| | 1 | = Using smartctl with Samsung F4 !EcoGreen drives may result in bad blocks = |
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| | 3 | '''WARNING: Do not use smartmontools with these drives! ''' |
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| | 6 | 2010-11-24: Here are the details as reported to us by German c't magazine: |
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| | 8 | * Affected disk: SAMSUNG !SpinPoint F4 !EcoGreen 2TB |
| | 9 | |
| | 10 | {{{Device Model: SAMSUNG HD204UI}}}[[BR]] |
| | 11 | {{{Firmware Version: 1AQ10001}}} |
| | 12 | |
| | 13 | * Problem: If the system writes to this disk and {{{smartctl -a}}} (5.40) is used at the same time, write errors are reported and bad blocks appear on the disk. |
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| | 15 | This was reported by a reader and could be reproduced in c't magazine lab on the following system: |
| | 16 | |
| | 17 | Windows 7 x64 Ultimate[[BR]] |
| | 18 | Core i3-560[[BR]] |
| | 19 | Intel H55 Chipset[[BR]] |
| | 20 | SATA-AHCI-Driver: Intel Rapid Storage Technology (RST) 9.6 |
| | 21 | |
| | 22 | * It could also be reproduced under Linux (Fedora 14) if AHCI is enabled and the following commands are run in parallel: |
| | 23 | {{{ |
| | 24 | # badblocks -svw -b 4096 /dev/sdd 4000000 |
| | 25 | # smartctl -a /dev/sdd |
| | 26 | }}} |
| | 27 | |
| | 28 | * It could not be reproduced if the Intel Chipset is set to IDE mode. |
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| | 30 | * It could not be reproduced on another System with an AMD Chipset even if AHCI and NCQ are enabled. |
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| | 32 | If you have additional info, please report it to the [mailto:smartmontools-support@lists.sourceforge.net smartmontools-support mailing list]. |
