I also get the frequent click without the increase in load_cycle_count, the hard drive click isn't quite as long
here is my smartctl -A -d ata /dev/hda4 output smartctl version 5.37 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16 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 100 100 046 Pre-fail Always - 121131 2 Throughput_Performance 0x0005 100 100 030 Pre-fail Offline - 27394048 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 100 100 025 Pre-fail Always - 1 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 097 097 000 Old_age Always - 12260 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 024 Pre-fail Always - 8589934592000 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 100 100 047 Pre-fail Always - 3179 8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0005 100 100 019 Pre-fail Offline - 0 9 Power_On_Seconds 0x0032 091 091 000 Old_age Always - 4695h+37m+30s 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 020 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 1703 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 098 098 000 Old_age Always - 551 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 095 095 000 Old_age Always - 105840 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 31 (Lifetime Min/Max 8/50) 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 2649 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 438042624 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 - 0 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x000f 100 100 060 Pre-fail Always - 4440 203 Run_Out_Cancel 0x0002 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 2632768486980 240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 and smartctrl -a /dev/hda4 smartctl version 5.37 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Fujitsu MHV series Device Model: FUJITSU MHV2100BH PL Serial Number: NWAET6C28VHG Firmware Version: 00000029 User Capacity: 100,030,242,816 bytes Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: 7 ATA Standard is: ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D revision 4a Local Time is: Sat Mar 8 01:30:24 2008 AKST 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: (0x00) Offline data collection activity was never started. Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled. 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: ( 591) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate. Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. 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: ( 69) minutes. Conveyance self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16 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 100 100 046 Pre-fail Always - 3533 2 Throughput_Performance 0x0005 100 100 030 Pre-fail Offline - 27394048 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 100 100 025 Pre-fail Always - 1 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 097 097 000 Old_age Always - 12260 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 024 Pre-fail Always - 8589934592000 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 100 100 047 Pre-fail Always - 2807 8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0005 100 100 019 Pre-fail Offline - 0 9 Power_On_Seconds 0x0032 091 091 000 Old_age Always - 4695h+34m+55s 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 020 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 1703 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 098 098 000 Old_age Always - 551 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 095 095 000 Old_age Always - 105839 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 31 (Lifetime Min/Max 8/50) 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 76 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 438042624 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 - 0 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x000f 100 100 060 Pre-fail Always - 4335 203 Run_Out_Cancel 0x0002 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 3732283194815 240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x003e 200 200 000 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_testing Selective 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. -- Persistent laptop drive clicking in kernels since 2006 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/164721 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
