New hard drive has Ultra DMA CRC Error

Just picked up a Samsung f3 2tb and notice that I have a high count for Ultra DMA CRC Error.


HD Tune Pro: SAMSUNG HD203WI Health

ID Current Worst ThresholdData Status
(01) Raw Read Error Rate 100 100 51 4 ok
(02) Throughput Performance 252 252 0 0 ok
(03) Spin Up Time 61 61 25 11851 ok
(04) Start/Stop Count 100 100 0 50 ok
(05) Reallocated Sector Count 252 252 10 0 ok
(07) Seek Error Rate 252 252 51 0 ok
(08) Seek Time Performance 252 252 15 0 ok
(09) Power On Hours Count 100 100 0 23 ok
(0A) Spin Retry Count 252 252 51 0 ok
(0B) Calibration Retry Count 252 252 0 0 ok
(0C) Power Cycle Count 100 100 0 35 ok
(BF) G-sense Error Rate 100 100 0 7 ok
(C0) Unsafe Shutdown Count 252 252 0 0 ok
(C2) Temperature 63 61 0 1441829 ok
(C3) Hardware ECC Recovered 100 100 0 0 ok
(C4) Reallocated Event Count 252 252 0 0 ok
(C5) Current Pending Sector 252 252 0 0 ok
(C6) Offline Uncorrectable 252 252 0 0 ok
( C7) Ultra DMA CRC Error Count 87 87 0 7226 warning
(C8) Write Error Rate 100 100 0 0 ok
(DF) Load/Unload Retry Count 252 252 0 0 ok
(E1) Load/Unload Cycle Count 100 100 0 98 ok

Health Status : warning


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S.M.A.R.T. status
Date: 2010/06/24 22:55:35

Model Name: SAMSUNG HD203WI
Serial number: S1UYJ1WZ402781
Capacity: 2000.4 GB
Firmware: 1AN10002
Drive interface: IDE
Current temperature: 38 °C (100 F)

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Attribute Name Threshold Value Worst Raw value
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1 (01) Raw Read Error Rate 51 100 100 4
2 (02) Throughput Performance 0 252 252 0
3 (03) Spin Up Time 25 61 61 11851
4 (04) Start/Stop Count 0 100 100 50
5 (05) Reallocated Sectors Count 10 252 252 0
7 (07) Seek Error Rate 51 252 252 0
8 (08) Seek Time Performance 15 252 252 0
9 (09) Power-On Hours 0 100 100 23
10 (0A) Spin Retry Count 51 252 252 0
11 (0B) Recalibration Retries 0 252 252 0
12 (0C) Device Power Cycle Count 0 100 100 35
191 (BF) G-sense Error Rate 0 100 100 7
192 (C0) Power-off Retract Count 0 252 252 0
194 (C2) Temperature 0 62 61 171800133670
195 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 0 100 100 0
196 (C4) Reallocation Event Count 0 252 252 0
197 (C5) Current Pending Sector Count 0 252 252 0
198 (C6) Uncorrectable Sector Count 0 252 252 0
199 (C7) UltraDMA CRC Error Count 0 87 87 7226
200 (C8) Write Error Rate (Multi Zone Error Rate)0 100 100 0
223 (DF) Load/Unload Retry Count 0 252 252 0
225 (E1) Load/Unload cycle Count 0 100 100 98
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I did a full format and run the Samsung EStool and it pass all test. I also ran a surface scan and EStool did not find any errors. I am just concern about this ultra dma crc error count. I purchased the drive from a local shop. Just wondering shoudl I do a exchange? Thanks

 

From a quick google on Ultra DMA CRC errors, it appears that this error usually arises from a bad cable or connection, as it has to do with data transmission to and from the drive. Apparently, the thing to do is to watch if the number increases at all, since fixing the problem won't reset the count. So what this means is that if the number is going up, you probably have a bad cable/connection with the drive right now so you should check the pins and connectors, and if the number is not going up, sometime in the past (is this a used drive? If not, then maybe it happened while they were testing it) it was connected poorly and had data transmission issues.