Guido, here is the test with smartctl -v 9,seconds -t offline /dev/hda4
smartctl version 5.1-18 Copyright (C) 2002-3 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: FUJITSU MHS2060AT Serial Number: NL24T3114CF3 Firmware Version: 8105 Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: 6 ATA Standard is: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 3a Local Time is: Tue Oct 14 21:20:35 2003 EST 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: Off-line data collection status: (0x02) Offline data collection activity was completed without error. Auto Off-line 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 off-line data collection: ( 492) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate. Automatic timer 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. No General Purpose Logging support. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 83) 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 - 229229 2 Throughput_Performance 0x0005 100 100 030 Pre-fail Offline - 308 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 100 100 025 Pre-fail Always - 25601 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 382 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 080 080 024 Pre-fail Always - 497 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 100 100 047 Pre-fail Always - 2502 8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0005 100 100 019 Pre-fail Offline - 0 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 068 068 000 Old_age Always - 17404082 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 020 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 251 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 28 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 049 049 000 Old_age Always - 190154 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 41 (Lifetime Min/Max 21/52) 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 11951 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 080 080 000 Old_age Always - 480 197 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 084 071 060 Pre-fail Always - 4679553 203 Run_Out_Cancel 0x0002 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 3732317077049 SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 No self-tests have been logged About the damaged sectors, I know 497 sectors is not that much, but, I mean, the laptop is under warranty... would you consider going to Apple to get them to change the HDD? Thanks so much for the help, -- J. Javier Maestro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://rigel.homelinux.com
