[Wine]Fwd: Re: [smartmontools-support]cannot tell if I have a controller or disk problem
Steve Nospam
stevenospam2000 at yahoo.com
Thu Apr 21 07:03:50 CDT 2005
> <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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