Long story short, the disk looks like it is failing.
sudo smartctl -a /dev/hda
(snip)
Error 6672 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 17066 hours (711 days + 2 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
40 51 08 ca e9 30 e1 Error: UNC 8 sectors at LBA = 0x0130e9ca = 19982794
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
c8 00 08 ca e9 30 e1 00 00:22:33.125 READ DMA
ca 00 08 4a a9 f0 e0 00 00:22:33.125 WRITE DMA
ca 00 08 fa 39 e9 e0 00 00:22:33.125 WRITE DMA
ca 00 08 c2 a7 e0 e0 00 00:22:33.125 WRITE DMA
ca 00 80 1f fd 19 e0 00 00:22:33.125 WRITE DMA
(snip)
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Extended offline Completed: read failure 00% 17193 46039111
I have
this hard disk. Anyone want to suggest a new replacement? Dell will only sell me used disks, even if I wanted to pay their inflated prices. Would
this one be good?
Is there any chance this is a motherboard failure or failure of some other non-replaceable component?
Note: Can this thread be moved to hardware?