Comment 541 for bug 59695

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.
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Chow Loong Jin