[Bug 322331] Re: Hard disk clicks and increasing Load_Retry_Count

[Q]

Had the same problem and disk model, tried -S0 (didn't help), then -B255
:

Load_Retry_Count has indeed slowed down (~twice in 30 minutes), but then
Load_Cycle_Count started growing ;

I have returned the values to -B254, and, weird enough, now they grow
both, though slowly again .

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Title:
  Hard disk clicks and increasing Load_Retry_Count

Status in “acpi-support” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: acpi-support

  My hard disk (a Samsung HM160HC) emits a loud (and fairly scary) click
  every couple of minutes or so. Sometimes this is accompanied by a
  louder (and scarier) beeping noise. Every time it emits a click, the
  Load_Retry_Count is increased by one. (The Load_Cycle_Count, on the
  other hand, is hardly increased at all, remaining constant for tens of
  minutes, at least.)

  This did not happen under any previous version of Ubuntu. I am
  currently running intrepid (updated from feisty via gutsy and hardy, I
  believe).

  I am not sure if I am filing this against the correct package, but it
  seems similar enough to #59695 to suspect that these bugs might be
  related.

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