Hello,

I have a brand new ST31500341AS1.5TB drive, firmware CC1H so obviously not affected by the currently discussed BIOS bug, but another thing is worrying me: my Smart value 05 (Reallocated Sector Count) is increasingat the moment, currently at 3, every few days one more. Is this a thing to worry? Is it a reason to RMA the drive, or is it normal for a new Seagate device? I have many harddisks, different manufacturers, some are more than 3 years old, and none of them has Reallocated Sectors :smileysad:

Here is my SMART data, please help. Thanks alot.

HD Tune: ST31500341AS Health

ID							   Current  Worst	ThresholdData		Status  
(01) Raw Read Error Rate		 119	  99	   6		224165191   Ok	  
(03) Spin Up Time				100	  100	  0		0		   Ok	  
(04) Start/Stop Count			100	  100	  20	   7		   Ok	  
(05) Reallocated Sector Count	100	  100	  36	   3		   Ok	  
(07) Seek Error Rate			 60	   60	   30	   1076924	 Ok	  
(09) Power On Hours Count		100	  100	  0		113		 Ok	  
(0A) Spin Retry Count			100	  100	  97	   0		   Ok	  
(0C) Power Cycle Count		   100	  100	  20	   7		   Ok	  
(B8) (unknown attribute)		 100	  100	  99	   0		   Ok	  
(BB) (unknown attribute)		 100	  100	  0		0		   Ok	  
(BC) (unknown attribute)		 100	  100	  0		0		   Ok	  
(BD) (unknown attribute)		 99	   99	   0		1		   Ok	  
(BE) Airflow Temperature		 60	   59	   45	   672399400   Ok	  
(C2) Temperature				 40	   41	   0		40		  Ok	  
(C3) Hardware ECC Recovered	  55	   41	   0		224165191   Ok	  
(C5) Current Pending Sector	  100	  100	  0		0		   Ok	  
(C6) Offline Uncorrectable	   100	  100	  0		0		   Ok	  
(C7) Ultra DMA CRC Error Count   200	  200	  0		0		   Ok	  
(F0) Head Flying Hours		   100	  253	  0		113		 Ok	  
(F1) (unknown attribute)		 100	  253	  0		-12241740   Ok	  
(F2) (unknown attribute)		 100	  253	  0		-121623263  Ok	  

Power On Time		 : 113
Health Status		 : Ok

I'll install HD Tune PRO and do a log about those drives, but I'll rather wait for a feedback from Seagate about the new firmwares.

They said 24h, so is tomorrow, lets see.