[Wine]Fwd: Re: [smartmontools-support]cannot tell if I have a controller or disk problem

[Steve Nospam]

> <sebastian.vuorinen at helsinki.fi> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 18:34 -0700, Steve Nospam
> > wrote:
> > > I have to admit,I'm ignorant.  I'm seeing a
> > problem
> > > reported in syslog (2.6.11.7 kernel debian
> dist.)
> > The
> > > problem reported is:
> > > Apr 20 20:19:53 sandbox kernel: hda: drive_cmd:
> > > status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> > 
> > Obviously your disk has some kind of problem.
> Those
> > kernel errors
> > could result from many things including drive
> > itself, cable or
> > ide-controller. Let's take a closer look.
> > 
> > 
> > > smartctl -a /dev/hda reports:
> > > Serial Number:    01043113
> > > Firmware Version: B015
> > > Device is:        Not in smartctl database [for
> > > details use: -P showall]
> > > ATA Version is:   4
> > 
> > ATA version 4 is pretty old. 
> > Also notice the not in smartctl database line.
> > Are you using the latest version of smartmontools
> ?
> > 
> > >   9 Power_On_Hours          0x0012   001   001  
> > 020  
> > >  Old_age   Always   FAILING_NOW 64841255
> > 
> > The 'power on hours' attribute has been marked as
> > failing. 
> > However I have trouble believing that the raw
> value
> > is correct, 
> > since it would mean your drive has been operating
> > for something 
> > like 7000 years ;)
> > 
> > It's possible that since your drive is not in the
> > database,
> > its values are misinterpreted. On the other hand
> you
> > have some
> > kernel errors from the drive so something is
> wrong.
> > 
> > >  12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0012   054   054  
> > 020  
> > >  Old_age   Always       -       7040
> > 
> > Over 7000 power cycles combined with the old ata
> > version makes me
> > believe this drive is pretty old. 
> > 
> > Now how old is it ? Maybe you have just reached
> the
> > end of the
> > useful life for this drive ?
> > 
> > Sebastian
> > 
 The drive is over 5 years old.  I was using it
 heavily
 last night and monitored the smartctl output.  No
 errors were detected.  Is it correct to assume if
 smart doesn't report an error, it's a controller
 problem?


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