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    Wacky SMART values

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by gizmodian, May 6, 2010.

  1. gizmodian

    gizmodian Notebook Evangelist

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    I just got a new dm3t last Monday (specs in sig.), and when I took a look at the SMART data from the hard drive, I was surprised to see some pretty crazy numbers.
    The drive is a WD 3200BEKT-60V5T1.
    Here's the screens for HD Tune Pro and DiskCheckup the day after receiving the laptop:
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    A week and an half later:
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    I'm talking specifically about load/unload cycles, BC (Command Timeout) numbers, G-sense error rate, UltraDMA CRC Error Count, and the start stop count.
    The values for them are 15894, 524322, 1211, 5, 2325, respectively.

    After a week and an half, the G-sensor error rate went up by 1, and Load/unload cycle went up by ~1000. BC and UltraDMA CRC Error Count did not go up at all.

    So is this something I should be worried about? Is it something serious enough to warrant an exchange?

    Any thoughts are appreciated.
     
    gizmodian, May 6, 2010
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    Umm.. anyone? Really trying to decide whether or not to return/exchange this. Especially since hearing of the new Pavilion line launch on May 19.
     
    gizmodian, May 9, 2010
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