I don't know if it helps but my 3+ years old Sony Vaio SZ (not Z) has a large count:
avile...@magneto:~$ sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep Load_Cycle_Count 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 086 086 000 Old_age Always - 296594 and it hasn't given me much problems. You are right in pointing the PowerManagement issues though: this is something that should be taken care of and it's good that all affected users report it. Cheers, Albert. On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Mario <mario....@gmail.com> wrote: > Dears, > many of you know the problem with the power-management of the HDDs > (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerManagement) in Ubuntu (but it derives from > the hardware vendor's choices and it is present in other distributions). > > I have a problem with my Z21MN: my hard-drive is going to die. The > load-cycle-count is raising: > # sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep Load_Cycle_Count > 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always > - 943 > > The actual count is '943' but I got my laptop since one week... > > I've read a lot of documentation about the problem but the strange fact > is that the count raise also with the AC connected, with laptop-mode > disabled and with a 'hdparm -B 255 /dev/sda' (HDD power-mngmt disabled!). > > You you have similar problems? I'm using Ubuntu Jaunty (beta). > > Regards, > Mario > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series<https://launchpad.net/%7Esony-vaio-z-series> > Post to : sony-vaio-z-series@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series<https://launchpad.net/%7Esony-vaio-z-series> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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