Comment 72 for bug 59695

I think I have the same problem with my 3 years old Acer Aspire 1662wlm...
My notebook has a shining new HD Hitachi 5k100 60 GB, the previous 2 Hitachi HD were broken (the first on January 2007 after more than 2 years using XP and just 6 months of using Kubuntu, the second broken on September 2007)...All the HD has been replaced in warranty (now my warranty is expired) due to an extension I (fortunately) made on 2004.
All my HD "clicked" on idle much much more under Kubuntu than under XP, but I dint't think it could generate a mechanical problem...
For my new Hitachi SMART reports about 3200 load_cycle_count after about 81 Power_on_hours...I thing my brand new HD is not safe with Gutsy and I have no more warranty from Acer to be used; all the suggestions proposed by all of you didn't produce any change on my laptop that still clicks on idle with a constant increasing value of cycle_count.
I gently ask Ubuntu developers to try to find a solution, if a solution exists, for this strange behaviour; I love Kubuntu OS and I don't want to go-back to win