This is the info for my new SONY VAIO FW31E
It was doing an unload cycle every 15 seconds.
I have found that the setting does not stick on re-boot or after suspend.
Any suggestions?
Thanks for your work,
regards, mike sumner
root@vaio:/home/mike# hdparm -B 254 /dev/sda
/dev/sda:
setting Advanced Power Management level to 0xfe (254)
APM_level = 254
root@vaio:/home/mike# smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep 193
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age
Always - 2082
root@vaio:/home/mike# dmidecode
# dmidecode 2.9
SMBIOS 2.4 present.
17 structures occupying 707 bytes.
Table at 0xBDF2E010.
Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
Version: R2050Y0
Release Date: 11/07/2008
Address: 0xF0000
Runtime Size: 64 kB
ROM Size: 2048 kB
Characteristics:
PCI 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
8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
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: 20.50
Firmware Revision: 20.50
Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
Manufacturer: Sony Corporation
Product Name: VGN-FW31E
Version: C601DGEE
Serial Number: 28288161-5011103
UUID: 5C360280-466A-11DE-82F5-001DBAB8C031
Wake-up Type: Power Switch
SKU Number: N/A
Family: N/A
Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 10 bytes
Base Board Information
Manufacturer: Sony Corporation
Product Name: VAIO
Version: N/A
Serial Number: N/A
Handle 0x0003, DMI type 3, 17 bytes
Chassis Information
Manufacturer: Sony Corporation
Type: Notebook
Lock: Not Present
Version: N/A
Serial Number: N/A
Asset Tag: N/A
Boot-up State: Safe
Power Supply State: Safe
Thermal State: Safe
Security Status: None
OEM Information: 0x00000000
Handle 0x0004, DMI type 4, 35 bytes
Processor Information
Socket Designation: N/A
Type: Central Processor
Family: <OUT OF SPEC>
Manufacturer: GenuineIntel
ID: 7A 06 01 00 FF FB EB BF
Version: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T6400 @ 2.00GHz
Voltage: 1.1 V
External Clock: 200 MHz
Max Speed: 2000 MHz
Current Speed: 2000 MHz
Status: Populated, Enabled
Upgrade: None
L1 Cache Handle: 0x0005
L2 Cache Handle: 0x0006
L3 Cache Handle: 0x0007
Serial Number: N/A
Asset Tag: N/A
Part Number: N/A
Handle 0x0005, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
Socket Designation: L1 Cache
Configuration: Enabled, Socketed, Level 1
Operational Mode: Write Back
Location: Internal
Installed Size: 128 KB
Maximum Size: 128 KB
Supported SRAM Types:
Other
Installed SRAM Type: Other
Speed: Unknown
Error Correction Type: Single-bit ECC
System Type: Other
Associativity: 8-way Set-associative
Handle 0x0006, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
Socket Designation: L2 Cache
Configuration: Enabled, Socketed, Level 2
Operational Mode: Write Back
Location: Internal
Installed Size: 2048 KB
Maximum Size: 2048 KB
Supported SRAM Types:
Other
Installed SRAM Type: Other
Speed: Unknown
Error Correction Type: Single-bit ECC
System Type: Unified
Associativity: 8-way Set-associative
Handle 0x0007, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
Socket Designation: L3 Cache
Configuration: Disabled, Not Socketed, Level 3
Operational Mode: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Installed Size: 0 KB
Maximum Size: 0 KB
Supported SRAM Types:
Unknown
Installed SRAM Type: Unknown
Speed: Unknown
Error Correction Type: Unknown
System Type: Unknown
Associativity: Unknown
Handle 0x0008, DMI type 11, 5 bytes
OEM Strings
String 1: 0000035248
String 2: FNC-EXTB
String 3: 7X3C25D1DAA6BD7ADE05D18DC5C60
String 4: Reserved
String 5: Reserved
Handle 0x0009, DMI type 16, 15 bytes
Physical Memory Array
Location: System Board Or Motherboard
Use: System Memory
Error Correction Type: None
Maximum Capacity: 2048 GB
Error Information Handle: Not Provided
Number Of Devices: 2
Handle 0x000A, DMI type 19, 15 bytes
Memory Array Mapped Address
Starting Address: 0x00000000000
Ending Address: 0x000FFFFFFFF
Range Size: 4 GB
Physical Array Handle: 0x0009
Partition Width: 0
Handle 0x000B, DMI type 17, 21 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x0009
Error Information Handle: Not Provided
Total Width: 64 bits
Data Width: 64 bits
Size: 2048 MB
Form Factor: SODIMM
Set: None
Locator: SODIMM1
Bank Locator: Bank 0
Type: DDR2
Type Detail: Unknown
Handle 0x000C, DMI type 20, 19 bytes
Memory Device Mapped Address
Starting Address: 0x00000000000
Ending Address: 0x0007FFFFFFF
Range Size: 2 GB
Physical Device Handle: 0x000B
Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x000A
Partition Row Position: Unknown
Interleave Position: Unknown
Interleaved Data Depth: Unknown
Handle 0x000D, DMI type 17, 21 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x0009
Error Information Handle: Not Provided
Total Width: 64 bits
Data Width: 64 bits
Size: 2048 MB
Form Factor: SODIMM
Set: None
Locator: SODIMM2
Bank Locator: Bank 1
Type: DDR2
Type Detail: Unknown
Handle 0x000E, DMI type 20, 19 bytes
Memory Device Mapped Address
Starting Address: 0x00080000000
Ending Address: 0x000FFFFFFFF
Range Size: 2 GB
Physical Device Handle: 0x000D
Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x000A
Partition Row Position: Unknown
Interleave Position: Unknown
Interleaved Data Depth: Unknown
Handle 0x000F, DMI type 32, 20 bytes
System Boot Information
Status: No errors detected
Handle 0x0010, DMI type 127, 4 bytes
End Of Table
root@vaio:/home/mike# hdparm -I /dev/sda
/dev/sda:
ATA device, with non-removable media
Model Number: TOSHIBA MK4058GSX
Serial Number: 49N5P9ZWT
Firmware Revision: FF012A
Transport: Serial, ATA8-AST, SATA 1.0a, SATA II
Extensions, SATA Rev 2.5, SATA Rev 2.6
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: 781422768
Logical Sector size: 512 bytes
Physical Sector size: 512 bytes
device size with M = 1024*1024: 381554 MBytes
device size with M = 1000*1000: 400088 MBytes (400 GB)
cache/buffer size = 8192 KBytes
Capabilities:
LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
Queue depth: 32
Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific
minimum
R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 16
Advanced power management level: 254
DMA: sdma0 sdma1 sdma2 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
* 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
* Gen1 signaling speed (1.5Gb/s)
* Native Command Queueing (NCQ)
* Host-initiated interface power management
* Phy event counters
* Idle-Unload when NCQ is active
DMA Setup Auto-Activate optimization
Device-initiated interface power management
* Software settings preservation
* SMART Command Transport (SCT) feature set
* SCT Error Recovery Control (AC3)
* SCT Features Control (AC4)
* SCT Data Tables (AC5)
Security:
Master password revision code = 65534
supported
not enabled
not locked
frozen
not expired: security count
not supported: enhanced erase
152min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT.
Logical Unit WWN Device Identifier: 50000391b238443d
NAA : 5
IEEE OUI : 000039
Unique ID : 1b238443d
Checksum: correct
root@vaio:/home/mike# smartctl -a /dev/sda
smartctl version 5.38 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8
Bruce Allen
Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model: TOSHIBA MK4058GSX
Serial Number: 49N5P9ZWT
Firmware Version: FF012A
User Capacity: 400,088,457,216 bytes
Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is: 8
ATA Standard is: Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated
Local Time is: Wed Aug 12 10:52:47 2009 BST
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: ( 120) 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.
General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 160) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x0039) 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 0x000b 100 100 050 Pre-fail
Always - 0
2 Throughput_Performance 0x0005 100 100 050 Pre-fail
Offline - 0
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 100 100 001 Pre-fail
Always - 1425
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age
Always - 86
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 050 Pre-fail
Always - 0
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 050 Pre-fail
Always - 0
8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0005 100 100 050 Pre-fail
Offline - 0
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age
Always - 47
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0033 101 100 030 Pre-fail
Always - 0
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age
Always - 82
191 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age
Always - 169
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age
Always - 1
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age
Always - 2082
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age
Always - 37 (Lifetime Min/Max 20/48)
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age
Always - 0
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age
Always - 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 100 100 000 Old_age
Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age
Always - 0
220 Disk_Shift 0x0002 100 100 000 Old_age
Always - 79
222 Loaded_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age
Always - 37
223 Load_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age
Always - 0
224 Load_Friction 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age
Always - 0
226 Load-in_Time 0x0026 100 100 000 Old_age
Always - 375
240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x0001 100 100 001 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.
root@vaio:/home/mike# smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep 193
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age
Always - 2082
root@vaio:/home/mike#
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Mike Sumner Dip Arb (RFS), F. Arbor. A
Telephone 01507 568735
http://www.msumner.co.uk
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