Samsung/Seagate HD204UI (ST2000DL004) - [H]ard|Forum
WEBFeb 17, 2010 · Click to expand... Just know that the HD204UI/VP4 inside the Samsung Story HX-DU020EB/A62 is a specially customized version of the HD204UI, quite different from the bare drive OEM version. The HD204UI/VP4 (Story version) is configured to spin down crazy often. This is done on the drive itself, not on the USB bridge adapter inside the Samsung Story.
Samsung F4 2TB HD204UI firmware? - AnandTech Forums
WEBJul 29, 2011 · I just found out about this issue. I have a Samsung HD204UI rev A drive dated 2010.12. The links to firmware in this thread are dead so I went to the Seagate site. It has a page to download files based on a drive model and serial number. It says my serial number doesn't have any available firmware updates but I …
Samsung HD204UI/VP4 Worth keeping? - [H]ard|Forum
WEBNov 19, 2008 · "The HD204UI/VP4 (Story version) is configured to spin down crazy often. This is done on the drive itself, not on the USB bridge adapter inside the Samsung Story. Changing the AAM setting will have no effect. I had 90+ stop/start cycles in SMART data after only a few hours of use." From a member named donkeypuck
How to repair Samsung HD204 (bad firmware = unreadable blocks)
WEBDec 28, 2014 · As I'm sure some of you know the Samsung HD204UI had a problem with bad firmware that lead to the disk creating unreadable block on the drive. I experienced some minor data corruption before I became aware of this - then I updated the firmware with a new version that is supposed to fix the issue.
Samsung F4EG/HD204UI 2TB. " (B5) Program Fail Count" S.M.A.R.T ...
WEBOct 9, 1999 · I own SAMSUNG Spinpoint M8 HN-M101MBB 1TB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache 2.5" and have the same issue. After 32 hours have 368 000 (B5) Program Fail Count. But main problem is, that 10-20x per minute hard drive do something and make little noise.
Samsung 2TB HD204UI HD Firmware - AnandTech Forums
WEBSep 21, 2011. #1. I have two of these Samsung EcoGreen F4 HD204UI 2TB hard drives that I bought earlier in the year. I flashed both of them with the F4EG firmware patch to avoid problems, but doing the update and running ESTOOL to check the drive for errors before using is a hassle and takes a lot of time. According to Samsung, all the HD204UI ...
Samsung 2TB green drives defective firmware? - [H]ard|Forum
WEBJul 18, 2002 · In Windows you go to System (WindowsKey+Break) -> Device Manger -> Disk Drives -> right-click each Samsung HD204UI and on the Policies tab uncheck "Enable write caching on the device" and click OK. Since these drives are fairly speedy and most people are using them for storage/archiving anyway, you may not …
Samsung HD204UI -- tool to set TLER/CCTL "permanently"?
WEBDec 19, 2010 · Is there a tool to permanently set TLER/CCTL on the Samsung HD204UI like WDTLER.EXE does for the WD drives that support TLER? To me, this seems to be a safer solution than hoping that the RAID card doesn't drive a drive on boot up, before start up scripts can run smartctl to set scterc. Thanks, Jay
Samsung HD204UI & firmware - AnandTech Forums
WEB45. 91. Mar 28, 2011. #5. I recommend putting both the patch and ES-Tool on the boot media. After patched and powered off and on again, run the full diagnostic scan, then in Windows the full format. Ten minutes of user time and ten hours of computer time is a small price for minimizing potential data loss.
Samsung HD204UI write error rate - [H]ard|Forum
WEBDec 31, 2010 · [ 7.516745] ata4: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) [ 7.522946] ata4.00: ATA-8: SAMSUNG HD204UI, 1AQ10001, max UDMA/133 [ 7.522950] ata4.00: 3907029168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32), AA [ 7.529287] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 [ 7.546800] scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA SAMSUNG HD204UI 1AQ1 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 [ 7.546910] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdd] 3907029168 512-byte logical ...