For the past day, I've been getting a message every time I boot that says I'm having a S.M.A.R.T. error. I downloaded and ran DiskCheckup, and these were the results:
IDE REGISTERS:
Features: 0x0 Sector Count: 0x1 Sector Number: 0x1
Cylinder Low: 0x0 Cylinder High: 0x0 Drive Head: 0xA0
Command: 0xEC
DRIVE INFORMATION:
Serial Number: 196034536919
FirmWare Rev: A1Y.1400
Model Number: QUANTUM FIREBALLP AS60.0
Cylinders: 16383 Heads: 16 Sectors per track: 63
Cur Cyls: 16383 Cur Heads: 16 Cur Sectors/Track: 63
Bytes per track: 32256 Bytes per sector: 512
Gen Config: 1114 Buffer Type: 3 Buffer Size: 3804
Vendor Unique: 0 0 5154 More Vendor Unique: 0x8010
ECC Size: 4 Double Word IO: 0 Capabilities: 3840
PIO Timing: 512 DMA Timing: 512 BS: 7
Current Sector Capacity: 16514064 Total Addressable Sectors: 117266688
Mult. Sector Stuff: 272 Single Word DMA: 0 Multi Word DMA: 7
SMART ATTRIBUTES:
ID Description Raw Value Status Value Worst Threshold
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1 Raw Read Error Rate 0 OK 100 253 20
3 Spin Up Time 5691ms OK 55 55 20
4 Start/Stop Count 640 OK 100 100 8
5 Reallocated Sector Count 499 FAIL 1 1 20
7 Seek Error Rate 0 OK 100 100 23
9 Power On Time 27779 OK 58 58 1
A Spin Retry Count 0 OK 100 100 0
B Calibration Retry Count 0 OK 100 100 20
C Power Cycle Count 328 OK 100 100 8
D (Unknown attribute) 0 OK 100 62 23
C3 (Unknown attribute) 206925758 OK 10 1 0
C4 Reallocation Event Count 0 OK 100 253 20
C5 Current Pending Sector Count 2 OK 100 100 20
C6 Offline Scan Incorrect. Sector Count 0 OK 100 253 0
C7 Ultra ATA CRC Error Count 4 OK 196 196 0
Since I couldn't find any information on the PassMark website about how to interpret these results, I thought I'd ask here. Obviously, DiskCheckup thinks something is wrong, as it's saying that the "Reallocated Sector Count" is failing.
1. Just what IS a "Reallocated Sector Count"?
2. Can anything be done to alleviate the problem, or prolong the life of the drive, such as adding cooling?
The drive is 2 years old, out of warranty, and has never had problems of any other kind, nor has it been abused. Any advice you might have would be greatly appreciated.
-- Robert
IDE REGISTERS:
Features: 0x0 Sector Count: 0x1 Sector Number: 0x1
Cylinder Low: 0x0 Cylinder High: 0x0 Drive Head: 0xA0
Command: 0xEC
DRIVE INFORMATION:
Serial Number: 196034536919
FirmWare Rev: A1Y.1400
Model Number: QUANTUM FIREBALLP AS60.0
Cylinders: 16383 Heads: 16 Sectors per track: 63
Cur Cyls: 16383 Cur Heads: 16 Cur Sectors/Track: 63
Bytes per track: 32256 Bytes per sector: 512
Gen Config: 1114 Buffer Type: 3 Buffer Size: 3804
Vendor Unique: 0 0 5154 More Vendor Unique: 0x8010
ECC Size: 4 Double Word IO: 0 Capabilities: 3840
PIO Timing: 512 DMA Timing: 512 BS: 7
Current Sector Capacity: 16514064 Total Addressable Sectors: 117266688
Mult. Sector Stuff: 272 Single Word DMA: 0 Multi Word DMA: 7
SMART ATTRIBUTES:
ID Description Raw Value Status Value Worst Threshold
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Raw Read Error Rate 0 OK 100 253 20
3 Spin Up Time 5691ms OK 55 55 20
4 Start/Stop Count 640 OK 100 100 8
5 Reallocated Sector Count 499 FAIL 1 1 20
7 Seek Error Rate 0 OK 100 100 23
9 Power On Time 27779 OK 58 58 1
A Spin Retry Count 0 OK 100 100 0
B Calibration Retry Count 0 OK 100 100 20
C Power Cycle Count 328 OK 100 100 8
D (Unknown attribute) 0 OK 100 62 23
C3 (Unknown attribute) 206925758 OK 10 1 0
C4 Reallocation Event Count 0 OK 100 253 20
C5 Current Pending Sector Count 2 OK 100 100 20
C6 Offline Scan Incorrect. Sector Count 0 OK 100 253 0
C7 Ultra ATA CRC Error Count 4 OK 196 196 0
Since I couldn't find any information on the PassMark website about how to interpret these results, I thought I'd ask here. Obviously, DiskCheckup thinks something is wrong, as it's saying that the "Reallocated Sector Count" is failing.
1. Just what IS a "Reallocated Sector Count"?
2. Can anything be done to alleviate the problem, or prolong the life of the drive, such as adding cooling?
The drive is 2 years old, out of warranty, and has never had problems of any other kind, nor has it been abused. Any advice you might have would be greatly appreciated.
-- Robert
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