On Sat, 2008-10-04 at 15:01 +0000, Ryan Waldroop wrote: > I just (finally) upgraded to Intrepid on my IBM T41 laptop. I went like 10 > minutes without any LOAD_CYCLE_COUNT increases, and thought this had > actually been fixed. Then I checked again 5 minutes later and it jumped up > by 17. Now I'm looking at a steady 3-4 load cycles per minute on battery, > and about the same on AC power. > > I guess Ubuntu still hasn't included the Debian fix? Is testing still > inconclusive on that? I've been using the fixes listed here for almost a > year and haven't noticed any over heating. I think it's time to include > this fix. IMO, hard drives are more likely to be harmed by excessive load > cycling than by the extra 1 degree of heat or anything else. Also, it looks > like my heads are only staying parked for a few seconds at most. What are > the chances that my hard drive (A) will actually be parked if drop my laptop > or (B) be protected even if it is parked? > (A) Depends on your disk activity. (B) If you drop it while the disk head is parked, the hard disk will definitely withstand a significant amount of impact more than it would withstand if it wasn't parked. -- Chow Loong Jin
-- High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59695 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
