[smartmontools-support] two new HDDs: Number of Mechanical Start Failures: 6

[Franc Zabkar]

I would think that there is a possible bug in the firmware. I would have 
thought that each Mechanical Start Failure would have resulted in a 
corresponding Spin Retry???



On 9/11/2022 11:43 pm, serando via Smartmontools-support wrote:
> Thank you.
> 
> Quote: "Therefore something is not right ..."
> 
> Do you mean, it is something wrong with the hardware of the HDD or do 
> you mean, that there is a problem with the interaction between the HDD 
> and Smartcontrol?
> Could it be, that Smartcontrol uses the wrong label for some values and 
> therefore for example the numeral "6" does not really mean "Number of 
> Mechanical Start Failures" but something else?
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