one more load-cycle-count problem

Mon Feb 8 14:35:24 UTC 2010

On Mon, 8 Feb 2010 15:56:35 +0200 Dan Naumov wrote:

> WDIDLE3 changes the drive firmware. This is also how WD can detect
> you've used it on your disk and void your warranty accordingly :)

I've upgraded the firmware at five WD1000FYPS disks. One of them
still kept on running load cycles. Then I used wdidle3 to disable
this feature at this particular disk. Finally that helped. But I
don't see any changes at the disk geomentry. It's just the same
as before (and other four disks as well).

May be not all disks are affected by a geometry change.

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