Seagate7200.12 500GB error in HD Tune

[Grinja]

Hi all,
Does anyone know what the codes in HDD Tune Health report mean?

I'm particulary worried about the one that failed ...

HD Tune: ST3500418AS Health

ID Current Worst ThresholdData Status
(01) Raw Read Error Rate 112 100 6 46692977 Ok
(03) Spin Up Time 98 98 0 0 Ok
(04) Start/Stop Count 100 100 20 18 Ok
(05) Reallocated Sector Count 100 100 36 0 Ok
(07) Seek Error Rate 100 253 30 1604 Ok
(09) Power On Hours Count 100 100 0 2 Ok
(0A) Spin Retry Count 100 100 97 0 Ok
(0C) Power Cycle Count 100 100 20 9 Ok
(B7) (unknown attribute) 100 100 0 0 Ok
(B8) (unknown attribute) 95 95 99 5 Failed
(BB) (unknown attribute) 100 100 0 0 Ok
(BC) (unknown attribute) 100 85 0 2162727 Ok
(BD) (unknown attribute) 100 100 0 0 Ok
(BE) Airflow Temperature 69 69 45 521928735 Ok
(C2) Temperature 31 40 0 31 Ok
(C3) Hardware ECC Recovered 43 43 0 46692977 Ok
(C5) Current Pending Sector 100 100 0 0 Ok
(C6) Offline Uncorrectable 100 100 0 0 Ok
(C7) Ultra DMA CRC Error Count 200 199 0 114 Ok
(F0) Head Flying Hours 100 253 0 26 Ok
(F1) (unknown attribute) 100 253 0 552655 Ok
(F2) (unknown attribute) 100 253 0 -45030154 Ok

Power On Time : 2
Health Status : Failed

 

[Russwinters]

I am guessing that this is from an HP computer?

B8 is a special HP firmware revision change for seagate drives.


It monitors the data from the point it is loaded into the HDD cache and travels to the Host controller.

If the checksum does not match then an error will occur which is recorded in this attribute.


Basically, this failing can mean a few things.


The cache on you hdd's PCB is failing (i doubt this)

there is an instability in your motherboards storage controller (this is more likely, are you overclocking, etc? try updating you drivers also)

 

[Grinja]

Thanks for the feedback.
I added the hard drive yesterday; running along 2x250GB Barracuda's.
I am currently overclocking... I will play with some settings and look for latest drivers, can't remember the last time I updated the MB drivers.

System specs:
Asus P5K Deluxe (P35 Chipset)
4GB DDR2 800
Core2 E6750@3.2ghz
2x250GB Barracuda's
Radeon HD4870@stock
Seagat MI12 500PSU

 

[Rubycon]

What is your PCI-E speed? Anything over 100MHz can cause concern with SATA controllers.

 

[Grinja]

Interesting ... didn't realise PCE-E could impact the SATA controller.
Will check it later today.

In the mean time I've completed a complete run on SeaTools from Seagate and there were no problems detected...