Problems checking IBM xSeries 335 w/ Deskstar IDE Drive

[jsares]

I've had reports via smartmontools of SMART errors on these IBM xSeries 335 w/ Deskstar IDE Drive. When I run MHDD all the sectors are green (150ms) I've never seen this before. Any ideas why?

[Doomer]

could you post SMART here ?

[jsares]

Code:

[PRE]HDD: IC35L090AVV207-0; FW: V23OA66A; SN: VNVC30G3CVSLHT
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            Name                        Val Worst Raw
Att #   1 : Read error rate           : 100  100  65536 
Att #   2 : Throughput performance    : 126  126  374 
Att #   3 : Spin up time              : 104  104  17236233 
Att #   4 : Number of spin-up times   : 100  100  58 
Att #   5 : Reallocated sectors count : 100  100  72 
Att #   7 : Seek error rate           : 100  100  0 
Att #   8 : Seek time performance     : 123  123  37 
Att #   9 : Power-on time             :  96   96  28838 
Att #  10 : Spin-up retries           : 100  100  0 
Att #  12 : Start/stop count          : 100  100  58 
Att # 192 : Power-off retract count   : 100  100  114 
Att # 193 : Load/unload cycle count   : 100  100  114 
Att # 194 : HDA Temperature           : 183  183  30 
Att # 196 : Reallocate event count    : 100  100  77 
Att # 197 : Current pending sectors   : 100  100  0 
Att # 198 : Offline scan UNC sectors  : 100  100  0 
Att # 199 : Ultra ATA CRC Error Rate  : 200  200  0 
[/PRE]

[jsares]

I was able to run MHDD on a third x335 and it did not have all green sectors. I'll post the logs later today.

[Doomer]

A disk has 72 remapped bad blocks and 5 candidates to bad blocks

The disk is dieing

[quasimodo]

I agree with Doomer,
It looks like your disk is on it's way out. I would backup the drive if it contains any important data and then possible try a LL Format.
If it's soft sector problems this may set things straight, but If it's a physical problem you may want to just toss the drives.

[hddguy]

These IBM deskstar drives are prone to head failure (hence the nickname deathstar!) and also prone to "Phantom" bad sectors caused by bad connection between PCB and HDA.

I agree with quasimodo, you should back up your data and toss the drive

[jsares]

Thanks, I agree the drive is bad. It was just strange to see all green blocks and have it happen on the two x335s I was looking at. Didn't know if that was a problem with MHDD or not. But since another x335 had more normal results it probably adds weight to the drive dying.