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 (DIR) Post #B2EJH6uVPgWQJEvis4 by surfhosting@mastodon.pirateparty.be
       2026-01-13T02:05:41Z
       
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       urgh, my newer 1TB Hitachi Travelstar 2.5" HDD is emitting an intermittent chirping noise, that doesn't seem good...
       
 (DIR) Post #B2EJH8tW2Kv0SkTxbc by brettm@swarm.coiloptic.org
       2026-01-13T03:38:33Z
       
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       @surfhosting@mastodon.pirateparty.be sometimes that means its not gettinf enough power from usb, try it on a different machine
       
 (DIR) Post #B2EJHILUtfeHm8dvyC by surfhosting@mastodon.pirateparty.be
       2026-01-13T02:14:23Z
       
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       smartctl short test passes, but the load cycle count and power-off retract count are really high. gonna have to tweak sleep settings, it seems. only 814 power-on hours and it already has a much higher count for both of those values than my drive of the same model with over 20000 power-on hours.I really hope somebody comes out with a 7200rpm CMR HDD with a modern platter density soon, buying these new old stock ones for 60 bucks a pop isn't my favorite strategy in the world, and they're gonna sell out eventually.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2EJHZX6zk2Z55Cwvw by surfhosting@mastodon.pirateparty.be
       2026-01-13T02:30:08Z
       
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       the drive stopped chirping when I started the long-duration SMART self-test :blobglare:
       
 (DIR) Post #B2EJHoyxYUEEznLtvE by surfhosting@mastodon.pirateparty.be
       2026-01-13T02:45:55Z
       
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       it is slightly weird that that first number is exactly 128K+2, but even if this revision of this drive has some funny high raw value for the power-off retract count, that load cycle count at 815 hours is brutal 😐
       
 (DIR) Post #B2EJHxnEnRCSK2wAOu by surfhosting@mastodon.pirateparty.be
       2026-01-13T02:54:03Z
       
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       meanwhile, the other one I've had for over two and a half years.a slightly different model, this one is a HTE721010A9E630 and the new (chirpy) one is a HTS721010A9E630... the listing from 'smartctl -a' is not quite the same.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2FnfZ9FGkXucVMTy4 by surfhosting@mastodon.pirateparty.be
       2026-01-13T18:05:51Z
       
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       @brettm hmm. it just started doing it though.maybe I should accelerate my plan to connect it via eSATA, it'd be better that way for other reasons as well.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2Fnfa9HY6AZiuO1fE by brettm@swarm.coiloptic.org
       2026-01-13T20:53:58Z
       
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       yep and back up regularly!