SMART data & Self tests, not sure if my SSD is on it's last gasp
Jerry Feldman
gaf.linux at gmail.com
Wed Jan 6 15:25:02 EST 2021
Yeah. Laptops are not intended to last that long.
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On Wed, Jan 6, 2021, 3:22 PM Bruce Labitt <bdlabitt at gmail.com> wrote:
> It would be a lot easier if this was a desktop. I had a PC supply
> capacitor explode once. That was exciting, as I was in the room at the
> time. Boom! Lots of smoke. One of the high voltage electrolytic caps
> popped. Replaced the power supply and was good to go again.
>
> Laptops, especially 7 year old ones, probably won't be able to be
> repaired. Well, this laptop went out with a whimper... Wouldn't surprise
> me if it was a bad electrolytic cap. Wasn't there a bad run of them a
> decade or so ago?
>
> On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 3:11 PM Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Power supply failures can cause lots of issues. I've changed a few. For
>> me a quick trip to micro center allowed me to get stuff up and running.
>>
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>> On Wed, Jan 6, 2021, 3:07 PM Bruce Labitt <bdlabitt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Checked the media, both are readable using the RPI4. Seems like the
>>> power supply is failing. It's cycling on and off even with no media, dvd,
>>> or drives. I think this is a dead parrot.
>>>
>>> Well, that was fun. Uh, not really.
>>>
>>> Guess I need to go computer shopping. It was an i7, 32GB RAM, 17"
>>> screen. It had a nvidia GPU so I could play with CUDA. What's out there
>>> that's at least as good performance wise and not a PIA to convert to
>>> linux. It was a Bonobo Extreme 6. At the time it was pretty high end. My
>>> BonX6 was a boat anchor, but since it hardly moved, it wasn't a problem.
>>> Of course, light and performance is good too. Any good laptops out there?
>>> Been out of the loop a while.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 1:33 PM Bruce Labitt <bdlabitt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> One more oddity, when I turned it off by pressing the power off button,
>>>> the laptop went off, then started again. Is this a clue?
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 1:31 PM Bruce Labitt <bdlabitt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I yanked the battery, and all the disks. Tried booting with AC
>>>>> power. And no usb stick. I get the same behavior. Does not respond to
>>>>> F2, F7, or Func-F2 or Func-F7. :( No fan comes on. If I try the USB
>>>>> stick and power up, same behavior, except the fan has some activity. Not
>>>>> looking good... Guess I could go deeper into disassembly, maybe finding a
>>>>> weird crimped or mangled cable, or dust filled something or another, but
>>>>> not looking good at all... Anything else it could be? Don't know if this
>>>>> is a clue at all. Next to last boot (with original disk) was 8 minutes.
>>>>> Last boot (with original disk) was 28 minutes . Is this a sagging or
>>>>> failing power supply? What else electrical could it be?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 12:49 PM <mkomarinski at wayga.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Yank the SSD and USB and see if it boots. That will at least isolate
>>>>>> if either of those are involved.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jan 6, 2021 12:10 PM, Bruce Labitt <bdlabitt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sorry to bother you, that is, if I haven 't been put on a giant
>>>>>> ignore list. Replaced disk with new bigger SSD. Unfortunately, the laptop
>>>>>> is not booting to the USB stick. I haven't even gotten to any video
>>>>>> console yet, grub, bios, nada. I get occasional flashes of the disk
>>>>>> activity light and nothing else. Posting from an RPI4 now. Tried various
>>>>>> combinations of F2, F7, and no screen activity. :( Basically in the place
>>>>>> I didn't want to be with my primary computer.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 10:27 AM Bruce Labitt <bdlabitt at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Found out how to check the whole usb disk. $ sudo sha256sum -b
>>>>>> /dev/sdx Sudo was required. Hope to be back and running soon... Sorry
>>>>>> for all the noise.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 10:03 AM Bruce Labitt <bdlabitt at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> System76 thinks it's the ssd. Machine strangely got locked up while
>>>>>> trying to start the arduino IDE, forcing me to power off the laptop. Took
>>>>>> 28 minutes to boot! And 12 seconds after handing off to the OS.
>>>>>> So it's time to do this. I just backed up /home, /opt and /etc.
>>>>>> Anything else I should do before replacing the disk? Just checked the
>>>>>> sha256sum on the iso. How do I check if the USB stick I burned is ok?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 10:14 PM Bruce Labitt <
>>>>>> bruce.labitt at myfairpoint.net> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Think it's a driver issue. Looked in journalctl and there's some
>>>>>> errors
>>>>>> indicated. One is a video issue, another is some sort of permissions
>>>>>> issue for user who isn't me. The permissions issue is with
>>>>>> tracker-miner, which I find to be highly annoying. Not quite sure
>>>>>> how
>>>>>> to disable it cleanly with low system impact.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Last fsck was 3 months ago. Next one is due in 3 months. So it
>>>>>> wasn't
>>>>>> an overdue fsck... So I'm not so sure it's disk related at all.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Have contacted system76 and sent them logs. If I recall correctly,
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> issue seems to be closely related to a driver change (issued by
>>>>>> system76). Of course, they are still on break...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nonetheless, waiting 8-10 minutes for boot is awful. I don't even
>>>>>> think
>>>>>> my first IBM PC was that slow, even with a boot from floppy disk.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 1/2/21 9:15 PM, r270 at mrt4.com wrote:
>>>>>> > Examine the time stamps on the syslog and compare them to previous
>>>>>> nominal boots. That should indicate where the issue is. If all log entries
>>>>>> indicate long delays, then it is something systemic like memory, storage,
>>>>>> CPU, a thermal issue, etc. (Note: A systemic issue is not necessarily a
>>>>>> hardware fault because a HW device can be incorrectly configured when it is
>>>>>> initialized.)
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > If it was a one-time occurrence then it was most likely an overdue
>>>>>> fsck, but syslog will indicate that if that's the case.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Ronald Smith
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > --------------------------
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > On Wed, 30 Dec 2020 14:04:43 -0500
>>>>>> > Bruce Labitt <bruce.labitt at myfairpoint.net> wrote:
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >> I think I have a SSD on the way out. Last reboot took a REALLY
>>>>>> long
>>>>>> >> time. Like 30 minutes. I ran the smart data and self test and
>>>>>> the SSD
>>>>>> >> passes. Overall assessment is disk is ok. I really don't know
>>>>>> how to
>>>>>> >> interpret what the results are.
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> I think the disk is in pre-fail based on the smartctl output below
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> /snip
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> === START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
>>>>>> >> Model Family: Crucial/Micron RealSSD m4/C400/P400
>>>>>> >> Device Model: M4-CT256M4SSD2
>>>>>> >> Serial Number: 000000001247091DC2FF
>>>>>> >> LU WWN Device Id: 5 00a075 1091dc2ff
>>>>>> >> Firmware Version: 040H
>>>>>> >> User Capacity: 256,060,514,304 bytes [256 GB]
>>>>>> >> Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
>>>>>> >> Rotation Rate: Solid State Device
>>>>>> >> Form Factor: 2.5 inches
>>>>>> >> Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
>>>>>> >> ATA Version is: ACS-2, ATA8-ACS T13/1699-D revision 6
>>>>>> >> SATA Version is: SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
>>>>>> >> Local Time is: Wed Dec 30 13:49:17 2020 EST
>>>>>> >> 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: PASSED
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> /snip
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE
>>>>>> >> UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
>>>>>> >> 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 100 100 050 Pre-fail
>>>>>> >> Always - 0
>>>>>> >> 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 010 Pre-fail
>>>>>> >> Always - 0
>>>>>> >> 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 001 Old_age
>>>>>> >> Always - 7294
>>>>>> >> 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 001 Old_age
>>>>>> >> Always - 2511
>>>>>> >> 170 Grown_Failing_Block_Ct 0x0033 100 100 010 Pre-fail
>>>>>> >> Always - 0
>>>>>> >> 171 Program_Fail_Count 0x0032 100 100 001 Old_age
>>>>>> >> Always - 0
>>>>>> >> 172 Erase_Fail_Count 0x0032 100 100 001 Old_age
>>>>>> >> Always - 0
>>>>>> >> 173 Wear_Leveling_Count 0x0033 098 098 010 Pre-fail
>>>>>> >> Always - 66
>>>>>> >> 174 Unexpect_Power_Loss_Ct 0x0032 100 100 001 Old_age
>>>>>> >> Always - 87
>>>>>> >> 181 Non4k_Aligned_Access 0x0022 100 100 001 Old_age
>>>>>> >> Always - 10250 5047 5203
>>>>>> >> 183 SATA_Iface_Downshift 0x0032 100 100 001 Old_age
>>>>>> >> Always - 0
>>>>>> >> 184 End-to-End_Error 0x0033 100 100 050 Pre-fail
>>>>>> >> Always - 0
>>>>>> >> 187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 001 Old_age
>>>>>> >> Always - 0
>>>>>> >> 188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 100 100 001 Old_age
>>>>>> >> Always - 0
>>>>>> >> 189 Factory_Bad_Block_Ct 0x000e 100 100 001 Old_age
>>>>>> >> Always - 81
>>>>>> >> 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age
>>>>>> >> Always - 0
>>>>>> >> 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x003a 100 100 001 Old_age
>>>>>> >> Always - 0
>>>>>> >> 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 001 Old_age
>>>>>> >> Always - 0
>>>>>> >> 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 100 100 001 Old_age
>>>>>> >> Always - 0
>>>>>> >> 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 100 100 001 Old_age
>>>>>> >> Offline - 0
>>>>>> >> 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 100 100 001 Old_age
>>>>>> >> Always - 0
>>>>>> >> 202 Perc_Rated_Life_Used 0x0018 098 098 001 Old_age
>>>>>> >> Offline - 2
>>>>>> >> 206 Write_Error_Rate 0x000e 100 100 001 Old_age
>>>>>> >> Always - 0
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> Replace the disk pronto? Is that what this is telling me? Or?
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> I recently copied over many important files to another disk. And
>>>>>> >> downloaded a new OS. I just hate re-configuring things, and
>>>>>> starting
>>>>>> >> from scratch, it's such a pain. Not as painful as a disk crash,
>>>>>> but
>>>>>> >> close. I've got loads of stuff I've compiled from source and just
>>>>>> 100's
>>>>>> >> of things to check or update. Yes, I'll just have to do it. It's
>>>>>> just
>>>>>> >> the week plus of recovery that I'm rebelling against.
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> Anything else I should do first? Check something? Run a test?
>>>>>> Any tips
>>>>>> >> to make the "recovery" less painful?
>>>>>> >>
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