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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
To: Thanasis <thanasis@××××××××××.org>
Cc: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] smartmontools can 'kill' a certain sata disk:
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 11:06:22
Message-Id: 201011301204.48616.volkerarmin@googlemail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] smartmontools can 'kill' a certain sata disk: by Thanasis
1 On Tuesday 30 November 2010, Thanasis wrote:
2 > on 11/29/2010 10:10 PM Volker Armin Hemmann wrote the following:
3 > > http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/wiki/SamsungF4EGBadBlocks
4 > >
5 > > just because some of you might have missed it...
6 >
7 > Apart from Samsung F4 EcoGreen, it also refers to some other drives:
8 >
9 > SAMSUNG HD322GJ (F4)
10 > SAMSUNG HD103SJ (F3)
11 > SAMSUNG HD153WI (F3 EcoGreen)
12 > SAMSUNG HD642JJ (F1)
13 > SAMSUNG SP2504C (P120)
14 > WDC WD6400AAKS
15 > WDC WD10EADS
16 >
17 > Are these also affected?
18
19 as they write on their page those drives are not affected. Only the 2tb F4EG.
20
21 There is a bug with some Samsung drives and AMD's SB850. There is a firmware
22 update for those drives on the Samsung hp.