=> WARNING: Using smartmontools or hdparm with thisĭrive may result in data loss due to a firmware bug. As a result, it's quite easy to assume your drive is fine, so Smartmontools will print this in any system with any HD204UI or HD155UI detected: Samsung fixed it in a firmware update but neglected to bump the version number of the firmware, so it's impossible to tell which drives have been fixed. I only heard about it because Smartmontools warned me. I don't know if this patch was pushed out via Windows Update but I'd bet it wasn't.
Manufacturers can't notify people directly about these things unless buyers contact info is submitted along with info about which specific drive model they own. NCQ Command Error log page, or SATA Phy Event Counters There is no error message in kernel log, SMART Error log, Pending 64 sector write command when a IDENTIFY DEVICEĬommand is received. "The above suggests that the disk sometimes discards a Samsung has long been an industry leader in the development of hard drive technology. command was issued to the drive during normal operation: 0 Comments - A great place to buy computers, computer parts, electronics, software, accessories, and DVDs online. Manufacturers don't seem to release firmware updates for hard drives very often, but even when they do, consumers may never learn that they need to apply an update to a drive they own so the actual update rate in the wild is probably very low.Īs an example of a rather serious firmware update that likely went unnoticed by most drive owners, some Samsung F4 EcoGreen hard drives (the ones Samsung actually made before the Seagate buyout) had a serious bug that caused data corruption if a specific S.M.A.R.T.
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