[smartmontools-support] strange output on maxtor drive

[Timo H. <tim...@ip...>]

hi list,

this is the output of my maxtor drive.

ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE
UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0027   252   252   063    Pre-fail  Always
-       1030
  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   253   253   000    Old_age   Always
-       8
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   253   253   063    Pre-fail  Always
-       0
  6 Read_Channel_Margin     0x0001   253   253   100    Pre-fail
Offline      -       0
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000a   253   252   000    Old_age   Always
-       0
  8 Seek_Time_Performance   0x0027   247   240   187    Pre-fail  Always
-       42141
  9 Power_On_Minutes        0x0032   240   240   000    Old_age   Always
-       342h+03m
 10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x002b   252   252   157    Pre-fail  Always
-       0
 11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x002b   252   252   223    Pre-fail  Always
-       0
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   253   253   000    Old_age   Always
-       23
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   253   253   000    Old_age   Always
-       4
193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   253   253   000    Old_age   Always
-       29
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0032   253   253   000    Old_age   Always
-       26
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered  0x000a   253   252   000    Old_age   Always
-       3833
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0008   253   253   000    Old_age
Offline      -       0
197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0008   253   253   000    Old_age
Offline      -       0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0008   253   253   000    Old_age
Offline      -       0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x0008   199   199   000    Old_age
Offline      -       0
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate   0x000a   253   252   000    Old_age   Always
-       0
201 Soft_Read_Error_Rate    0x000a   253   251   000    Old_age   Always
-       253
202 TA_Increase_Count       0x000a   253   252   000    Old_age   Always
-       0
203 Run_Out_Cancel          0x000b   253   252   180    Pre-fail  Always
-       3
204 Shock_Count_Write_Opern 0x000a   253   252   000    Old_age   Always
-       0
205 Shock_Rate_Write_Opern  0x000a   253   252   000    Old_age   Always
-       0
207 Spin_High_Current       0x002a   252   252   000    Old_age   Always
-       0
208 Spin_Buzz               0x002a   252   252   000    Old_age   Always
-       0
209 Offline_Seek_Performnce 0x0024   253   253   000    Old_age
Offline      -       0
 99 Unknown_Attribute       0x0004   253   253   000    Old_age
Offline      -       0
100 Unknown_Attribute       0x0004   253   253   000    Old_age
Offline      -       0
101 Unknown_Attribute       0x0004   253   253   000    Old_age
Offline      -       0


i think i know the difference between normalized and raw values, but why
are most normalized values displayed as 253?


additional info:

Drive found in smartmontools Database.  Drive identity strings:
MODEL:              Maxtor 6E040L0
FIRMWARE:           NAR61590
match smartmontools Drive Database entry:
MODEL REGEXP:       ^Maxtor 6E0[234]0L0$
FIRMWARE REGEXP:    .*
MODEL FAMILY:       Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 8 family
ATTRIBUTE OPTIONS:  009 Power_On_Minutes

smartmontools release 5.36 dated 2006/04/12 at 17:39:01 UTC
smartmontools build host: i686-pc-linux-gnu
smartmontools build configured: 2006/09/29 13:50:35 UTC
smartctl compile dated Sep 29 2006 at 13:50:50
smartmontools configure arguments:  '--prefix=/usr' '--sysconfdir=/etc'
'--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--with-initscriptdir=/etc/init.d'
'--with-docdir=/usr/share/doc/smartmontools' 'CFLAGS=-fsigned-char -Wall
-O2'

Thanks for your help,
Timo