Hardware

  • Tyan S2735-8M motherboard/Rackable Systems 1u Server 100mbit NIC not working even when enabled in the BIOS


    Itried everything Icould think of, and of course even with the NIC enabled in the BIOS nothing was working. The light would flash when you plugin the cable for a second, but that's all. Due to another issue I'm about to post about (server is not compatible with 1TB/1000Gig Hard Drives), I updated the BIOS. I didn't even know the 100mbit NICs were not working untilI decided I should test each NIC one by one. Inoticed that only 1 server out of the stack I have had a working 100mbit NIC. I was thinking what are the chances of this and how could all of the 100mbit NICs be bad? ThenI realized 1 server actually worked with the 100mbit NIC and it turned out that was the one I got the latest BIOS update for. So if you have a Tyan 2735-8Mmotherboard and the 100mbit NIC is not working, update your BIOS (upgrades available from the Tyan website)and you'll be good to go. I guess this probably goes for other Tyan motherboards and even motherboards from mother manufacturers. It is a bit ridiculous though that in the original firmware they made such an oversight that the 100mbit NIC doesn't even work. This must have caused many sysadmins/IT techs headaches, headscratching and frustration.

  • Tyan S2735-8M Maximum Hard Drive Limit/Not Working/Doesn't work with 1TB 1000GB hard drives


    Inever saved any of the logs, but basically no matter what OS (Linux)I used, I could not get my 1000GB hard drive to work (Seagate SATA). The BIOS recognizes the drive and fdisk -l shows the hard drive as it should. The tricky thing is that different OS's will give you different results, but don't be fooled. You can't use these larger drives for long. Iwas getting all kinds of seek/IOerrors and also messages that the port could not be read. In one custom kernel Ihad, what would happen is that after attempting to format a 900GB partition, the whole drive became invisible and inaccessible to the kernel (if you attempt to format a smaller amount it might work, but make no mistake it will be unstable and the symptoms Idescribe will invetiably happen at some point and fortunately I discovered it before putting these into production again). An fdisk -l would only show the 500GB drive and not the 1000GB drive. Updating the BIOS to Tyan's latest did not help either. In Centos 5.3 the symptoms Ihad were the same messages, but a worse effect. After the I/Oerrors it caused both SATA ports to become unusable at that point, so you couldn't run any command on your server until you reboot. I'm sure this is a limitation of the BIOS or SATA chipset and I don't see any work around, this is either a BIOS or SATA chipset issue and I doubt Tyan has any plans for an update (considering the last update was in 2005). I hope this saves someone else the trouble, hassle and headache. I know for sure 500GB Seagate drives work, since this is what I have in them. I'm not sure if 750GB would work since I don't have any of those drives around.

  • Hard Drive Not Working/Not Detected By Your BIOS Anymore?


    I was starting to panic because suddenly my 1TB Seagate SATA drive wasn't working,I thought it was a BIOS issue because it seemed to have happened after I tried overclocking my Desktop too much. I tried powering down and waiting, but I still couldn't hear the drive spin up at all. I tried a second 1TB hard drive and it wouldn't work either. I checked all power connections again and again until one of the pins in the MOLEX connector popped completely loose. This was a small problem but who knows how long one could troubleshoot not knowing it is the connector ? It looked fine until I moved it by accident and the pin moved completely out of the socket. I guess if a drive is not being detected I always remember this and to ensure the pins in any MOLEX are good. It's a relief and a big embarassment that the problem with my 1TB Seagate SATA drive was just because of 1 loose pin on the MOLEX power connector.

  • The power of passive vs air cooling. Small fans make a world of difference.


    I bought a Dynatron A46G for my AMD X4 620 AM3 Quad Core CPU. Just judging by touch, the stock OEM fan/heatsink combo kept things so cool, I could leave the 1U server on the floor and it barely felt warm to the touch, including the heatsink itself. I thought the Dynatron A46G would be enough with passive cooling (it has no fan), but the same setup became burning hot on the underside of the server and also by touching the heatsink itself within minutes. I thought that the Dynatron A46G wasn't doing a good job and thought the stock heatsink without a fan (disconnected) would be better. I was wrong and got the same results with the stock heatsink, it's amazing how a tiny fan adds so much extra cooling. Now I need to find another solution or find a way to get more airflow via a small 40MMexhaust fan and see if that helps with the A46G.

  • SATA Power cable for 1U Server Solutions - Rosewill 8" SATA Power Cable Model RC-8"-PW-4P-2SA


    NewEgg is one of the few companies that stocks this great right angle 1U SATA power cable. I've purchased some no-name ones and they face the wrong way (towards the bottom of the chassis) which makes it worse/impossible than standard SATA connectors. The price is high but if you're building a 1U server and want SATA disks and don't have much space (eg. the 1U Supermicro cases) then these are simply a must and worth the money you pay. On the other hand I've found it very easy to find proper 1U right angle SATA cables, but the power has always been the annoying and tricky thing.

  • Wireless/xmit power - DD-WRT v23 SP2 (09/15/06) std - build 3932 Linksys WRT54G/GL/GS


    I played around with xmit power (how much power in mW) to see if I could increase the range and signal strength. Idon't think this Linksys WRT54G's strength is the wireless, it seems to have poor signal quality and transfer rates all around. Ithink part of the problem is also that there are several wireless networks around my house that could be interfering and the walls are thick here. Anyaway, moving on now :) The default is 28mW and I increased it to 50mW and things improved slightly but I still didn't feel the signal strength was consistent enough on my iPhone (then again it is the iPhone and the WiFi is not especially great on it to to begin with). Then I cranked it up to 70mW and as some said, higher power levels actually decreased my signal strength and throughput. I couldn't even ping the gateway most of the time, so I lowered the setting to 60mW. I've found 60 to be a great choice. I really think it's time to upgrade/change my router to one that is known to have a stronger signal in general. I just don't feel that the wireless in the WRT54G is very strong to begin with. I imagine if I find a better router that turning up the xmit power would do a lot more, but at any rate, there's always a certain power level you hit where the signal strength and quality actually gets worse. The other issue to remember is that high power levels could reduce the life of the router by generating a lot more heat. I've read people talking about using 200+ mW for distances over a number of kilometers, however I have no idea how true that is but I'd be interested to test that theory if I ever got the chance. One thing for sure is that if you crank up the power that high you better have extra cooling such as an external fan or even a small 40MMfan inside the enclosure itself to cool things off.

  • Compaq V2405CA Laptop - Unixbench Performance Test


    Here are the results, it is Sempron 3000+ AMD Mobile, 500Gig HDD, 512MB RAM with shared ATI Radeon graphics. # # # # # # # ##### ###### # # #### # # # # ## # # # # # # # ## # # # # # # # # # # # ## ##### ##### # # # # ###### # # # # # # ## # # # # # # # # # # # # ## # # # # # # # ## # # # # #### # # # # # ##### ###### # # #### # # 4 1 Based on the Byte Magazine Unix Benchmark 44 11 v v 4 4 1 v v 44444 1 v4.1 revisions mostly by David C. Niemi, v 4 o 111 - WHT.2 Reston, VA, USA WHT Variant by Andy A. Lee See: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=308055 file: could not find any magic files! Dhrystone 2 using register variables 1 2 Double-Precision Whetstone 1 2 Execl Throughput 1 Filesystem Throughput 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1 Filesystem Throughput 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1 Filesystem Throughput 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1 Pipe Throughput 1 2 Pipe-based Context Switching 1 2 Process Creation 1 System Call Overhead 1 2 Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1 ============================================================== BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 4.1-wht.2) System -- Linux (none) 2.6.24.2 #74 SMP Sat Mar 13 21:59:12 PST 2010 i686 GNU/Linux /dev/hda1 39062012 6812716 32249296 18% /hdd Start Benchmark Run: Fri Jan 22 20:58:54 PST 2010 20:58:54 up 1 day, 10:39, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.07, 0.15 End Benchmark Run: Fri Jan 22 21:10:18 PST 2010 21:10:18 up 1 day, 10:50, 2 users, load average: 20.59, 7.34, 3.08 INDEX VALUES TEST BASELINE RESULT INDEX Dhrystone 2 using register variables 376783.7 1336670.2 35.5 Double-Precision Whetstone 83.1 416.6 50.1 Execl Throughput 188.3 752.5 40.0 File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 2672.0 929.0 3.5 File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1077.0 238.0 2.2 File Read 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 15382.0 153085.0 99.5 Pipe Throughput 111814.6 234163.0 20.9 Pipe-based Context Switching 15448.6 75000.3 48.5 Process Creation 569.3 3029.2 53.2 Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 44.8 168.5 37.6 System Call Overhead 114433.5 395446.2 34.6 ========= FINAL SCORE 26.1 cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 15 model : 44 model name : Mobile AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3000+ stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 1790.873 cache size : 128 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt 3dnowext 3dnow up pni lahf_lm ts fid vid ttp tm stc bogomips : 3585.64 clflush size : 64 lspci 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge (rev 01) 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge 0000:00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller 0000:00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller 0000:00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller 0000:00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 11) 0000:00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller 0000:00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge 0000:00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge 0000:00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02) 0000:00:14.6 Modem: ATI Technologies Inc SB400 AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 02) 0000:00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 0000:00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 0000:00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 0000:00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 0000:01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE) 0000:05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) 0000:05:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02) 0000:05:09.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller It actually has 512MB of RAMbut 128MB is taken up as virtual video memory. cat /proc/meminfo MemTotal: 378324 kB MemFree: 5168 kB Buffers: 146400 kB Cached: 198936 kB SwapCached: 0 kB Active: 33704 kB Inactive: 317196 kB HighTotal: 0 kB HighFree: 0 kB LowTotal: 378324 kB LowFree: 5168 kB SwapTotal: 0 kB SwapFree: 0 kB Dirty: 60 kB Writeback: 0 kB AnonPages: 5564 kB Mapped: 5036 kB Slab: 18456 kB SReclaimable: 14848 kB SUnreclaim: 3608 kB PageTables: 240 kB NFS_Unstable: 0 kB Bounce: 0 kB CommitLimit: 189160 kB Committed_AS: 12132 kB VmallocTotal: 638968 kB VmallocUsed: 1800 kB VmallocChunk: 637168 kB HugePages_Total: 0 HugePages_Free: 0 HugePages_Rsvd: 0 HugePages_Surp: 0 Hugepagesize: 4096 kB Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4864 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 4863 39062016 7 HPFS/NTFS I can't be 100% sure on the disk performance results since this the filesystem is NTFS-3G and I don't know how far off it is from native performance.

  • Windows XP How To Edit/Find Recent Documents and "File -> New" Templates to create New Word Document, Text/Notepad, Excel etc...


    All you have to do is browse to: C:Documents & SettingsYourUserName and you'll see the following: Inside "My Recent Documents" are of course shortcuts to the most recent documents you opened Inside "SendTo" is your sendto, you could edit that to Send a file to a network destination, your Flash Drive etc.. Inside "Start Menu" is everything in your Start Menu of course. Inside "Templates" is where you find the shortcuts inside "Right click". File -> New This is useful because for whatever reason you may want to edit items in those folders for various reasons.

  • Seagate 7200.11 firmware defect in 500GB, 1000GB (1TB) and 1500GB (1.5TB) Hard Drives


    Seagate Inventory/Firmware Check I heard about this issue a long time ago but never looked into it. I figured I wasn't affected since my 500GB drives were running for so long. I've been using Seagate's since 2002 and to this day all of the drives I have are alive from Seagate. *Update the bad news is that I realize one of my 500GB's is about to die, it's not even a year old, but is also not affected by the recall according to Seagate! Seagate Inventory/Firmware Check === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: ST3500820AS Serial Number: 5QM05L23 Firmware Version: SD14 User Capacity: 500,107,862,016 bytes Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: 7 ATA Standard is: Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated Local Time is: Tue Apr 20 04:59:22 2010 PDT 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: ( 634) 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: ( 1) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 106) minutes. Conveyance self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. 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 114 099 006 Pre-fail Always - 67367367 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 094 094 000 Pre-fail Always - 0 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 52 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 036 Pre-fail Always - 2 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 068 051 030 Pre-fail Always - 81705593292 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 077 077 000 Old_age Always - 20550 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 037 020 Old_age Always - 52 184 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 099 Old_age Always - 0 187 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 188 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 090 000 Old_age Always - 68 189 Unknown_Attribute 0x003a 097 097 000 Old_age Always - 3 190 Unknown_Attribute 0x0022 067 050 045 Old_age Always - 622460961 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 033 050 000 Old_age Always - 33 (Lifetime Min/Max 0/21) 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 054 026 000 Old_age Always - 67367367 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 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. ----------- smartctl -a /dev/sdb smartctl version 5.33 [x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-4 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: ST3500320AS Serial Number: 5QM0438P Firmware Version: AD14 User Capacity: 500,107,862,016 bytes Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: Not recognized. Minor revision code: 0x29 Local Time is: Tue Apr 20 05:00:12 2010 PDT 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: ( 634) 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: ( 1) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 118) minutes. Conveyance self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. 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 115 099 006 Pre-fail Always - 84286211 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 094 094 000 Pre-fail Always - 0 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 19 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 036 Pre-fail Always - 2 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 069 060 030 Pre-fail Always - 30138716573 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 078 078 000 Old_age Always - 19573 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 19 184 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 099 Old_age Always - 0 187 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 188 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 189 Unknown_Attribute 0x003a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 190 Unknown_Attribute 0x0022 067 048 045 Old_age Always - 639303713 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 033 052 000 Old_age Always - 33 (Lifetime Min/Max 0/23) 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 019 015 000 Old_age Always - 84286211 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 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. ------------------------- smartctl version 5.38 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 Device Model: ST3500320AS Serial Number: 5QM3RH4S Firmware Version: SD15 User Capacity: 500,107,862,016 bytes Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 4 Local Time is: Tue Apr 20 20:13:11 2010 CST 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: ( 642) 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: ( 1) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 119) minutes. Conveyance self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x103b) SCT Status supported. SCT Feature Control supported. SCT Data Table 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 103 097 006 Pre-fail Always - 47362968 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 095 094 000 Pre-fail Always - 0 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 34 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 036 Pre-fail Always - 8 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 072 060 030 Pre-fail Always - 4310076883 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 091 091 000 Old_age Always - 8272 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 1 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 34 184 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 099 Old_age Always - 0 187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 188 Unknown_Attribute 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 063 054 045 Old_age Always - 37 (Lifetime Min/Max 31/39) 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 037 046 000 Old_age Always - 37 (0 22 0 0) 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 022 022 000 Old_age Always - 47362968 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 1 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 1 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 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. ---------------------- smartctl -a /dev/sda smartctl version 5.38 [i686-redhat-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: ST3500418AS Serial Number: 6VM6QB1V Firmware Version: CC37 User Capacity: 500,107,862,016 bytes Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 4 Local Time is: Tue Apr 20 05:33:19 2010 PDT 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: ( 592) 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: ( 1) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 82) minutes. Conveyance self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x103f) SCT Status supported. SCT Feature Control supported. SCT Data Table 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 119 100 006 Pre-fail Always - 218021758 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 097 097 000 Pre-fail Always - 0 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 37 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 036 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 056 050 030 Pre-fail Always - 120273167939 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 096 096 000 Old_age Always - 3718 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 18 183 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 184 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 099 Old_age Always - 0 187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 188 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 096 000 Old_age Always - 20 189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 075 065 045 Old_age Always - 25 (Lifetime Min/Max 22/28) 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 025 040 000 Old_age Always - 25 (0 18 0 0) 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 023 021 000 Old_age Always - 218021758 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 - 0 240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 233946868616869 241 Unknown_Attribute 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 489393355 242 Unknown_Attribute 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 22729674 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. ------------------------------- smartctl -a /dev/sda smartctl version 5.38 [i686-redhat-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: ST3500418AS Serial Number: 6VM6QB1V Firmware Version: CC37 User Capacity: 500,107,862,016 bytes Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 4 Local Time is: Tue Apr 20 05:33:19 2010 PDT 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: ( 592) 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: ( 1) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 82) minutes. Conveyance self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x103f) SCT Status supported. SCT Feature Control supported. SCT Data Table 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 119 100 006 Pre-fail Always - 218021758 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 097 097 000 Pre-fail Always - 0 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 37 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 036 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 056 050 030 Pre-fail Always - 120273167939 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 096 096 000 Old_age Always - 3718 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 18 183 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 184 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 099 Old_age Always - 0 187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 188 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 096 000 Old_age Always - 20 189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 075 065 045 Old_age Always - 25 (Lifetime Min/Max 22/28) 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 025 040 000 Old_age Always - 25 (0 18 0 0) 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 023 021 000 Old_age Always - 218021758 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 - 0 240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 233946868616869 241 Unknown_Attribute 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 489393355 242 Unknown_Attribute 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 22729674 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. smartctl version 5.38 [i686-redhat-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 Device Model: ST3500320AS Serial Number: 5QM3LJXS Firmware Version: SD15 User Capacity: 500,107,862,016 bytes Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 4 Local Time is: Tue Apr 20 05:30:39 2010 PDT 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: FAILED! Drive failure expected in less than 24 hours. SAVE ALL DATA. See vendor-specific Attribute list for failed Attributes. 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: ( 634) 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: ( 1) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 113) minutes. Conveyance self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x103b) SCT Status supported. SCT Feature Control supported. SCT Data Table 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 114 100 006 Pre-fail Always - 73470535 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 094 094 000 Pre-fail Always - 0 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 51 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 036 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 029 029 030 Pre-fail Always FAILING_NOW 62435953745688 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 096 096 000 Old_age Always - 3736 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 1 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 51 184 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 099 Old_age Always - 0 187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 188 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 099 000 Old_age Always - 7 189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 074 062 045 Old_age Always - 26 (Lifetime Min/Max 21/29) 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 026 040 000 Old_age Always - 26 (0 19 0 0) 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 022 022 000 Old_age Always - 73470535 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 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. ---------------------- smartctl version 5.38 [i686-redhat-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: ST3500418AS Serial Number: 6VM73A92 Firmware Version: CC37 User Capacity: 500,107,862,016 bytes Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 4 Local Time is: Mon Apr 19 22:12:39 2010 PDT 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: ( 592) 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: ( 1) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 84) minutes. Conveyance self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x103f) SCT Status supported. SCT Feature Control supported. SCT Data Table 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 114 100 006 Pre-fail Always - 61460953 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 097 097 000 Pre-fail Always - 0 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 34 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 036 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 058 053 030 Pre-fail Always - 51549005329 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 096 096 000 Old_age Always - 3723 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 17 183 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 184 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 099 Old_age Always - 0 187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 188 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 097 000 Old_age Always - 21 189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 076 061 045 Old_age Always - 24 (Lifetime Min/Max 21/27) 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 024 040 000 Old_age Always - 24 (0 18 0 0) 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 018 018 000 Old_age Always - 61460953 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 - 0 240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 262547055840950 241 Unknown_Attribute 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 550274327 242 Unknown_Attribute 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 11295433 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. ======================= 1TB drives Device: ATA ST31000520AS Version: CC32 Serial number: 6VX0DJGE Device type: disk Local Time is: Mon Apr 19 21:10:57 2010 PDT Device does not support SMART Error Counter logging not supported [GLTSD (Global Logging Target Save Disable) set. Enable Save with '-S on'] Device does not support Self Test logging -bash-3.1# smartctl -a /dev/sdb smartctl version 5.36 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ Device: ATA ST31000520AS Version: CC32 Serial number: 6VX0DYCN Device type: disk Local Time is: Mon Apr 19 21:11:05 2010 PDT Device does not support SMART Error Counter logging not supported [GLTSD (Global Logging Target Save Disable) set. Enable Save with '-S on'] Device does not support Self Test logging -bash-3.1# smartctl -a /dev/sddsmartctl version 5.38 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 Device Model: ST31000340AS Serial Number: 6QJ02P1E Firmware Version: SD15 User Capacity: 1,000,204,886,016 bytes Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 4 Local Time is: Tue Apr 20 05:06:45 2010 PDT 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: ( 642) 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: ( 1) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 233) minutes. Conveyance self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x103b) SCT Status supported. SCT Feature Control supported. SCT Data Table 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 117 099 006 Pre-fail Always - 146967665 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 098 098 000 Pre-fail Always - 0 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 2 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 036 Pre-fail Always - 87 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 080 060 030 Pre-fail Always - 4401858806 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 090 090 000 Old_age Always - 9062 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 13 184 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 099 Old_age Always - 0 187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 188 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 8 189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 059 049 045 Old_age Always - 41 (Lifetime Min/Max 35/46) 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 041 051 000 Old_age Always - 41 (0 35 0 0) 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 033 015 000 Old_age Always - 146967665 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 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. smartctl version 5.36 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ Device: ATA ST31000333AS Version: CC1F Serial number: 9TE0840X Device type: disk Local Time is: Mon Apr 19 21:11:07 2010 PDT Device does not support SMART Error Counter logging not supported [GLTSD (Global Logging Target Save Disable) set. Enable Save with '-S on'] Device does not support Self Test logging ----------------------------- You can use Seagate's tool to check if your serial number is affected. My drives have been working for as long as 4 years now so I don't think they are affected. http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=207931 Results of any of the 7200.11 (the ones I read have the defect): It's SNo Serial number Result Action 1 6QJ02P1E No download available for this serial number. No action required. 2 5QM3RH4S No download available for this serial number. No action required. 3 5QM3LJXS No download available for this serial number. No action required. 4 9TE0840X No download available for this serial number. No action required. 5 6VX0DYCN No download available for this serial number. No action required. 6 6VX0DJGE No download available for this serial number. No action required. &

  • Seagate Drive 500GB Drive Dying


    This drive is clearly on the way out, the Kernel knows it but I'm surprised that SMART is not concerned. I didn't blame Seagate for their past issues until now. This hard drive has hardly been used and has not even been powered on for a year according to SMART. Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 Device Model: ST3500320AS Serial Number: 5QM3RH4S Firmware Version: SD15 User Capacity: 500,107,862,016 bytes Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 4 Local Time is: Tue Apr 27 18:31:16 2010 CST 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: ( 642) 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: ( 1) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 119) minutes. Conveyance self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x103b) SCT Status supported. SCT Feature Control supported. SCT Data Table 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 092 091 006 Pre-fail Always - 84752670 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 095 094 000 Pre-fail Always - 0 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 34 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 036 Pre-fail Always - 12 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 072 060 030 Pre-fail Always - 4310322760 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 091 091 000 Old_age Always - 8439 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 1 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 34 184 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 099 Old_age Always - 0 187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 001 001 000 Old_age Always - 155 188 Unknown_Attribute 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 065 054 045 Old_age Always - 35 (Lifetime Min/Max 31/39) 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 035 046 000 Old_age Always - 35 (0 22 0 0) 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 025 022 000 Old_age Always - 84752670 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 3 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 3 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 SMART Error Log Version: 1 ATA Error Count: 155 (device log contains only the most recent five errors) CR = Command Register [HEX] FR = Features Register [HEX] SC = Sector Count Register [HEX] SN = Sector Number Register [HEX] CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX] CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX] DH = Device/Head Register [HEX] DC = Device Command Register [HEX] ER = Error register [HEX] ST = Status register [HEX] Powered_Up_Time is measured from power on, and printed as DDd+hh:mm:SS.sss where DD=days, hh=hours, mm=minutes, SS=sec, and sss=millisec. It "wraps" after 49.710 days. Error 155 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 8438 hours (351 days + 14 hours) When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle. After command completion occurred, registers were: ER ST SC SN CL CH DH -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40 51 00 ff ff ff 0f Error: UNC at LBA = 0x0fffffff = 268435455 Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- -------------------- 25 00 08 ff ff ff ef 00 39d+13:58:44.908 READ DMA EXT 27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 00 39d+13:58:44.908 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 39d+13:58:44.900 IDENTIFY DEVICE ef 03 46 00 00 00 a0 00 39d+13:58:44.894 SET FEATURES [Set transfer mode] 27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 00 39d+13:58:44.876 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT Error 154 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 8438 hours (351 days + 14 hours) When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle. After command completion occurred, registers were: ER ST SC SN CL CH DH -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40 51 00 ff ff ff 0f Error: UNC at LBA = 0x0fffffff = 268435455 Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- -------------------- 25 00 08 ff ff ff ef 00 39d+13:58:41.953 READ DMA EXT 27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 00 39d+13:58:41.953 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 39d+13:58:41.945 IDENTIFY DEVICE ef 03 46 00 00 00 a0 00 39d+13:58:41.937 SET FEATURES [Set transfer mode] 27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 00 39d+13:58:41.920 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT Error 153 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 8438 hours (351 days + 14 hours) When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle. After command completion occurred, registers were: ER ST SC SN CL CH DH -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40 51 00 ff ff ff 0f Error: UNC at LBA = 0x0fffffff = 268435455 Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- -------------------- 25 00 08 ff ff ff ef 00 39d+13:58:38.968 READ DMA EXT 27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 00 39d+13:58:38.968 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 39d+13:58:38.960 IDENTIFY DEVICE ef 03 46 00 00 00 a0 00 39d+13:58:38.955 SET FEATURES [Set transfer mode] 27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 00 39d+13:58:38.940 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT Error 152 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 8438 hours (351 days + 14 hours) When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle. After command completion occurred, registers were: ER ST SC SN CL CH DH -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40 51 00 ff ff ff 0f Error: UNC at LBA = 0x0fffffff = 268435455 Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- -------------------- 25 00 08 ff ff ff ef 00 39d+13:58:36.004 READ DMA EXT 27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 00 39d+13:58:36.004 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 39d+13:58:35.996 IDENTIFY DEVICE ef 03 46 00 00 00 a0 00 39d+13:58:35.990 SET FEATURES [Set transfer mode] 27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 00 39d+13:58:35.972 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT Error 151 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 8438 hours (351 days + 14 hours) When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle. After command completion occurred, registers were: ER ST SC SN CL CH DH -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40 51 00 ff ff ff 0f Error: UNC at LBA = 0x0fffffff = 268435455 Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- -------------------- 25 00 08 ff ff ff ef 00 39d+13:58:33.057 READ DMA EXT 27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 00 39d+13:58:33.056 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 39d+13:58:33.048 IDENTIFY DEVICE ef 03 46 00 00 00 a0 00 39d+13:58:33.042 SET FEATURES [Set transfer mode] 27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 00 39d+13:58:33.020 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT 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. [12010157.076691] ata4: EH complete [12010159.892018] ata4.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 [12010159.892037] ata4.00: BMDMA stat 0x24 [12010159.892051] ata4.00: cmd 25/00:08:58:0f:f9/00:00:21:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 4096 in [12010159.892067] res 51/40:00:5f:0f:f9/40:00:21:00:00/00 Emask 0x9 (media error) [12010159.892090] ata4.00: status: { DRDY ERR } [12010159.892096] ata4.00: error: { UNC } [12010160.008647] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 [12010160.008682] ata4: EH complete [12010162.832340] ata4.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 [12010162.832359] ata4.00: BMDMA stat 0x24 [12010162.832372] ata4.00: cmd 25/00:08:58:0f:f9/00:00:21:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 4096 in [12010162.832388] res 51/40:00:5f:0f:f9/40:00:21:00:00/00 Emask 0x9 (media error) [12010162.832411] ata4.00: status: { DRDY ERR } [12010162.832417] ata4.00: error: { UNC } [12010162.940647] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 [12010162.940688] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE,SUGGEST_OK [12010162.940698] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Sense Key : Medium Error [current] [descriptor] [12010162.940711] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex): [12010162.940717] 72 03 11 04 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00 [12010162.940739] 21 f9 0f 5f [12010162.940748] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error - auto reallocate failed [12010162.940761] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 569970527 [12010162.940810] ata4: EH complete [12010162.940968] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 976773168 512-byte hardware sectors (500108 MB) [12010162.941033] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off [12010162.941040] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 [12010162.941136] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [12010162.941221] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 976773168 512-byte hardware sectors (500108 MB) [12010162.941267] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off [12010162.941275] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 [12010162.941357] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [12010165.822575] ata4.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 [12010165.822593] ata4.00: BMDMA stat 0x24 [12010165.822606] ata4.00: cmd 25/00:08:58:0f:f9/00:00:21:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 4096 in [12010165.822622] res 51/40:00:5f:0f:f9/40:00:21:00:00/00 Emask 0x9 (media error) [12010165.822646] ata4.00: status: { DRDY ERR } [12010165.822651] ata4.00: error: { UNC } [12010165.933661] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 [12010165.933692] ata4: EH complete [12010168.754513] ata4.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 [12010168.754531] ata4.00: BMDMA stat 0x24 [12010168.754544] ata4.00: cmd 25/00:08:58:0f:f9/00:00:21:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 4096 in [12010168.754560] res 51/40:00:5f:0f:f9/40:00:21:00:00/00 Emask 0x9 (media error) [12010168.754583] ata4.00: status: { DRDY ERR } [12010168.754589] ata4.00: error: { UNC } [12010168.864677] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 [12010168.864715] ata4: EH complete [12010171.711495] ata4.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 [12010171.711513] ata4.00: BMDMA stat 0x24 [12010171.711526] ata4.00: cmd 25/00:08:58:0f:f9/00:00:21:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 4096 in [12010171.711543] res 51/40:00:5f:0f:f9/40:00:21:00:00/00 Emask 0x9 (media error) [12010171.711566] ata4.00: status: { DRDY ERR } [12010171.711571] ata4.00: error: { UNC } [12010171.820659] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 [12010171.820698] ata4: EH complete [12010174.626773] ata4.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 [12010174.626791] ata4.00: BMDMA stat 0x24 [12010174.626804] ata4.00: cmd 25/00:08:58:0f:f9/00:00:21:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 4096 in [12010174.626820] res 51/40:00:5f:0f:f9/40:00:21:00:00/00 Emask 0x9 (media error) [12010174.626843] ata4.00: status: { DRDY ERR } [12010174.626849] ata4.00: error: { UNC } [12010174.728688] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 [12010174.728734] ata4: EH complete [12010177.592088] ata4.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 [12010177.592107] ata4.00: BMDMA stat 0x24 [12010177.592120] ata4.00: cmd 25/00:08:58:0f:f9/00:00:21:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 4096 in [12010177.592136] res 51/40:00:5f:0f:f9/40:00:21:00:00/00 Emask 0x9 (media error) [12010177.592160] ata4.00: status: { DRDY ERR } [12010177.592165] ata4.00: error: { UNC } [12010177.700650] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 [12010177.700686] ata4: EH complete [12010180.557373] ata4.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 [12010180.557392] ata4.00: BMDMA stat 0x24 [12010180.557405] ata4.00: cmd 25/00:08:58:0f:f9/00:00:21:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 4096 in [12010180.557422] res 51/40:00:5f:0f:f9/40:00:21:00:00/00 Emask 0x9 (media error) [12010180.557445] ata4.00: status: { DRDY ERR } [12010180.557450] ata4.00: error: { UNC } [12010180.672656] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 [12010180.672698] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE,SUGGEST_OK [12010180.672708] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Sense Key : Medium Error [current] [descriptor] [12010180.672721] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex): [12010180.672727] 72 03 11 04 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00 [12010180.672749] 21 f9 0f 5f [12010180.672757] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error - auto reallocate failed [12010180.672773] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 569970527 [12010180.672821] ata4: EH complete [12010180.673038] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 976773168 512-byte hardware sectors (500108 MB) [12010180.673106] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off [12010180.673115] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 [12010180.673222] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [12010180.673326] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 976773168 512-byte hardware sectors (500108 MB) [12010180.673386] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off [12010180.673395] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 [12010180.673502] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [12010183.555972] ata4.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 [12010183.555989] ata4.00: BMDMA stat 0x24 [12010183.556003] ata4.00: cmd 25/00:08:58:0f:f9/00:00:21:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 4096 in [12010183.556020] res 51/40:00:5f:0f:f9/40:00:21:00:00/00 Emask 0x9 (media error) [12010183.556062] ata4.00: status: { DRDY ERR } [12010183.556068] ata4.00: error: { UNC } [12010183.672648] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 [12010183.672679] ata4: EH complete [12010186.512958] ata4.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 [12010186.512976] ata4.00: BMDMA stat 0x24 [12010186.512989] ata4.00: cmd 25/00:08:58:0f:f9/00:00:21:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 4096 in [12010186.513006] res 51/40:00:5f:0f:f9/40:00:21:00:00/00 Emask 0x9 (media error) [12010186.513029] ata4.00: status: { DRDY ERR } [12010186.513034] ata4.00: error: { UNC } [12010186.620659] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 [12010186.620695] ata4: EH complete [12010189.486541] ata4.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 [12010189.486559] ata4.00: BMDMA stat 0x24 [12010189.486572] ata4.00: cmd 25/00:08:58:0f:f9/00:00:21:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 4096 in [12010189.486589] res 51/40:00:5f:0f:f9/40:00:21:00:00/00 Emask 0x9 (media error) [12010189.486612] ata4.00: status: { DRDY ERR } [12010189.486617] ata4.00: error: { UNC } [12010189.584663] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 [12010189.584700] ata4: EH complete [12010192.460215] ata4.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 [12010192.460239] ata4.00: BMDMA stat 0x24 [12010192.460254] ata4.00: cmd 25/00:08:58:0f:f9/00:00:21:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 4096 in [12010192.460270] res 51/40:00:5f:0f:f9/40:00:21:00:00/00 Emask 0x9 (media error) [12010192.460293] ata4.00: status: { DRDY ERR } [12010192.460299] ata4.00: error: { UNC } [12010192.569784] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 [12010192.569843] ata4: EH complete [12010195.417141] ata4.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 [12010195.417159] ata4.00: BMDMA stat 0x24 [12010195.417172] ata4.00: cmd 25/00:08:58:0f:f9/00:00:21:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 4096 in [12010195.417189] res 51/40:00:5f:0f:f9/40:00:21:00:00/00 Emask 0x9 (media error) [12010195.417212] ata4.00: status: { DRDY ERR } [12010195.417217] ata4.00: error: { UNC } [12010195.524660] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 [12010195.524696] ata4: EH complete [12010198.415742] ata4.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 [12010198.415760] ata4.00: BMDMA stat 0x24 [12010198.415773] ata4.00: cmd 25/00:08:58:0f:f9/00:00:21:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 4096 in [12010198.415790] res 51/40:00:5f:0f:f9/40:00:21:00:00/00 Emask 0x9 (media error) [12010198.415812] ata4.00: status: { DRDY ERR } [12010198.415818] ata4.00: error: { UNC } [12010198.540671] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 [12010198.540713] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE,SUGGEST_OK [12010198.540724] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Sense Key : Medium Error [current] [descriptor] [12010198.540739] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex): [12010198.540745] 72 03 11 04 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00 [12010198.540767] 21 f9 0f 5f [12010198.540777] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error - auto reallocate failed [12010198.540789] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 569970527 [12010198.540847] ata4: EH complete [12010198.540972] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 976773168 512-byte hardware sectors (500108 MB) [12010198.541049] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off [12010198.541057] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 [12010198.541163] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [12010198.541285] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 976773168 512-byte hardware sectors (500108 MB) [12010198.541358] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off [12010198.541365] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 [12010198.541469] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA root@localhost:/mnt/sdb1# tail -n 100 /var/log/messages Apr 27 18:09:56 localhost kernel: [12010127.450107] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 976773168 512-byte hardware sectors (500108 MB) Apr 27 18:09:56 localhost kernel: [12010127.450182] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off Apr 27 18:09:56 localhost kernel: [12010127.450322] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA Apr 27 18:09:59 localhost kernel: [12010130.448663] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 Apr 27 18:09:59 localhost kernel: [12010130.448694] ata4: EH complete Apr 27 18:10:02 localhost kernel: [12010133.425724] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 Apr 27 18:10:02 localhost kernel: [12010133.425767] ata4: EH complete Apr 27 18:10:05 localhost kernel: [12010136.368662] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 Apr 27 18:10:05 localhost kernel: [12010136.368698] ata4: EH complete Apr 27 18:10:08 localhost kernel: [12010139.336683] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 Apr 27 18:10:08 localhost kernel: [12010139.336719] ata4: EH complete Apr 27 18:10:11 localhost kernel: [12010142.268664] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 Apr 27 18:10:11 localhost kernel: [12010142.268702] ata4: EH complete Apr 27 18:10:14 localhost kernel: [12010145.208663] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 Apr 27 18:10:14 localhost kernel: [12010145.208704] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE,SUGGEST_OK Apr 27 18:10:14 localhost kernel: [12010145.208714] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Sense Key : Medium Error [current] [descriptor] Apr 27 18:10:14 localhost kernel: [12010145.208731] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex): Apr 27 18:10:14 localhost kernel: [12010145.208737] 72 03 11 04 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00 Apr 27 18:10:14 localhost kernel: [12010145.208758] 21 f9 0f 5f Apr 27 18:10:14 localhost kernel: [12010145.208767] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error - auto reallocate failed Apr 27 18:10:14 localhost kernel: [12010145.208837] ata4: EH complete Apr 27 18:10:14 localhost kernel: [12010145.208963] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 976773168 512-byte hardware sectors (500108 MB) Apr 27 18:10:14 localhost kernel: [12010145.209043] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off Apr 27 18:10:14 localhost kernel: [12010145.209167] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA Apr 27 18:10:14 localhost kernel: [12010145.209270] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 976773168 512-byte hardware sectors (500108 MB) Apr 27 18:10:14 localhost kernel: [12010145.209331] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off Apr 27 18:10:14 localhost kernel: [12010145.209452] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA Apr 27 18:10:17 localhost kernel: [12010148.240652] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 Apr 27 18:10:17 localhost kernel: [12010148.240683] ata4: EH complete Apr 27 18:10:20 localhost kernel: [12010151.180660] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 Apr 27 18:10:20 localhost kernel: [12010151.180698] ata4: EH complete Apr 27 18:10:23 localhost kernel: [12010154.120647] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 Apr 27 18:10:23 localhost kernel: [12010154.120683] ata4: EH complete Apr 27 18:10:26 localhost kernel: [12010157.076654] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 Apr 27 18:10:26 localhost kernel: [12010157.076691] ata4: EH complete Apr 27 18:10:29 localhost kernel: [12010160.008647] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 Apr 27 18:10:29 localhost kernel: [12010160.008682] ata4: EH complete Apr 27 18:10:32 localhost kernel: [12010162.940647] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 Apr 27 18:10:32 localhost kernel: [12010162.940688] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE,SUGGEST_OK Apr 27 18:10:32 localhost kernel: [12010162.940698] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Sense Key : Medium Error [current] [descriptor] Apr 27 18:10:32 localhost kernel: [12010162.940711] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex): Apr 27 18:10:32 localhost kernel: [12010162.940717] 72 03 11 04 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00 Apr 27 18:10:32 localhost kernel: [12010162.940739] 21 f9 0f 5f Apr 27 18:10:32 localhost kernel: [12010162.940748] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error - auto reallocate failed Apr 27 18:10:32 localhost kernel: [12010162.940810] ata4: EH complete Apr 27 18:10:32 localhost kernel: [12010162.940968] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 976773168 512-byte hardware sectors (500108 MB) Apr 27 18:10:32 localhost kernel: [12010162.941033] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off Apr 27 18:10:32 localhost kernel: [12010162.941136] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA Apr 27 18:10:32 localhost kernel: [12010162.941221] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 976773168 512-byte hardware sectors (500108 MB) Apr 27 18:10:32 localhost kernel: [12010162.941267] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off Apr 27 18:10:32 localhost kernel: [12010162.941357] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA Apr 27 18:10:35 localhost kernel: [12010165.933661] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 Apr 27 18:10:35 localhost kernel: [12010165.933692] ata4: EH complete Apr 27 18:10:38 localhost kernel: [12010168.864677] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 Apr 27 18:10:38 localhost kernel: [12010168.864715] ata4: EH complete Apr 27 18:10:40 localhost kernel: [12010171.820659] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 Apr 27 18:10:40 localhost kernel: [12010171.820698] ata4: EH complete Apr 27 18:10:43 localhost kernel: [12010174.728688] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 Apr 27 18:10:43 localhost kernel: [12010174.728734] ata4: EH complete Apr 27 18:10:46 localhost kernel: [12010177.700650] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 Apr 27 18:10:46 localhost kernel: [12010177.700686] ata4: EH complete Apr 27 18:10:49 localhost kernel: [12010180.672656] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 Apr 27 18:10:49 localhost kernel: [12010180.672698] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE,SUGGEST_OK Apr 27 18:10:49 localhost kernel: [12010180.672708] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Sense Key : Medium Error [current] [descriptor] Apr 27 18:10:49 localhost kernel: [12010180.672721] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex): Apr 27 18:10:49 localhost kernel: [12010180.672727] 72 03 11 04 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00 Apr 27 18:10:49 localhost kernel: [12010180.672749] 21 f9 0f 5f Apr 27 18:10:49 localhost kernel: [12010180.672757] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error - auto reallocate failed Apr 27 18:10:49 localhost kernel: [12010180.672821] ata4: EH complete Apr 27 18:10:49 localhost kernel: [12010180.673038] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 976773168 512-byte hardware sectors (500108 MB) Apr 27 18:10:49 localhost kernel: [12010180.673106] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off Apr 27 18:10:49 localhost kernel: [12010180.673222] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA Apr 27 18:10:49 localhost kernel: [12010180.673326] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 976773168 512-byte hardware sectors (500108 MB) Apr 27 18:10:49 localhost kernel: [12010180.673386] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off Apr 27 18:10:49 localhost kernel: [12010180.673502] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA Apr 27 18:10:52 localhost kernel: [12010183.672648] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 Apr 27 18:10:52 localhost kernel: [12010183.672679] ata4: EH complete Apr 27 18:10:55 localhost kernel: [12010186.620659] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 Apr 27 18:10:55 localhost kernel: [12010186.620695] ata4: EH complete Apr 27 18:10:58 localhost kernel: [12010189.584663] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 Apr 27 18:10:58 localhost kernel: [12010189.584700] ata4: EH complete Apr 27 18:11:01 localhost kernel: [12010192.569784] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 Apr 27 18:11:01 localhost kernel: [12010192.569843] ata4: EH complete Apr 27 18:11:04 localhost kernel: [12010195.524660] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 Apr 27 18:11:04 localhost kernel: [12010195.524696] ata4: EH complete Apr 27 18:11:07 localhost kernel: [12010198.540671] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 Apr 27 18:11:07 localhost kernel: [12010198.540713] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE,SUGGEST_OK Apr 27 18:11:07 localhost kernel: [12010198.540724] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Sense Key : Medium Error [current] [descriptor] Apr 27 18:11:07 localhost kernel: [12010198.540739] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex): Apr 27 18:11:07 localhost kernel: [12010198.540745] 72 03 11 04 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00 Apr 27 18:11:07 localhost kernel: [12010198.540767] 21 f9 0f 5f Apr 27 18:11:07 localhost kernel: [12010198.540777] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error - auto reallocate failed Apr 27 18:11:07 localhost kernel: [12010198.540847] ata4: EH complete Apr 27 18:11:07 localhost kernel: [12010198.540972] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 976773168 512-byte hardware sectors (500108 MB) Apr 27 18:11:07 localhost kernel: [12010198.541049] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off Apr 27 18:11:07 localhost kernel: [12010198.541163] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA Apr 27 18:11:07 localhost kernel: [12010198.541285] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 976773168 512-byte hardware sectors (500108 MB) Apr 27 18:11:07 localhost kernel: [12010198.541358] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off Apr 27 18:11:07 localhost kernel: [12010198.541469] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA Apr 27 18:22:21 localhost -- MARK --

  • Why is RAM pricing so expensive volatile lately?


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  • Intel Corei5 750 Complaint/Onboard Video Issue on Intel H57 chipset not working


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  • Toms Hardware Hard Drive Comparison/Hitachi Deskstar 1TB


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  • 2011 Best Laptop - HP 15.6" Laptop featuring AMD Athlon II P340 Processor (G62-420CA)


    My mother needed a new laptop and I recommended her the same one I would have bought myself or my wife, that means the cheapest possible laptop with the most features for the money. This HP shines at this price point and one thing that made me stay away from buying more and recommending HP/Compaq was the poor battery life. Not anymore, this model has an industry leading up to 4 hours of battery life. Key Factors for Choosing It: HDMI Out Radeon 4250 HD Graphics (no Intel, I hate Intel graphics) Price Card Reader Webcam Mic 4 Hour Battery Life Best Value Overall Performance vs Features AMD-V Hardware Virtualization Dual Core/High Performance AMD CPU 4Gigs of RAM 500GBHDD You can get a great deal like this and anyone who knows the specs properly can too. For $399.99 CAD on sale you can't beat these features, typically they make you pay for more expensive laptops that offer little more for the high price just to get that builti-in cardreader and HDMI out you can pay hundreds more. This is a budget/value laptop but I don't see why you'd need to spend more, this laptop is powerful and can handle decent gaming with the ATI 4250 Graphics card. It's not worth spending 2-3x more when this does the job well. My philosophy with computer hardware is to spend the least amount of money but get the most for it (shop smart). A dollar saved today is worth $2-3 down the road because of how far technology progresses. That and I keep in mind that laptops don't often last long and weren't designed to (there's no way they couldn't find a better way to cool laptops and prevent a single vent from causing a motherboard meltdown). Processor Processor Brand: AMD Processor Type: Athlon™ II; Processor Chipset: N/A Processor Speed: 2.2GHz Bus Speed: 3.2 GT/s Level 2 cache: 1MB Memory RAM: 4GB RAM expandable to: 8GB Memory Type (RAM): DDR3 Storage/Drives Hard drive size: 500GB Hard drive speed: 5400RPM DVD Drive: DVD-Super 8x Multi Double layer Blu-ray Disc Drive: No Burns DVDs: Yes LightScribe: Yes Screen Features Display Type: LED Display Size: 15.6" Screen resolution: 1366 x 768 Backlit display: N/A Expansion HDMI: Yes USB 2.0: Yes DVI (digital video interface): No Internet/Networking Ethernet: Yes Wireless/Wi-Fi: Yes, 802.11b/g/n Dial-up Modem: N/A Bluetooth Capabilities: No Graphics/Video Video Card: ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4250; Dedicated Video Memory: 1789MB Shared Video Memory: N/A Software Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Edition Preloaded Software: Microsoft® Office 2010 starter(purchase of Product Key required to activate full suite) Battery Features Battery Type: Li-ion Battery Size: 6-cell Battery Voltage: 47WHr Battery Life: 4 hours Battery Charge Time: N/A Rechargeable Battery: Yes Accessories Mouse: No Speakers: Yes Built-in Microphone: Yes Cables: No Webcam: Yes Dimensions Height: 3.18cm(min H), 3.66cm (max H) Width: 24.6cm Length: 37.4cm Weight: 2.5kgs General Features UPC: 886111382446 Manufacturer's Part Number: XZ256UA#AB Product Warranty: 1-year

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    You might assume you have a bad drive or the SATA interface/cable is bad, or the power supply is bad/weak to the drive. These are all possible issues, but definitely check your SATA cable for "twisting". It is a big issue because until the error stops or times out, your system will not boot (in my case this was the case even though the drive with the issue was not part of the OS or booting process at all). If you run an open rig that you move around often that has SATA drives literally hanging off it or have messed around in your case too much, check to see if your SATA cables are nice and straight or are they twisted around? Inoticed that the drive that throws the error below was twisted at least 3-5 times around. Once I untwisted it, the error went away and the drive worked fine. Another indicator is the smart variable "Command Timeout": You can see the drive without the error has a "0" value. 188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 100 100 --- Old_age Always - 0 The drive with the issue has a value of 22: 188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 100 100 --- Old_age Always - 22 [ 4.339143] kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#4 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 4.339147] kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#4 Sense Key : Illegal Request [current] [ 4.339151] kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#4 Add. Sense: Unaligned write command [ 4.339155] kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#4 CDB: Read(10) 28 00 00 00 02 08 00 01 f8 00 [ 4.339160] kernel: blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 520 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x80700 phys_seg 57 prio class 0 [ 4.339262] kernel: ata5: EH complete [ 4.371680] kernel: ata5.00: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x400000 SErr 0x280100 action 0x6 frozen [ 4.371757] kernel: ata5.00: irq_stat 0x09000000, interface fatal error [ 4.371825] kernel: ata5: SError: { UnrecovData 10B8B BadCRC } [ 4.371886] kernel: ata5.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED [ 4.371949] kernel: ata5.00: cmd 60/08:b0:98:02:00/00:00:00:00:00/40 tag 22 ncq dma 4096 in res 40/00:b4:98:02:00/00:00:00:00:00/40 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error) [ 4.372053] kernel: ata5.00: status: { DRDY } [ 4.372107] kernel: ata5: hard resetting link [ 4.687118] kernel: ata5: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) [ 4.691046] kernel: ata5.00: configured for UDMA/133 [ 4.691056] kernel: ata5: EH complete [ 4.727677] kernel: ata5.00: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x780000 SErr 0x280100 action 0x6 frozen [ 4.727819] kernel: ata5.00: irq_stat 0x08000000, interface fatal error [ 4.727915] kernel: ata5: SError: { UnrecovData 10B8B BadCRC } [ 4.728007] kernel: ata5.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED [ 4.728102] kernel: ata5.00: cmd 60/50:98:10:86:e0/00:00:e8:00:00/40 tag 19 ncq dma 40960 in res 40/00:a4:68:86:e0/00:00:e8:00:00/40 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error) [ 4.728332] kernel: ata5.00: status: { DRDY } [ 4.728418] kernel: ata5.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED [ 4.728512] kernel: ata5.00: cmd 60/b8:a0:68:86:e0/00:00:e8:00:00/40 tag 20 ncq dma 94208 in res 40/00:a4:68:86:e0/00:00:e8:00:00/40 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error) [ 4.728743] kernel: ata5.00: status: { DRDY } [ 4.728828] kernel: ata5.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED [ 4.728922] kernel: ata5.00: cmd 60/80:a8:28:87:e0/00:00:e8:00:00/40 tag 21 ncq dma 65536 in res 40/00:a4:68:86:e0/00:00:e8:00:00/40 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error) [ 4.729153] kernel: ata5.00: status: { DRDY } [ 4.729239] kernel: ata5.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED [ 4.729333] kernel: ata5.00: cmd 60/48:b0:b8:87:e0/00:00:e8:00:00/40 tag 22 ncq dma 36864 in res 40/00:a4:68:86:e0/00:00:e8:00:00/40 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error) [ 4.729563] kernel: ata5.00: status: { DRDY } [ 4.729650] kernel: ata5: hard resetting link [ 5.043209] kernel: ata5: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) [ 5.047173] kernel: ata5.00: configured for UDMA/133 [ 5.047188] kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#19 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 5.047191] kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#19 Sense Key : Illegal Request [current] [ 5.047194] kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#19 Add. Sense: Unaligned write command [ 5.047197] kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#19 CDB: Read(10) 28 00 e8 e0 86 10 00 00 50 00 [ 5.047201] kernel: blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 3907028496 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x80700 phys_seg 7 prio class 0 [ 5.047366] kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#20 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 5.047368] kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#20 Sense Key : Illegal Request [current] [ 5.047370] kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#20 Add. Sense: Unaligned write command [ 5.047372] kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#20 CDB: Read(10) 28 00 e8 e0 86 68 00 00 b8 00 [ 5.047373] kernel: blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 3907028584 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x80700 phys_seg 17 prio class 0 [ 5.047529] kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#21 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 5.047531] kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#21 Sense Key : Illegal Request [current] [ 5.047533] kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#21 Add. Sense: Unaligned write command [ 5.047534] kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#21 CDB: Read(10) 28 00 e8 e0 87 28 00 00 80 00 [ 5.047536] kernel: blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 3907028776 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x80700 phys_seg 10 prio class 0 [ 5.047735] kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#22 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE

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