Strange smart data reading

bigjimmyauk · 13 Feb 2011 at 02:09

very strange have no idea what calibration retry count is

but it's the power on hours count and power cycle count that bother me

1452 power on cycle counts i've only had the hdd since march last year and i pretty much power up in the morning and it goes off when i go bed. No way have i been powering off 4 times per day

Judgeneo · 13 Feb 2011 at 02:16

they turn of when idle, so it probably has turned on and off that often

bigjimmyauk · 13 Feb 2011 at 02:16

Judgeneo said:
they turn of when idle, so it probably has turned on and off that often

would an S3 sleep state cause it?

wonko · 13 Feb 2011 at 12:49

IIUC, the calibration retry count is the number of times that the disk has attempted to calibrate itself and the calibration has failed (causing the retries). Not a good sign; I'd make sure you've got good backups and at least keep an eye on it to make sure it doesn't increase.

As judgeneo said, the power cycle count will be due to power management (either within windows and/or on the disk itself), so this one's nothing to worry about.

I'd check out the temperature of the drive though. Each manufacturer uses the smart parameters slightly differently, and for temperature use various offsets to convert the raw data value into a real temperature, but if your disk really is at 64°C I'd do something about it!

bigjimmyauk · 13 Feb 2011 at 13:01

a few programmes i have used have said the temperature is 27 degrees including hdtune pro

wonko · 13 Feb 2011 at 13:05

OK, that's cool

bigjimmyauk · 13 Feb 2011 at 13:19

wonko said:
OK, that's cool

maybe just a S.M.A.R.T glitch but could have been a one time thing. my heating went a couple of months ago and i put my fan heater on accidently pointed at the pc lol, Just caught it intime when speedfan started alarming me critical temperature lol. Would it have logged that event hence why it says max temp is 65 degrees

wonko · 13 Feb 2011 at 13:32

It could be that :eek:

, or it could be that the '64' value needs some translation to get the current temperature. If the value stays at 64 as the disk changes temperature then it would suggest it may be a maximum recorded value.