SMART check failed once arch installed

custom12 · 2014-07-24 08:34:29

I wasnt having any troubles with smart checks failing or anything until after i installed arch and switched to legacy bios and there is no option for me to disable the check in the bios.

Should i be worried about it and/or is there a way to fix it in arch since it didnt start doing this until i installed arch. When i get to the smart fail screen and i hit enter everything else works fine.

thanks for the help

WorMzy · 2014-07-24 10:28:38

Do you know what SMART is?

Yes, you should be worried. How worried depends on what is failing, but generally, when SMART reports that something is failing, it generally means it's time to replace the disk in question.

The output of

# smarctl -a /dev/sda

would tell us more (assuming sda is the device that's "failing").

Just for the record though, Arch isn't to blame here. Hardware failure can happen at any time, and installing Arch would only have caused a relatively tiny amount of wear and tear on your hard disk. It's just a coincidence that your disk is now reportedly failing.

custom12 · 2014-07-24 10:55:16

WorMzy wrote:

Do you know what SMART is?
Yes, you should be worried. How worried depends on what is failing, but generally, when SMART reports that something is failing, it generally means it's time to replace the disk in question.
The output of
# smarctl -a /dev/sda
would tell us more (assuming sda is the device that's "failing").
Just for the record though, Arch isn't to blame here. Hardware failure can happen at any time, and installing Arch would only have caused a relatively tiny amount of wear and tear on your hard disk. It's just a coincidence that your disk is now reportedly failing.

The output of smartctl -a /dev/sda is:

smartctl 6.2 2013-07-26 r3841 [x86_64-linux-3.15.5-2-ARCH] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-13, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     ST500LT012-9WS142
Serial Number:    S0V3GN79
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 05bd1152d
Firmware Version: 0001YAM1
User Capacity:    500,107,862,016 bytes [500 GB]
Sector Sizes:     512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate:    5400 rpm
Device is:        Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is:   ATA8-ACS T13/1699-D revision 4
SATA Version is:  SATA 2.6, 3.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is:    Thu Jul 24 14:23:29 2014 UTC
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: FAILED!
Drive failure expected in less than 24 hours. SAVE ALL DATA.
See vendor-specific Attribute list for failed Attributes.

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x00)	Offline data collection activity
					was never started.
					Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status:      (   0)	The previous self-test routine completed
					without error or no self-test has ever 
					been run.
Total time to complete Offline 
data collection: 		(    0) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: 			 (0x53) SMART execute Offline immediate.
					Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
					Suspend Offline collection upon new
					command.
					No Offline surface scan supported.
					Self-test supported.
					No Conveyance Self-test supported.
					Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)	Saves SMART data before entering
					power-saving mode.
					Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:        (0x01)	Error logging supported.
					General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine 
recommended polling time: 	 (   2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: 	 ( 100) minutes.
SCT capabilities: 	       (0x103d)	SCT Status supported.
					SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
					SCT Feature Control supported.
					SCT Data Table supported.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x002f   111   094   006    Pre-fail  Always       -       41354832
  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0023   099   099   000    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       440
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   029   029   036    Pre-fail  Always   FAILING_NOW 11736
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x002f   064   060   030    Pre-fail  Always       -       17191941182
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   099   099   000    Old_age   Always       -       1132
 10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0033   100   100   097    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       440
183 Runtime_Bad_Block       0x0032   099   099   000    Old_age   Always       -       1
184 End-to-End_Error        0x0033   100   100   097    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
187 Reported_Uncorrect      0x0032   001   001   000    Old_age   Always       -       413
188 Command_Timeout         0x0032   100   097   000    Old_age   Always       -       51540393996
189 High_Fly_Writes         0x003a   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022   062   043   045    Old_age   Always   In_the_past 38 (0 1 39 35 0)
191 G-Sense_Error_Rate      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       122
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0022   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       8
193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   089   089   000    Old_age   Always       -       23340
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   038   057   000    Old_age   Always       -       38 (0 16 0 0 0)
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032   029   029   000    Old_age   Always       -       11736
197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0030   100   100   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
254 Free_Fall_Sensor        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0

SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
No self-tests have been logged.  [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t]


SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
 SPAN  MIN_LBA  MAX_LBA  CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
    1        0        0  Not_testing
    2        0        0  Not_testing
    3        0        0  Not_testing
    4        0        0  Not_testing
    5        0        0  Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
  After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.

custom12 · 2014-07-24 11:06:21

Also it only started failed when i switched to legacy in the bios since grub wasnt working with uefi.

WorMzy · 2014-07-24 12:29:26

custom12 wrote:

Also it only started failed when i switched to legacy in the bios since grub wasnt working with uefi.

That's just another coincidence, changing the boot method in your BIOS wont cause your hardware to spontaneously break.

Looking at the smartctl output, your drive is running out of reallocatable sectors, meaning that, if it develops additional bad sectors, it may not be able to remap them safely (resulting in data loss). If your disk is still under it's warranty period, you may be able to RMA it and get a replacement; otherwise, you'll just have to buy a new disk.

alphaniner · 2014-07-24 13:07:22

It may not be a coincidence that the message started appearing when OP switched from UEFI to legacy. Perhaps his UEFI firmware doesn't support checking SMART, had SMART checking disabled, or has a bugged SMART implementation.

Pse · 2014-07-24 16:28:37

If you just want to be sure if SMART is working, take the drive out and test it in a different computer. I'd expect rellocated sectors to increase, so it'd be wise to backup your data ASAP.

custom12 · 2014-08-09 11:44:13

Just got a new hdd and replaced the old one with 2 different ones and the first thing it does on boot it says "SMART Failure. Hard disk failure iminent"

Lone_Wolf · 2014-08-09 12:08:21

custom12,

This is beginning to look like a hardware or bios/uefi problem.

1. are you running latest bios/uefi firmware for your motherboard ?
2, a faulty cable or bad connector might cause this, try replacing the cables between mobo & hdd ,
3. test the drives in another system to verify the drives themselves are ok.

Arch Linux

#1 2014-07-24 08:34:29

SMART check failed once arch installed

#2 2014-07-24 10:28:38

Re: SMART check failed once arch installed

#3 2014-07-24 10:55:16

Re: SMART check failed once arch installed

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Re: SMART check failed once arch installed

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