I am reopening this because: 1. My harddrive has already been cooked by this bug and I'll probably have to buy a new one. I set up an upstart script to run the hdparm command, but it seems to need it run more often than at just startup. Check it out:
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0012 090 090 000 Old_age Always - 107677 2. Its unreasonable to expect a typical user to run hdparm and set up this workaround. 3. Thinkpad is one of the few laptops on which Linux in general and Ubuntu specifically actually works. 4. It's driving away users, see above. Here are my drive details: === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Hitachi/HGST Travelstar Z7K500 Device Model: HGST HTS725050A7E630 Serial Number: TF755AWHJ62PXM LU WWN Device Id: 5 000cca 77fdef365 Firmware Version: GH2ZB550 User Capacity: 500,107,862,016 bytes [500 GB] Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical Rotation Rate: 7200 rpm Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: ATA8-ACS T13/1699-D revision 6 SATA Version is: SATA 2.6, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s) Local Time is: Tue Jul 29 21:15:30 2014 CDT SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1316284 Title: [HP Probook 4540s] Load/Unload Cycle Count Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I have a little a bit of a problem with my Ubuntu (and Mint on other laptop - same problem) My Load/Unload Cycle Count is currently at 92125. The problem is that Load/Unload Cycle Count get higher every time I use my laptop on battery mode. With AC it seems fine, but with battery in a matter of a few minutes (1-2) my Load/Unload Cycle Count gets higer for 3 numbers. I checked it on Windows, and it was at 92117. Then I booted in Ubuntu and the number climed at 92121. I used laptop on AC for 20 minutes and then it was at 92122. Then I unpluged AC, and used my laptop on battery for few minutes and the number was at 92125. Then again on AC for 15 minutes and it was at 92125. So it gets high quickly on battery, very quickly. Also I hear scratching noise of HDD when Ubuntu opens Files, Firefox os something like that. On Windows I almost never hear that, only when doing something hard for HDD. This is happening on my 750GB Seagate disk. Running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS with Windows 7 dual boot. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: unity 7.2.0+14.04.20140423-0ubuntu1.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' Date: Mon May 5 21:14:44 2014 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-17 (18 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417) SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1316284/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
