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Thread ID: 70311	2006-06-28 23:17:00	Question about new Seagate ST3160812AS	Agent_24 (57)	Press F1

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466946	2006-06-28 23:17:00	Got a new SATA-II HDD yesterday, installed and working fine. However, I have a question about the SMART status. Looking at the stuff in everest, I get these results: ID Attribute Description Threshold Value Worst Data Status 01 Raw Read Error Rate 6 100 253 0 OK: Value is normal 03 Spin Up Time 0 100 100 0 OK: Always passes 04 Start/Stop Count 20 100 100 3 OK: Value is normal 05 Reallocated Sector Count 36 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal 07 Seek Error Rate 30 100 253 493855 OK: Value is normal 09 Power-On Time Count 0 100 100 5 OK: Always passes 0A Spin Retry Count 97 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal 0C Power Cycle Count 20 100 100 7 OK: Value is normal BB <vendor-specific> 0 100 100 0 OK: Always passes BD <vendor-specific> 0 100 100 0 OK: Always passes BE <vendor-specific> 45 73 67 453705755 OK: Value is normal C2 Temperature 0 27 40 27 OK: Always passes C3 Hardware ECC Recovered 0 63 56 80973778 OK: Always passes C5 Current Pending Sector Count 0 100 100 0 OK: Always passes C6 Off-Line Uncorrectable Sector Count 0 100 100 0 OK: Always passes C7 Ultra ATA CRC Error Rate 0 200 200 0 OK: Always passes C8 Write Error Rate 0 100 253 0 OK: Always passes CA TA Increase Count 0 100 253 0 OK: Always passes I notice 3 of these have very high readings, I'm not sure if these are bad but my maxtor 6L200M0 seems much better: ID Attribute Description Threshold Value Worst Data Status 03 Spin Up Time 63 203 202 13268 OK: Value is normal 04 Start/Stop Count 0 253 253 316 OK: Always passes 05 Reallocated Sector Count 63 253 253 0 OK: Value is normal 06 Read Channel Margin 100 253 253 0 OK: Value is normal 07 Seek Error Rate 0 253 252 0 OK: Always passes 08 Seek Time Performance 187 244 239 59398 OK: Value is normal 09 Power-On Time Count 0 251 251 60693 OK: Always passes 0A Spin Retry Count 157 225 223 18 OK: Value is normal 0B Calibration Retry Count 223 253 252 0 OK: Value is normal 0C Power Cycle Count 0 252 252 556 OK: Always passes C0 Power-Off Retract Count 0 253 253 0 OK: Always passes C1 Load/Unload Cycle Count 0 253 253 0 OK: Always passes C2 Temperature 0 38 253 27 OK: Always passes C3 Hardware ECC Recovered 0 253 252 2904 OK: Always passes C4 Reallocation Event Count 0 253 253 0 OK: Always passes C5 Current Pending Sector Count 0 253 253 0 OK: Always passes C6 Off-Line Uncorrectable Sector Count 0 253 253 0 OK: Always passes C7 Ultra ATA CRC Error Rate 0 199 199 0 OK: Always passes C8 Write Error Rate 0 253 252 0 OK: Always passes C9 Soft Read Error Rate 0 253 252 0 OK: Always passes CA TA Increase Count 0 253 252 0 OK: Always passes CB Run Out Cancel 18 0 253 252 0 OK: Value is normal CC Shock Count Write Ops 0 253 252 0 OK: Always passes CD Shock Rate Write Ops 0 253 252 0 OK: Always passes CF Spin High Current 0 225 223 18 OK: Always passes D0 Spin Buzz 0 253 252 0 OK: Always passes D1 Offline Seek Performance 0 239 239 173 OK: Always passes D2 <vendor-specific> 0 253 252 0 OK: Always passes D3 <vendor-specific> 0 253 252 0 OK: Always passes D4 <vendor-specific> 0 253 252 0 OK: Always passes The seagate seems to work fine, with no odd noises, Seatools reports everything as fine but I still think it could be dodgy. can anyone confirm this?? (sorry about the formatting, would have put these in a table but I'm not sure how on this site)	Agent_24 (57)
466947	2006-06-28 23:35:00	remove attempt at HTML code here oops. that does NOT work!	Agent_24 (57)
466948	2006-06-28 23:49:00	I haven't followed SMART codes since IBM Deathstar days but then you couldn't compare raw numbers even between different models of the same brand. There were groups collecting sample data from drives in an attempt to find out what was "normal range" in the absence of any manufacturer's data. If Seatools says it's fine why not believe Seagate, they probably know best.	PaulD (232)
466949	2006-06-28 23:54:00	If Seatools says it's fine why not believe Seagate, they probably know best. Because that's what they said about my last seagate drive, a 40GB ATA-100 drive with a 'clunk of death'	Agent_24 (57)
466950	2006-06-29 00:01:00	As far as I know, the SMART capability needs to be enabled in your mobo's bios settings. Once that is done the HDD will make use of the SMART features it is capable of. Cheers chiefnz	chiefnz (545)
466951	2006-06-29 00:13:00	the bios on my current board (MSI K8N SLI-FI) doesn't have any S.M.A.R.T. options to enable/disable but since I can get the info via everest, I guess it supports it :confused:	Agent_24 (57)
466952	2006-06-29 00:16:00	Because that's what they said about my last seagate drive, a 40GB ATA-100 drive with a 'clunk of death' I gave up on SMART for anything other than temperature as I've also had a sudden failure with no SMART warning. There have also been lots of Compaqs etc that have had false warning problems that have had to be updated away.	PaulD (232)
466953	2006-06-29 01:11:00	SMART will warn if the disk is going to fail. It won't tell you anything about the controller from what I've seen. Your drive is working fine, its not noisy, its new. I think you are being paranoid. Your results don't even show any fails. Obviously regardless of any hard drive status you should have important data backed up somewhere. If so, your drive has a 5 year warranty so stop worrying and enjoy it.	pctek (84)
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