SMART errors on new, unpartitioned disk

[David Baron <d_baron@012.net.il>]

The following warning/error was logged by the smartd daemon:

Device: /dev/sdc [SAT], 1 Offline uncorrectable sectors


For details see host's SYSLOG (default: /var/log/syslog).

You can also use the smartctl utility for further investigation.
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Sep  5 19:54:32 dovidhalevi smartd[6914]: Device: /dev/sdc, type changed from 
'scsi' to 'sat'
Sep  5 19:54:32 dovidhalevi smartd[6914]: Device: /dev/sdc [SAT], opened
Sep  5 19:54:32 dovidhalevi smartd[6914]: Device: /dev/sdc [SAT], found in 
smartd database.
Sep  5 19:54:32 dovidhalevi smartd[6914]: Device: /dev/sdc [SAT], is SMART 
capable. Adding to "monitor" list.
Sep  5 19:54:32 dovidhalevi smartd[6914]: Monitoring 3 ATA and 0 SCSI devices
Sep  5 19:54:33 dovidhalevi smartd[6914]: Device: /dev/sdc [SAT], 1 Currently 
unreadable (pending) sectors
Sep  5 19:54:33 dovidhalevi smartd[6914]: Sending warning via mail to system-
notification ...
Sep  5 19:54:33 dovidhalevi smartd[6914]: Warning via mail to system-
notification: successful
Sep  5 19:54:33 dovidhalevi smartd[6914]: Device: /dev/sdc [SAT], 1 Offline 
uncorrectable sectors

Is this disk OK, legit errors for non partitioned, not formatted new disk or 
is this a problem, possibly in BIOS? This is a 1 terrabyte disk.