Hard drive with crazy unloading
Hi,
my laptop model is the following
HP Pavilion dv6-2190ev and the laptop's hard disk is the
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 SATA ST9500420AS.
So far, I have worked around the problem of excessive head unloading with the command "hdparm -B 254 /dev/sda". After, this adjustment the hard disk's temperature (according to the "smartctl -a /dev/sda") rose from 32 Celsius to 36 Celsius.
The drive seems to unload the head 75 times/hour under nominal usage without any adjustment.
Please, update the "storage-fixup" with my model's specs.
I have attached the requested files.
Thanks for your work,
Dimitris
# dmidecode 2.10 SMBIOS 2.6 present. 37 structures occupying 1666 bytes. Table at 0x000EA8E0.
Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: Hewlett-Packard
Version: F.1C
Release Date: 05/17/2010
ROM Size: 1536 kB
Characteristics:
PCI is supported
BIOS is upgradeable
BIOS shadowing is allowed
Boot from CD is supported
Selectable boot is supported
EDD is supported
Japanese floppy for NEC 9800 1.2 MB is supported (int 13h) Japanese floppy for Toshiba 1.2 MB is supported (int 13h) 5.25"/360 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h) 5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h) 3.5"/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h) 3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h) 8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h) CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h) ACPI is supported
USB legacy is supported
BIOS boot specification is supported
Targeted content distribution is supported
BIOS Revision: 15.28
Firmware Revision: 50.37
Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard Product Name: HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC Version: 049D210000241210000020000 Serial Number: CNF0031BMK UUID: 30464E43-3330-4231-4D4B-00269EEBDFBC Wake-up Type: Power Switch SKU Number: WA043EA#B1A Family: 103C_5335KV
Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 16 bytes
Base Board Information
Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
Product Name: 3659
Version: 32.25
Serial Number: CNF0031BMK
Asset Tag: Base Board Asset Tag Features:
Board is a hosting board
Board is replaceable
Location In Chassis: Base Board Chassis Location Chassis Handle: 0x0003
Type: Motherboard
Contained Object Handles: 0
Handle 0x0003, DMI type 3, 22 bytes
Chassis Information
Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
Type: Notebook
Lock: Not Present
Version: N/A
Serial Number: None
Asset Tag:
Boot-up State: Safe
Power Supply State: Safe
Thermal State: Safe
Security Status: None
OEM Information: 0x00000112
Height: Unspecified
Number Of Power Cords: 1
Contained Elements: 0
Handle 0x0004, DMI type 9, 17 bytes
System Slot Information
Designation: J5C1
Type: x16 PCI Express x16
Current Usage: Available
Length: Other
Characteristics:
PME signal is supported
Hot-plug devices are supported
Bus Address: 0000:00:1f.7
Handle 0x0005, DMI type 9, 17 bytes
System Slot Information
Designation: J6C1
Type: x1 PCI Express x1
Current Usage: Available
Length: Other
Characteristics:
PME signal is supported
Hot-plug devices are supported
Bus Address: 0000:00:1f.7
Handle 0x0006, DMI type 9, 17 bytes
System Slot Information
Designation: J6C2
Type: x1 PCI Express x1
Current Usage: Available
Length: Other
Characteristics:
PME signal is supported
Hot-plug devices are supported
Bus Address: 0000:00:1f.7
Handle 0x0007, DMI type 9, 17 bytes
System Slot Information
Designation: J6D2
Type: x1 PCI Express x1
Current Usage: Available
Length: Other
Characteristics:
PME signal is supported
Hot-plug devices are supported
Bus Address: 0000:00:1f.7
Handle 0x0008, DMI type 9, 17 bytes
System Slot Information
Designation: J7C1
Type: x1 PCI Express x1
Current Usage: Available
Length: Other
Characteristics:
PME signal is supported
Hot-plug devices are supported
Bus Address: 0000:00:1f.7
Handle 0x0009, DMI type 9, 17 bytes
System Slot Information
Designation: J7D2
Type: x1 PCI Express x1
Current Usage: Available
Length: Other
Characteristics:
PME signal is supported
Hot-plug devices are supported
Bus Address: 0000:00:1f.7
Handle 0x000A, DMI type 9, 17 bytes
System Slot Information
Designation: J8C2
Type: x16 PCI Express x16
Current Usage: Available
Length: Other
Characteristics:
PME signal is supported
Hot-plug devices are supported
Bus Address: 0000:00:1f.7
Handle 0x000B, DMI type 9, 17 bytes
System Slot Information
Designation: J8C1
Type: x1 PCI Express x1
Current Usage: Available
Length: Other
Characteristics:
PME signal is supported
Hot-plug devices are supported
Bus Address: 0000:00:1f.7
Handle 0x000C, DMI type 10, 6 bytes
On Board Device Information
Type: Video
Status: Enabled
Description: Video Graphics Controller
Handle 0x000D, DMI type 10, 6 bytes
On Board Device Information
Type: Ethernet
Status: Enabled
Description: Realtek Lan Controller
Handle 0x000E, DMI type 11, 5 bytes
OEM Strings
String 1: $HP$ String 2: LOC#B1A String 3: ABS 70/71 79 7A 7B 7C String 4: CNB1 049D210000241210000020000
Handle 0x000F, DMI type 12, 5 bytes
System Configuration Options
Option 1: String1 for Type12 Equipment Manufacturer Option 2: String2 for Type12 Equipment Manufacturer Option 3: String3 for Type12 Equipment Manufacturer Option 4: String4 for Type12 Equipment Manufacturer
Handle 0x0010, DMI type 15, 29 bytes
System Event Log
Area Length: 0 bytes
Header Start Offset: 0x0000
Data Start Offset: 0x0000
Access Method: General-purpose non-volatile data functions Access Address: 0x0000
Status: Valid, Not Full
Change Token: 0x12345678
Header Format: OEM-specific
Supported Log Type Descriptors: 3
Descriptor 1: POST memory resize
Data Format 1: None
Descriptor 2: POST error
Data Format 2: POST results bitmap
Descriptor 3: Log area reset/cleared
Data Format 3: None
Handle 0x0011, DMI type 21, 7 bytes
Built-in Pointing Device
Type: Touch Pad
Interface: PS/2
Buttons: 4
Handle 0x0012, DMI type 22, 26 bytes
Portable Battery
Location: In the back
Manufacturer: SMP-SS22
Name: EV06047
Chemistry: Lithium Ion
Design Capacity: 4400 mWh
Design Voltage: 10800 mV
SBDS Version: 3.1
Maximum Error: 1%
SBDS Serial Number: 1172
SBDS Manufacture Date: 2009-12-10
OEM-specific Information: 0xFFFFFFFF
Handle 0x0013, DMI type 32, 20 bytes
System Boot Information
Status: No errors detected
Handle 0x0014, DMI type 41, 11 bytes
Onboard Device
Reference Designation: nVidia Video Graphics Controller
Type: Video
Status: Enabled
Type Instance: 1
Bus Address: 0000:01:00.0
Handle 0x0015, DMI type 41, 11 bytes
Onboard Device
Reference Designation: Bearkat Broadcom 43225 802.11b/g/n WLAN
Type: Other
Status: Enabled
Type Instance: 1
Bus Address: 0000:02:00.0
Handle 0x0016, DMI type 4, 42 bytes
Processor Information
Socket Designation: CPU
Type: Central Processor
Family: Core 2 Duo
Manufacturer: Intel(R) Corporation
ID: 52 06 02 00 FF FB EB BF
Signature: Type 0, Family 6, Model 37, Stepping 2 Flags:
FPU (Floating-point unit on-chip) VME (Virtual mode extension)
DE (Debugging extension)
PSE (Page size extension)
TSC (Time stamp counter)
MSR (Model specific registers)
PAE (Physical address extension) MCE (Machine check exception)
CX8 (CMPXCHG8 instruction supported) APIC (On-chip APIC hardware supported) SEP (Fast system call)
MTRR (Memory type range registers) PGE (Page global enable)
MCA (Machine check architecture) CMOV (Conditional move instruction supported) PAT (Page attribute table)
PSE-36 (36-bit page size extension) CLFSH (CLFLUSH instruction supported) DS (Debug store)
ACPI (ACPI supported)
MMX (MMX technology supported)
FXSR (Fast floating-point save and restore) SSE (Streaming SIMD extensions) SSE2 (Streaming SIMD extensions 2) SS (Self-snoop)
HTT (Hyper-threading technology)
TM (Thermal monitor supported)
PBE (Pending break enabled)
Version: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz
Voltage: 0.0 V
External Clock: 1066 MHz
Max Speed: 2400 MHz
Current Speed: 2400 MHz
Status: Populated, Enabled
Upgrade: ZIF Socket
L1 Cache Handle: 0x001A
L2 Cache Handle: 0x0019
L3 Cache Handle: 0x0017
Serial Number: Not Specified
Asset Tag: FFFF
Part Number: Not Specified
Core Count: 2
Core Enabled: 2
Thread Count: 4
Characteristics:
64-bit capable
Handle 0x0017, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
Socket Designation: L3 Cache
Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 3 Operational Mode: Write Through
Location: Internal
Installed Size: 3072 kB
Maximum Size: 3072 kB
Supported SRAM Types:
Synchronous
Installed SRAM Type: Synchronous
Speed: Unknown
Error Correction Type: Single-bit ECC System Type: Unified
Associativity: Other
Handle 0x0018, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
Socket Designation: L1 Cache
Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 1 Operational Mode: Write Through
Location: Internal
Installed Size: 32 kB
Maximum Size: 32 kB
Supported SRAM Types:
Synchronous
Installed SRAM Type: Synchronous
Speed: Unknown
Error Correction Type: Single-bit ECC System Type: Data
Associativity: 8-way Set-associative
Handle 0x0019, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
Socket Designation: L2 Cache
Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 2 Operational Mode: Write Through
Location: Internal
Installed Size: 256 kB
Maximum Size: 256 kB
Supported SRAM Types:
Synchronous
Installed SRAM Type: Synchronous
Speed: Unknown
Error Correction Type: Single-bit ECC System Type: Unified
Associativity: 8-way Set-associative
Handle 0x001A, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
Socket Designation: L1 Cache
Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 1 Operational Mode: Write Through
Location: Internal
Installed Size: 32 kB
Maximum Size: 32 kB
Supported SRAM Types:
Synchronous
Installed SRAM Type: Synchronous
Speed: Unknown
Error Correction Type: Single-bit ECC System Type: Instruction
Associativity: 4-way Set-associative
Handle 0x001B, DMI type 16, 15 bytes
Physical Memory Array
Location: System Board Or Motherboard
Use: System Memory
Error Correction Type: None
Maximum Capacity: 8 GB
Error Information Handle: No Error
Number Of Devices: 2
Handle 0x001C, DMI type 17, 28 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x001B
Error Information Handle: 0x001D
Total Width: 64 bits
Data Width: 64 bits
Size: 2048 MB
Form Factor: SODIMM
Set: None
Locator: Bottom - Slot 1
Bank Locator: BANK 0
Type: <OUT OF SPEC>
Type Detail: Synchronous
Speed: 1067 MHz
Manufacturer: Samsung
Serial Number: 62833B94
Asset Tag: Unknown
Part Number: M471B5673EH1-CF8
Rank: Unknown
Handle 0x001D, DMI type 18, 23 bytes
32-bit Memory Error Information
Type: OK
Granularity: Unknown
Operation: Unknown
Vendor Syndrome: Unknown
Memory Array Address: Unknown
Device Address: Unknown
Resolution: Unknown
Handle 0x001E, DMI type 20, 19 bytes
Memory Device Mapped Address
Starting Address: 0x00000000000 Ending Address: 0x0007FFFFFFF Range Size: 2 GB Physical Device Handle: 0x001C Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x0023 Partition Row Position: 2 Interleave Position: 1 Interleaved Data Depth: 1
Handle 0x001F, DMI type 17, 28 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x001B
Error Information Handle: 0x0020
Total Width: 64 bits
Data Width: 64 bits
Size: 2048 MB
Form Factor: SODIMM
Set: None
Locator: Bottom - Slot 2
Bank Locator: BANK 1
Type: <OUT OF SPEC>
Type Detail: Synchronous
Speed: 1067 MHz
Manufacturer: Samsung
Serial Number: 62833B59
Asset Tag: Unknown
Part Number: M471B5673EH1-CF8
Rank: Unknown
Handle 0x0020, DMI type 18, 23 bytes
32-bit Memory Error Information
Type: OK
Granularity: Unknown
Operation: Unknown
Vendor Syndrome: Unknown
Memory Array Address: Unknown
Device Address: Unknown
Resolution: Unknown
Handle 0x0021, DMI type 20, 19 bytes
Memory Device Mapped Address
Starting Address: 0x00000000000 Ending Address: 0x0007FFFFFFF Range Size: 2 GB Physical Device Handle: 0x001F Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x0023 Partition Row Position: 2 Interleave Position: 2 Interleaved Data Depth: 1
Handle 0x0022, DMI type 18, 23 bytes
32-bit Memory Error Information
Type: OK
Granularity: Unknown
Operation: Unknown
Vendor Syndrome: Unknown
Memory Array Address: Unknown
Device Address: Unknown
Resolution: Unknown
Handle 0x0023, DMI type 19, 15 bytes
Memory Array Mapped Address
Starting Address: 0x00000000000 Ending Address: 0x000FFFFFFFF Range Size: 4 GB Physical Array Handle: 0x001B Partition Width: 0
Handle 0x0024, DMI type 127, 4 bytes
End Of Table
/dev/sda:
ATA device, with non-removable media
Model Number: ST9500420AS Serial Number: 5VJ39H6G Firmware Revision: 0006HPM1 Transport: Serial Standards: Used: unknown (minor revision code 0x0029) Supported: 8 7 6 5 Likely used: 8 Configuration: Logical max current cylinders 16383 16383 heads 16 16 sectors/track 63 63 -- CHS current addressable sectors: 16514064 LBA user addressable sectors: 268435455 LBA48 user addressable sectors: 976773168 Logical/Physical Sector size: 512 bytes device size with M = 1024*1024: 476940 MBytes device size with M = 1000*1000: 500107 MBytes (500 GB) cache/buffer size = 16384 KBytes Form Factor: 2.5 inch Nominal Media Rotation Rate: 7200
Capabilities:
LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
Queue depth: 32
Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum
R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 16
Advanced power management level: 254
DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
Cycle time: no flow control=120ns IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
Enabled Supported:
* SMART feature set
Security Mode feature set
* Power Management feature set
* Write cache
* Look-ahead
* WRITE_BUFFER command
* READ_BUFFER command
* DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
* Advanced Power Management feature set
* 48-bit Address feature set
* Device Configuration Overlay feature set
* Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE
* FLUSH_CACHE_EXT
* SMART error logging
* SMART self-test
* General Purpose Logging feature set
* 64-bit World wide name
* IDLE_IMMEDIATE with UNLOAD
* WRITE_UNCORRECTABLE_EXT command
* {READ,WRITE}_DMA_EXT_GPL commands
* Segmented DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
* Gen1 signaling speed (1.5Gb/s)
* Gen2 signaling speed (3.0Gb/s)
* Native Command Queueing (NCQ)
* Phy event counters
* Idle-Unload when NCQ is active
* DMA Setup Auto-Activate optimization
Device-initiated interface power management
* Software settings preservation
* SMART Command Transport (SCT) feature set
* SCT Long Sector Access (AC1)
* SCT LBA Segment Access (AC2)
* SCT Error Recovery Control (AC3)
* SCT Features Control (AC4)
* SCT Data Tables (AC5)
unknown 206[12] (vendor specific)
Security:
Master password revision code = 65534
supported
not enabled
not locked
frozen
not expired: security count
supported: enhanced erase
104min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT. 104min for ENHANCED SECURITY ERASE UNIT.
Logical Unit WWN Device Identifier: 5000c5001f502396
NAA : 5 IEEE OUI : 000c50 Unique ID : 01f502396
Checksum: correct
smartctl 5.39.1 2010-01-28 r3054 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] (openSUSE RPM) Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Seagate Momentus 7200.4 series Device Model: ST9500420AS Serial Number: 5VJ39H6G Firmware Version: 0006HPM1 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: Wed Sep 8 16:23:29 2010 EEST 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: ( 0) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command.
Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported.
No 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: ( 2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 109) 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 116 099 006 Pre-fail Always - 104652286 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0002 097 097 000 Old_age Always - 0 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0033 100 100 000 Pre-fail Always - 21 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 036 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 100 253 030 Pre-fail Always - 954953 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 36 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0033 100 100 020 Pre-fail Always - 21 183 Runtime_Bad_Block 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 0 184 End-to-End_Error 0x0033 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0 187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 100 097 000 Old_age Always - 36 189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 064 048 045 Old_age Always - 36 (Lifetime Min/Max 24/36) 191 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 2 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 1106 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 036 052 000 Old_age Always - 36 (0 21 0 0) 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 050 048 000 Old_age Always - 104652286 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0033 100 100 036 Pre-fail Always - 0 197 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 - 0 254 Free_Fall_Sensor 0x0032 100 100 000 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_testingSelective 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.