Fixing a Maxtor HD?

[V]

Here's a Maxtor 200GB SATA/150 HD that should have been RMA'ed.
Maxtor wouldn't RMA it because it was supplied as a Sony Desktop PC
component (OEM HD).
But doing a low-level format gives the illusion that the drive is now
OK.


EVEREST reported:

ID Attribute Description Threshold Value Worst Data Status
05 Reallocated Sector Count 63 219 219 351 OK: Value is normal


PowerMax reported:

Maxtor PowerMax 4.23
Date Tested: 02/26/2007
Serial Number: Y63XXXXX
Model Number: Maxtor 6Y200M0
FirmWareRev: YAR51HW0
Cylinders per Drive: 395136
Heads per Cylinder: 16
Max LBA: 398297088
SPT: 63
FE: S57
Advanced Test Result: FAILED
Diagnostic Code: de6XXXXX



After a low-level format using PowerMax,

EVEREST reported:

ID Attribute Description Threshold Value Worst Data Status
05 Reallocated Sector Count 63 253 219 3 OK: Value is normal


PowerMax reported:

Maxtor PowerMax 4.23
Date Tested: 02/28/2007
Serial Number: Y63XXXXX
Model Number: Maxtor 6Y200M0
FirmWareRev: YAR51HW0
Cylinders per Drive: 395136
Heads per Cylinder: 16
Max LBA: 398297088
SPT: 63
FE: 000
Advanced Test Result: PASSED

 

[Rod Speed]

Here's a Maxtor 200GB SATA/150 HD that should have
been RMA'ed. Maxtor wouldn't RMA it because it was
supplied as a Sony Desktop PC component (OEM HD).

Sony should replace it under warranty.

But doing a low-level format gives the illusion that the drive is now OK.

EVEREST reported:

ID Attribute Description Threshold Value Worst Data Status
05 Reallocated Sector Count 63 219 219 351 OK: Value is normal

Thats a very high reallocated sector count, bet the drive is dying.

PowerMax reported:

Maxtor PowerMax 4.23
Date Tested: 02/26/2007
Serial Number: Y63XXXXX
Model Number: Maxtor 6Y200M0
FirmWareRev: YAR51HW0
Cylinders per Drive: 395136
Heads per Cylinder: 16
Max LBA: 398297088
SPT: 63
FE: S57
Advanced Test Result: FAILED
Diagnostic Code: de6XXXXX

After a low-level format using PowerMax,

EVEREST reported:

ID Attribute Description Threshold Value Worst Data Status
05 Reallocated Sector Count 63 253 219 3 OK: Value is normal

Looks like more reallocated sectors since the LLF.

PowerMax reported:

Maxtor PowerMax 4.23
Date Tested: 02/28/2007
Serial Number: Y63XXXXX
Model Number: Maxtor 6Y200M0
FirmWareRev: YAR51HW0
Cylinders per Drive: 395136
Heads per Cylinder: 16
Max LBA: 398297088
SPT: 63
FE: 000
Advanced Test Result: PASSED

PowerMax is notorious for getting it wrong at times.

 

[CJT]

Here's a Maxtor 200GB SATA/150 HD that should have been RMA'ed.
Maxtor wouldn't RMA it because it was supplied as a Sony Desktop PC
component (OEM HD).
But doing a low-level format gives the illusion that the drive is now
OK.


EVEREST reported:

ID Attribute Description Threshold Value Worst Data Status
05 Reallocated Sector Count 63 219 219 351 OK: Value is normal


PowerMax reported:

Maxtor PowerMax 4.23
Date Tested: 02/26/2007
Serial Number: Y63XXXXX
Model Number: Maxtor 6Y200M0
FirmWareRev: YAR51HW0
Cylinders per Drive: 395136
Heads per Cylinder: 16
Max LBA: 398297088
SPT: 63
FE: S57
Advanced Test Result: FAILED
Diagnostic Code: de6XXXXX



After a low-level format using PowerMax,

EVEREST reported:

ID Attribute Description Threshold Value Worst Data Status
05 Reallocated Sector Count 63 253 219 3 OK: Value is normal


PowerMax reported:

Maxtor PowerMax 4.23
Date Tested: 02/28/2007
Serial Number: Y63XXXXX
Model Number: Maxtor 6Y200M0
FirmWareRev: YAR51HW0
Cylinders per Drive: 395136
Heads per Cylinder: 16
Max LBA: 398297088
SPT: 63
FE: 000
Advanced Test Result: PASSED

People (not just you) need to move away from the idea of "fixing" or
"salvaging" drives. Instead, the focus should be on failure tolerance
(e.g. RAID and backups). Data is worth much more than drives.

 

[Folkert Rienstra]

Here's a Maxtor 200GB SATA/150 HD that should have been RMA'ed.

No, really?

Maxtor wouldn't RMA it because it was supplied as a Sony Desktop PC
component (OEM HD).

But doing a low-level format gives the illusion that the drive is now OK.

Don't they all. Isn't that what we all expect from them that they do that?
That they do what they are advertised to do? Work?

EVEREST reported:

ID Attribute Description Threshold Value Worst Data Status
05 Reallocated Sector Count 63 219 219 351 OK: Value is normal


PowerMax reported:

Maxtor PowerMax 4.23
Date Tested: 02/26/2007
Serial Number: Y63XXXXX
Model Number: Maxtor 6Y200M0
FirmWareRev: YAR51HW0
Cylinders per Drive: 395136
Heads per Cylinder: 16
Max LBA: 398297088
SPT: 63
FE: S57
Advanced Test Result: FAILED
Diagnostic Code: de6XXXXX



After a low-level format using PowerMax,

EVEREST reported:

ID Attribute Description Threshold Value Worst Data Status
05 Reallocated Sector Count 63 253 219 3 OK: Value is normal


PowerMax reported:

Maxtor PowerMax 4.23
Date Tested: 02/28/2007
Serial Number: Y63XXXXX
Model Number: Maxtor 6Y200M0
FirmWareRev: YAR51HW0
Cylinders per Drive: 395136
Heads per Cylinder: 16
Max LBA: 398297088
SPT: 63
FE: 000
Advanced Test Result: PASSED

And your question is?

 

[Folkert Rienstra]

Sony should replace it under warranty.




Thats a very high reallocated sector count,

No, its not.

bet the drive is dying.
Nope.






Looks like more reallocated sectors since the LLF.

Nope, even a simpleton -like yourself- should be able to notice that the
"Value" value has returned to 253, where before it was the same as "Worst".
The 3 reallocated sectors is all what remained of the previous 351, who
apparently were not all bad.

PowerMax is notorious for getting it wrong at times.

And as always you have little clue.

 

[Rod Speed]

Some ****wit rabid pseudokraut thats so stupid that it cant even
manage to work out the significance of 351 reallocated sectors,
shit that only a complete ****ing loony could ever manage.