIMM #2
Bank Locator: Not Specified
Type: DDR2
Type Detail: Synchronous
Speed: 667 MHz (1.5 ns)
Manufacturer: CE00000000000000
Serial Number: F45BF1C1
Asset Tag: Not Specified
Part Number: M4 70T2953CZ3-CE6
Handle 0x000D, DMI type 19, 15 bytes
Memory Array Mapped Address
Starting Address: 0x00000000000
Ending Address: 0x0007FFFFFFF
Range Size: 2 GB
Physical Array Handle: 0x000A
Partition Width: 0
Handle 0x000E, DMI type 20, 19 bytes
Memory Device Mapped Address
Starting Address: 0x00000000000
Ending Address: 0x0003FFFFFFF
Range Size: 1 GB
Physical Device Handle: 0x000B
Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x000D
Partition Row Position: 1
Handle 0x000F, DMI type 20, 19 bytes
Memory Device Mapped Address
Starting Address: 0x00040000000
Ending Address: 0x0007FFFFFFF
Range Size: 1 GB
Physical Device Handle: 0x000C
Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x000D
Partition Row Position: 2
Handle 0x0010, DMI type 32, 11 bytes
System Boot Information
Status: No errors detected
Handle 0x0085, DMI type 133, 34 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
85 22 85 00 01 A0 0F 56 07 2E 07 02 00 2B 00 1B
00 40 30 00 00 30 2A 02 E0 40 00 00 12 10 15 10
1B 10
Strings:
01101 10/13/2006
HP
Handle 0x0086, DMI type 126, 34 bytes
Inactive
Handle 0x0011, DMI type 144, 26 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
90 1A 11 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 00 00
Handle 0x0012, DMI type 127, 4 bytes
End Of Table
/dev/sda:
ATA device, with non-removable media
Model Number: ST9100824AS
Serial Number: 5PL3FK4S
Firmware Revision: 7.24
Standards:
Supported: 7 6 5 4
Likely used: 8
Configuration:
Logical max current
cylinders 16383 17475
heads 16 15
sectors/track 63 63
--
CHS current addressable sectors: 16513875
LBA user addressable sectors: 195371568
LBA48 user addressable sectors: 195371568
device size with M = 1024*1024: 95396 MBytes
device size with M = 1000*1000: 100030 MBytes (100 GB)
Capabilities:
LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum
R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 16
Advanced power management level: 128
Recommended acoustic management value: 254, current value: 0
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=240ns IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
Enabled Supported:
* SMART feature set
Security Mode feature set
* Power Management feature set
* Write cache
* Look-ahead
* WRITE_BUFFER command
* READ_BUFFER command
* DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
* Advanced Power 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
* IDLE_IMMEDIATE with UNLOAD
* SATA-I signaling speed (1.5Gb/s)
* Phy event counters
* Device-initiated interface power management
* Software settings preservation
* SMART Command Transport (SCT) feature set
Security:
Master password revision code = 65534
supported
not enabled
not locked
frozen
not expired: security count
supported: enhanced erase
62min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT. 62min for ENHANCED SECURITY ERASE UNIT.
Checksum: correct
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: Seagate Momentus 5400.2 series
Device Model: ST9100824AS
Serial Number: 5PL3FK4S
Firmware Version: 7.24
User Capacity: 100,030,242,816 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: Sun Sep 7 21:20:50 2008 CEST
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: (0x82) Offline data collection activity
was completed without error.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
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: ( 426) 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.
No General Purpose Logging support.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 63) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x0001) SCT Status supported.
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10
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 118 099 006 Pre-fail Always - 185697728
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0002 095 094 000 Old_age Always - 0
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0033 100 100 020 Pre-fail Always - 782
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 036 Pre-fail Always - 0
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 079 060 030 Pre-fail Always - 85069371
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 095 095 000 Old_age Always - 4489
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 034 Pre-fail Always - 0
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0033 100 100 020 Pre-fail Always - 700
187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 060 055 045 Old_age Always - 40 (Lifetime Min/Max 40/40)
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 38
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 037 037 000 Old_age Always - 126746
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 040 045 000 Old_age Always - 40 (0 8 0 0)
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 082 054 000 Old_age Always - 195816853
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0
202 TA_Increase_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 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 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 1947 -
# 2 Short offline Completed without error 00% 1945 -
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.
