Re: [smartmontools-support] Problem with neverending self-tests on Samsung HD502IJ

[Bruce A. <ba...@gr...>]

Hi Sebastian,

It looks like another Samsung firmware bug.  I'll forward this to the 
firmware people at Samsung.

Cheers,
 	Bruce

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008, Sebastian Wiesinger wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm having a little problem with my drive and smartmontools. It looks
> like there are multiple self-tests running, but they are frozen. Here
> is an output:
>
> # smartctl -d ata -F samsung3 -l selftest /dev/sda
> smartctl version 5.38 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen
> Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
>
> === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
> SMART Self-test log structure revision number 0
> Warning: ATA Specification requires self-test log structure revision number = 1
> Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
> # 1  Extended offline    Self-test routine in progress 80%       151         -
> # 2  Offline             Aborted by host               00%       150         -
> # 3  Extended offline    Self-test routine in progress 70%       150         -
> # 4  Extended offline    Aborted by host               80%       150         -
> # 5  Offline             Aborted by host               00%       148         -
> # 6  Extended offline    Self-test routine in progress 50%       148         -
> # 7  Short offline       Aborted by host               00%       131         -
> # 8  Extended offline    Aborted by host               00%       112         -
> # 9  Short offline       Aborted by host               00%       107         -
> #10  Short offline       Aborted by host               00%        83         -
>
> I tested it with and without the samsung3 fix, and it didn't change.
> Any ideas what to do? Are these just incorrectly displayed?
>
> # smartctl -d ata -F samsung3 -P show /dev/sda
> smartctl version 5.38 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen
> Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
>
> Drive found in smartmontools Database.  Drive identity strings:
> MODEL:              SAMSUNG HD502IJ
> FIRMWARE:           1AA01112
> match smartmontools Drive Database entry:
> MODEL REGEXP:       ^SAMSUNG.*
> FIRMWARE REGEXP:    .*
> MODEL FAMILY:
> ATTRIBUTE OPTIONS:  None preset; no -v options are required.
> WARNINGS:           May need -F samsung or -F samsung2 enabled; see manual for details.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Sebastian
>
>