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Re: Understanding my SMART errors



In <[🔎] 20090610143552.fd11cd1a.celejar@gmail.com>, Celejar wrote:
>An excerpt of a current 'dmesg | grep hda' (these errors occurred upon
>resuming from suspend to disk):
>
>[34074.459505] hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error
> } [34074.459685] hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
> [34074.459886] hda: possibly failed opcode: 0x25
>[34079.744751] hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error
> } [34079.744931] hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
> [34079.745135] hda: possibly failed opcode: 0x25
>[34079.750086] hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error
> } [34079.750263] hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
> [34079.750466] hda: possibly failed opcode: 0x25
>[34079.789002] hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error
> } [34079.789192] hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
> [34079.789411] hda: possibly failed opcode: 0x25
>[34079.794851] hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error
> } [34079.795043] hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
> [34079.795261] hda: possibly failed opcode: 0x25

Could be cabling or some other component between the kernel and the HD, but 
most likely this is the sign of a failing drive.

> Jun  9 15:12:29 lizzie smartd[3474]: Device: /dev/hda, ATA error count 
> increased from 12 to 17
> Jun 10 14:09:30 lizzie smartd[3474]: Device: /dev/hda, ATA error count 
> increased from 28 to 34
>
>Is this drive going?

Most likely, yes.  Although, it might not completely fail for quite a while.  
It may even be fixable through manufacturer-specific means.
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