laptop harddrive Load_Cycle_Count issue and Dell xps m1330

[bigbrovar]

I was during a research to see if my laptop a dell xps m1330 (which came preinstalled with Ubuntu) was affected by the laptop harddrive Load_Cycle_Count issue i ran 2 test in 15 minute following the guide here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=795327 and the result was really disturbing .

when i ran the first test i got this result

190 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 062 054 045 Old_age Always - 639303718
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 090 090 000 Old_age Always - 20939
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 038 046 000 Old_age Always - 38 (Lifetime Min/Max 0/23)


15 minute later when i ran the same test

190 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 062 054 045 Old_age Always - 639303718
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 090 090 000 Old_age Always - 20967
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 038 046 000 Old_age Always - 38 (Lifetime Min/Max 0/23)


from this result my load cycle count number listed in this commands output changed by 28 meaning my load cycle count increases by 28 every fifteen minute. from the look of things its really scary and i want to ask if anyone has the same problem should i apply the patch

my hard disk is 320gb in size and made by samsung the speed is 7200 RPM and it comes with freefall sensor. point is i am afraid and i dont know if i should apply thge patch becasue i dont want to do anything that would hurt the the harddrive does anyone have the same problem?

[ponman]

I can confirm that I had this issue on my Dell m1330 with a 160G 5400rpm HD. I was getting 60 cycles per hour which is way too many. It sounds like you're even worse off. I applied the patch and my cycles have basically dropped to zero. My temperature didn't even change (still 37-38 ). I know that it's a little scary to be applying these home-brew patches to fix these issues, but consider the consequence of doing nothing = a dead HD in 9 months. Make backups of the 4 files the guy calls out so you can revert if strange things start happening and give it a shot.

[bigbrovar]

it seems this issue has been fixed in ibex .. can anyone confirm this?

[bluelamp999]

Bump!

My Dell Latitude D810 is showing crazy figures.

Is this really an issue? Has it been fixed in Intrepid?

Peace...

[bigbrovar]

Bump!

My Dell Latitude D810 is showing crazy figures.

Is this really an issue? Has it been fixed in Intrepid?

Peace...

It seems most pple are not interested in this issue :( look at the date it was originally posted and see this huge* amount of response it has gotten. i guess most pple are more interested in webcams and blue tooth working than getting than fixing something that could save their hard-drive from an early grave

[bluelamp999]

It seems most pple are not interested in this issue :( look at the date it was originally posted and see this huge* amount of response it has gotten. i guess most pple are more interested in webcams and blue tooth working than getting than fixing something that could save their hard-drive from an early grave

I know!

But you'd think Canonical would make some kind of statement on the matter if it was a genuine issue which could possibly kill peoples hardware...

[anachoret]

Actually, it is a Linux's bug for using SATA HDDs.

Look at the posting "laptop harddrive Load_Cycle_Count issue" in the Ubuntu Forums > The Ubuntu Forum Community > Main Support Categories > Hardware & Laptops.