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#3 Cycle count (X200)

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2009-11-05
2009-11-05
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The Cycle Count of my harddrive is going up very fast (>7/minute), while typing on the laptop on my desk. It is caused by hdapsd, as i disabled the power management of the harddrive and the cycle count is still rising. After i stopped the hdapsd service the cycle count remains constant.

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  • Evgeni Golov

    Evgeni Golov - 2010-03-07

    Hi,

    did you try to play around with the -s (sensitiviy) option? Does hdapsd tell you that it parks the drive 7/minute?

    Regards
    Evgeni

     

  • Tobias

    Tobias - 2010-03-27

    Hi, i'm facing the same problem, as my Load_Cycle_Count is increasing permanently on default-sensitivity of 15. and because my thinkpad is not solely resting on my desk the increment exceeds 7/min blunt.

    just to make it clear. is that behaviour correct?

    as a first solution i set the sensitivity to 75 (!) wich seems to be a suitable rate not to let the LCC rise too extreme.
    but i have no idea if hdapsd still suits its purpose to protect the harddrive from impacts.

    thanx a lot + best regards
    tobias

     

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