Internal Peripherals

Hello, I am having some trouble and if anyone could help me I would be most grateful.
Firstly. The on-board LAN is not working. When activated in the bios, boot seq. is aborted and a blue-screen with reference to "pci.sys" is displayed. Sure I can turn it of, but if I would like to use it?
Secondly. The on-board sound is not working either. Win XP finds a new PCI-unit on start-up but can not find drivers. Tried with drivers from MSI-page (BUS-driver) but then recieve error message saying "Device doesn't exist or maybe removed by manually. Please plug in device or reboot and try install again." (Tried installing drivers from CD that came with the MB but recieved the same error message as before)
Finaly. When I have activated the IEEE-device, in the bios, XP installs it as a LAN-card. According to XP the unit works fine.
My system is the following:
VMB: MSI 915P NEO2 Platinum S775 I915P
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0 GHz Boxed Socket LGA775, 1MB cache
Memory: Corsair Value S. PC4200 DDR2 512MB
HD: Samsung SpinPoint P80 80GB IDE ATA/133 2MB cache 7200RPM
Video: MSI Radeon X600XT 128MB DDR PCI Express
NEC DVD recorder ND-3500A IDE DVD+R/+RW/DVD-R/-RW (Dual layer)
Power:350W
Please help!

Did you install any LAN drivers before enabling it ?
Doe sit still give the BSOD in safe mode ?
Download the sound drivers from here
it's normal to see a network connection installed for FireWire, you still have normal firewire functions available.

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    - not the case
    If applicable, uncheck all boxes in the iCloud preference pane. See whether there's any change. - not an icloud user
    Check your keychains in Keychain Access for excessively duplicated items.
    - not the case either
    Boot into Recovery mode, launch Disk Utility, and run Repair Disk. - is this necesary if the former step didn't bring up any text in the text editor window?
    If you have a MacBook Pro with dual graphics, disable automatic graphics switching in the Energy Saverpreference pane for better performance at the cost of shorter battery life.
    - not the case
    Since I am doing jack right now and am solely typing this topic, the highest %CPU is about 2-3 percent and is "Safari web material". In the second place there is Safari with about 1-1.5%.
    System is about 0.76, user 0.89 and inactive is the leftover. 98,"something".
    In the memory tab:
    In the disk tab… It varies a lot:
    After launching the Console application, I copied the 50 or so most recent entries in the log All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. This is the result:
    27/01/14 18:13:56,000 kernel[0]: IOThunderboltSwitch<0xffffff80356b5200>(0x0)::listenerCallback - Thunderbolt HPD packet for route = 0x0 port = 1 unplug = 0
    27/01/14 18:13:59,000 kernel[0]: [ PCI configuration begin ]
    27/01/14 18:13:59,000 kernel[0]: [ PCI configuration end, bridges 14, devices 18 ]
    27/01/14 18:14:10,094 fseventsd[49]: could not open <</Volumes/"name"/.fseventsd/fseventsd-uuid>> (No such file or directory)
    27/01/14 18:14:10,095 fseventsd[49]: log dir: /Volumes/"name"/.fseventsd getting new uuid: "…"
    27/01/14 18:14:10,000 kernel[0]: hfs: mounted "name" on device disk1s3
    27/01/14 18:14:19,385 mds[39]: (Warning) DiskStore: Server returned -1 setting attributes
    27/01/14 18:14:37,139 sandboxd[330]: ([1116]) mdworker(1116) deny file-read-xattr /Volumes/"name" 3TB/Backup Januari 17:01:2014/Mailboxes (pre-plugin fstype:hfs fsflag:"…" diag:0 isXCode:0 uti:com.apple.mail.mbox plugin:internalPlainTextImporter - find suspect file using: sudo mdutil -t 71392)
    27/01/14 18:14:37,164 sandboxd[330]: ([1122]) mdworker(1122) deny file-read-xattr /Volumes/"name"/Backup Januari 17:01:2014/Mailboxes (pre-plugin fstype:hfs fsflag:4A09018 flags:250000005E diag:0 isXCode:0 uti:com.apple.mail.mbox plugin:internalPlainTextImporter - find suspect file using: sudo mdutil -t 71387)
    27/01/14 18:15:29,970 WindowServer[87]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Safari" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
    27/01/14 18:15:32,310 WindowServer[87]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Safari" after 3.34 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
    27/01/14 18:17:35,918 ntpd[113]: ntpd: time set -0.367612 s
    27/01/14 18:17:35,943 com.apple.time[150]: Interval maximum value is 946100000 seconds (specified value: 9223372036854775807).
    27/01/14 18:17:35,946 com.apple.time[150]: Interval maximum value is 946100000 seconds (specified value: 9223372036854775807).
    27/01/14 18:17:48,846 com.apple.SecurityServer[14]: Killing auth hosts
    27/01/14 18:17:48,846 com.apple.SecurityServer[14]: Session 100029 destroyed
    27/01/14 18:18:45,357 mdworker32[1162]: CGSConnectionByID: 0 is not a valid connection ID.
    27/01/14 18:18:45,357 mdworker32[1162]: CGSGetSpaceManagementMode: No connection with id 0x       0
    27/01/14 18:23:57,000 kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=1219[GoogleSoftwareUp] final status 0x0, allow (remove VALID)ing page
    27/01/14 18:24:32,979 VDCAssistant[1221]: AVF encoder error: fail to create accelerator instance
    27/01/14 18:25:15,338 com.apple.SecurityServer[14]: Killing auth hosts
    27/01/14 18:25:15,338 com.apple.SecurityServer[14]: Session 100038 destroyed
    27/01/14 18:25:15,342 com.apple.SecurityServer[14]: Session 100040 created
    27/01/14 18:25:15,345 com.apple.security.XPCKeychainSandboxCheck[1229]: Can't get sandbox fs extension for /Users/Home/Library/Application Support/Adobe/AIR/ELS/com.adobe.amp.4875E02D9FB21EE389F73B8D1702B320485DF8CE.1/ PrivateEncryptedDatak, status=-1 errno=No such file or directory ext=(null)
    27/01/14 18:25:15,346 com.apple.security.XPCKeychainSandboxCheck[1229]: Can't get sandbox fs extension for /Users/Home/Library/Application Support/Adobe/AIR/ELS/com.adobe.amp.4875E02D9FB21EE389F73B8D1702B320485DF8CE.1/ lck~PrivateEncryptedDatak, status=-1 errno=No such file or directory ext=(null)
    27/01/14 18:25:15,346 com.apple.security.XPCKeychainSandboxCheck[1229]: Can't get sandbox fs extension for /Users/Home/Library/Application Support/Adobe/AIR/ELS/com.adobe.WidgetBrowser.E7BED6E5DDA59983786DD72EBFA46B159 8278E07.1/PrivateEncryptedDatak, status=-1 errno=No such file or directory ext=(null)
    27/01/14 18:25:15,346 com.apple.security.XPCKeychainSandboxCheck[1229]: Can't get sandbox fs extension for /Users/Home/Library/Application Support/Adobe/AIR/ELS/com.adobe.amp.4875E02D9FB21EE389F73B8D1702B320485DF8CE.1/ .fl89CB8354, status=-1 errno=No such file or directory ext=(null)
    27/01/14 18:25:15,346 com.apple.security.XPCKeychainSandboxCheck[1229]: Can't get sandbox fs extension for /Users/Home/Library/Application Support/Adobe/AIR/ELS/com.adobe.WidgetBrowser.E7BED6E5DDA59983786DD72EBFA46B159 8278E07.1/lck~PrivateEncryptedDatak, status=-1 errno=No such file or directory ext=(null)
    27/01/14 18:25:15,346 com.apple.security.XPCKeychainSandboxCheck[1229]: Can't get sandbox fs extension for /Users/Home/Library/Application Support/Adobe/AIR/ELS/com.adobe.WidgetBrowser.E7BED6E5DDA59983786DD72EBFA46B159 8278E07.1/.fl89CB8354, status=-1 errno=No such file or directory ext=(null)
    27/01/14 18:25:16,750 Mail[1227]: Could not create query for expression ((null)) && (kMDItemContentType == 'com.apple.mail.emlx')
    27/01/14 18:25:17,116 WindowServer[87]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Mail" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
    27/01/14 18:25:18,209 WindowServer[87]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Mail" after 2.09 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
    27/01/14 18:26:58,258 WindowServer[87]: CoreAnimation: context hosting changed while locked!
    27/01/14 18:29:03,058 com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.4A179DCB-D12E-433B-B053-89B6CA18DF91[1233]) Exited with code: 1
    27/01/14 18:30:53,000 kernel[0]: hfs: unmount initiated on "name" on device disk1s3
    27/01/14 18:31:01,000 kernel[0]: IOThunderboltSwitch<0xffffff80356b5200>(0x0)::listenerCallback - Thunderbolt HPD packet for route = 0x0 port = 1 unplug = 1
    27/01/14 18:31:01,000 kernel[0]: [ PCI configuration begin ]
    27/01/14 18:31:01,000 kernel[0]: [ PCI configuration end, bridges 12, devices 18 ]
    27/01/14 18:31:01,000 kernel[0]: Fixing incorrect zfree from zone kalloc.16 to zone kalloc.32
    27/01/14 18:31:40,520 login[1261]: USER_PROCESS: 1261 ttys000
    27/01/14 18:34:18,863 mDNSResponder[40]:  48: Could not write data to clientPID[1131](com.apple.WebKi)  because of error - aborting connection
    27/01/14 18:34:18,863 mDNSResponder[40]:  48: DNSServiceGetAddrInfo      v4v6 e4233.b.akamaiedge.net. PID[1131](com.apple.WebKi)
    27/01/14 18:46:49,368 com.apple.IconServicesAgent[225]: Icon filename entry missing from bundle info dictionary for bundle at URL: file:///System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ShareKit.framework/Versions/A/XPCServi ces/com.apple.ShareKitHelper.xpc/
    27/01/14 18:46:49,450 com.apple.IconServicesAgent[225]: Icon filename entry missing from bundle info dictionary for bundle at URL: file:///System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/WebKit2.framework/Versions/A/XPCServic es/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.xpc/
    27/01/14 18:46:49,701 com.apple.IconServicesAgent[225]: Icon filename entry missing from bundle info dictionary for bundle at URL: file:///System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MailService.framework/Versions/A/XPCSe rvices/com.apple.MailServiceAgent.xpc/
    27/01/14 18:46:49,834 com.apple.IconServicesAgent[225]: Icon filename entry missing from bundle info dictionary for bundle at URL: file:///System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/XPCServices/com.apple.doc k.extra.xpc/
    27/01/14 18:46:49,988 com.apple.IconServicesAgent[225]: Icon filename entry missing from bundle info dictionary for bundle at URL: file:///System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/WebKit2.framework/Versions/A/XPCServic es/com.apple.WebKit.Networking.xpc/
    27/01/14 18:50:27,143 com.apple.IconServicesAgent[225]: Icon filename entry missing from bundle info dictionary for bundle at URL: file:///System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/InternetAccounts.framework/Versions/A/ XPCServices/com.apple.internetaccounts.xpc/
    27/01/14 18:53:26,913 WindowServer[87]: _CGXSetWindowBackgroundBlurRadius: Invalid window 0xffffffff
    27/01/14 18:53:26,942 WindowServer[87]: _CGXSetWindowBackgroundBlurRadius: Invalid window 0xffffffff
    27/01/14 18:55:40,974 login[1261]: DEAD_PROCESS: 1261 ttys000
    27/01/14 18:55:55,199 Console[1343]: setPresentationOptions called with NSApplicationPresentationFullScreen when there is no visible fullscreen window; this call will be ignored.

    I was copying files to my external drive a few minutes ago, and my computer was reaaaally slow at that time. So I figured opening the Activity monitor and I took some screen shots:
    The only thing I tried to interpret is the CPU tab. It shows 94.67% was inactive, and still my computer was being terribly slow… Is this normal and is this the right interpretation?

  • Since trying to update yesterday, my computer won't download any updates and itunes 11.1 says "Internal Error" and gives me the following info when I click on a song or podcast: Exception Name: NSInvalidArgumentException Description: -[_NSConcreteUserNoti

    Since trying to update yesterday, my computer won't download any updates and itunes 11.1 says "Internal Error" and gives me the following info when I click on a song or podcast:
    Exception Name: NSInvalidArgumentException
    Description: -[_NSConcreteUserNotification activationType]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x25a06b0
    User Info: (null)
    0   CoreFoundation                      0x922216fb __raiseError + 219
    1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x920108db objc_exception_throw + 230
    2   CoreFoundation                      0x9222563d -[NSObject(NSObject) doesNotRecognizeSelector:] + 253
    3   CoreFoundation                      0x9216af77 ___forwarding___ + 487
    4   CoreFoundation                      0x9216ad22 _CF_forwarding_prep_0 + 50
    5   iTunes                              0x00df38e2 iTunes + 14624994
    6   iTunes                              0x00df36ae iTunes + 14624430
    7   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x9201c6c5 -[NSObject performSelector:withObject:withObject:] + 77
    8   Foundation                          0x93c12d85 -[_NSConcreteUserNotificationCenter _sendDelegateMessage:sendToAppDelegate:withNotificationFromMessage:] + 335
    9   Foundation                          0x93c12eaf -[_NSConcreteUserNotificationCenter _notificationPresentedMessage:] + 58
    10  Foundation                          0x93c137c2 __block_global_1 + 156
    11  libdispatch.dylib                   0x9371b2cf _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 15
    12  libdispatch.dylib                   0x9371ea80 _dispatch_client_callout + 46
    13  libdispatch.dylib                   0x9371c8e8 _dispatch_main_queue_callback_4CF + 223
    14  CoreFoundation                      0x9211b255 __CFRunLoopRun + 1829
    15  CoreFoundation                      0x9211a7c4 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 308
    16  CoreFoundation                      0x9211a67b CFRunLoopRunInMode + 123
    17  HIToolbox                           0x90b6fc76 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 242
    18  HIToolbox                           0x90b76eb9 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 374
    19  HIToolbox                           0x90b76d34 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 88
    20  AppKit                              0x97621923 _DPSNextEvent + 709
    21  AppKit                              0x97621167 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 119
    22  AppKit                              0x9761d78c -[NSApplication run] + 855
    23  iTunes                              0x0017a898 iTunes + 1546392
    24  iTunes                              0x0017a709 iTunes + 1545993
    25  ???                                 0x00000002 0x0 + 2

    Please read this whole message before doing anything.
    This procedure is a test, not a solution. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
    Step 1
    The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is localized to your user account.
    Enable guest logins* and log in as Guest. Don't use the Safari-only “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac.”
    While logged in as Guest, you won’t have access to any of your personal files or settings. Applications will behave as if you were running them for the first time. Don’t be alarmed by this; it’s normal. If you need any passwords or other personal data in order to complete the test, memorize, print, or write them down before you begin.
    Test while logged in as Guest. Same problem?
    After testing, log out of the guest account and, in your own account, disable it if you wish. Any files you created in the guest account will be deleted automatically when you log out of it.
    *Note: If you’ve activated “Find My Mac” or FileVault, then you can’t enable the Guest account. The “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac” is not the same. Create a new account in which to test, and delete it, including its home folder, after testing.
    Step 2
    The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party system modifications that load automatically at startup or login, by a peripheral device, or by corruption of certain system caches.
    Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards. Boot in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. Note: If FileVault is enabled on some models, or if a firmware password is set, or if the boot volume is a software RAID, you can’t do this. Ask for further instructions.
    Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal, and some things won’t work at all, including sound output and Wi-Fi on certain models.  The next normal boot may also be somewhat slow.
    The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
    Test while in safe mode. Same problem?
    After testing, reboot as usual (i.e., not in safe mode) and verify that you still have the problem. Post the results of steps 1 and 2.

  • Internal hard drive/repair: SMART status; Disk Utility, Tech Tool & More

    machine: 12" PowerBook 1.5 GHz PowerPC G4 (Aluminium) with 80GB internal HD
    internal hard drive (original): Hitachi Travelstar 5K100 series HTS541080G9AT00
    hard drive firmware: MB4AA5AJ
    ATA version: 6
    ATA standard: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 3a
    I have monitored the SMART status etc. of my internal drive with smartmontools for some time. Occasionally, I would see an error or a failed self-test but later testing always succeeded and things did not seem to be problematic.
    At the beginning of this week, I started to see a lot of failed self-tests (though some still passed), a rising number of bad ("pending") sectors and reallocation attempts (though no reallocated sectors) and various other errors. The computer seemed to have trouble reading from the disk at times and Carbon Copy Cloner reported two I/O errors when cloning (a later clone succeeded). fsck showed errors although running fsck -fy repeatedly seemed to resolve them.
    The Apple hardware tests initially reported an error (2STF/8/3:ATA-100 ata-6-Master) but I hadn't realised I should disconnect peripherals before running it so I did that and repeated the test which found no issues. I ran the extended test a total of three times with no errors.
    As I continued to have problems, I booted from my clone and had Disk Utility wipe the drive by writing zeros to it. (I thought trying to get it to write everywhere would either finish the drive off or force it to reallocate the bad blocks. As I understand it, in normal use, the drive won't reallocate the blocks unless it can recover the data in the hopes of reading it at a later time.)
    I then continued monitoring the disk using smartmontools. At this point, short self-tests succeed but extended self-tests "disappear". They don't fail, they simply vanish. They begin and smartctl shows the test in progress but then no error or result is logged - it is as if the test was never run. The first time I did this, I got an error saying the SMART attributes could not be read but subsequent tests do not trigger even an error. Short self-tests continue to pass.
    There are now (according to SMART) zero bad ("pending") sectors but zero reallocated sectors, which seems odd. The raw read error rate fluctuates (zero one minute, many thousands a while later) although I am not sure it did not do this before.
    Disk Utility claims the disk does not support SMART status even though smartctl clearly shows it does. Disk Utility claims the volume is "OK".
    I ran Tech Tool Deluxe 3.04 from CD and 3.1.1 from my clone. In both cases, I ran all available tests on the drive. No problems were found.
    I am seeing some problems even while booted from my clone - yesterday, the system froze completely and I had to force a shut-down by switching off the power (fsck then found a minor error but repaired it). Just before this happened, I was unable to mount a disk image and was trying to rectify the situation when the system froze. It is possible that the errors fsck corrected were implicated in the freeze, rather than caused by it, since Disk Utility found and repaired similar errors for the other two clones I have (on different partitions of my external drive - yes, I know this is sub-optimal).
    Here is some current output from smartmontools:
    ---output: smartctl -q noserial -a disk0---
    smartctl version 5.38 [powerpc-apple-darwin8.11.0] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen
    Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
    === START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
    Model Family: Hitachi Travelstar 5K100 series
    Device Model: Hitachi HTS541080G9AT00
    Firmware Version: MB4AA5AJ
    User Capacity: 80,026,361,856 bytes
    Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
    ATA Version is: 6
    ATA Standard is: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 3a
    Local Time is: Sat Jul 3 20:28:52 2010 BST
    SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
    SMART support is: Enabled
    === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
    SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
    General SMART Values:
    Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity
    was never started.
    Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
    Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed
    without error or no self-test has ever
    been run.
    Total time to complete Offline
    data collection: ( 645) seconds.
    Offline data collection
    capabilities: (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
    Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
    Suspend Offline collection upon new
    command.
    Offline surface scan supported.
    Self-test supported.
    No Conveyance Self-test supported.
    Selective Self-test supported.
    SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
    power-saving mode.
    Supports SMART auto save timer.
    Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported.
    General Purpose Logging supported.
    Short self-test routine
    recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
    Extended self-test routine
    recommended polling time: ( 55) minutes.
    SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
    Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
    ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
    1 RawRead_ErrorRate 0x000b 100 100 062 Pre-fail Always - 0
    2 Throughput_Performance 0x0005 100 100 040 Pre-fail Offline - 0
    3 SpinUpTime 0x0007 142 142 033 Pre-fail Always - 2
    4 StartStopCount 0x0012 097 097 000 Old_age Always - 5793
    5 ReallocatedSectorCt 0x0033 100 100 005 Pre-fail Always - 0
    7 SeekErrorRate 0x000b 100 100 067 Pre-fail Always - 0
    8 SeekTimePerformance 0x0005 100 100 040 Pre-fail Offline - 0
    9 PowerOnHours 0x0012 039 039 000 Old_age Always - 26720
    10 SpinRetryCount 0x0013 100 100 060 Pre-fail Always - 0
    12 PowerCycleCount 0x0032 098 098 000 Old_age Always - 4168
    191 G-SenseErrorRate 0x000a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
    192 Power-OffRetractCount 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 201877487644
    193 LoadCycleCount 0x0012 001 001 000 Old_age Always - 2209599
    194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0002 141 141 000 Old_age Always - 39 (Lifetime Min/Max 16/46)
    196 ReallocatedEventCount 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 194
    197 CurrentPendingSector 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
    198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0008 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0
    199 UDMACRC_ErrorCount 0x000a 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
    SMART Error Log Version: 1
    ATA Error Count: 2138 (device log contains only the most recent five errors)
    CR = Command Register [HEX]
    FR = Features Register [HEX]
    SC = Sector Count Register [HEX]
    SN = Sector Number Register [HEX]
    CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX]
    CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX]
    DH = Device/Head Register [HEX]
    DC = Device Command Register [HEX]
    ER = Error register [HEX]
    ST = Status register [HEX]
    PoweredUpTime is measured from power on, and printed as
    DDd+hh:mm:SS.sss where DD=days, hh=hours, mm=minutes,
    SS=sec, and sss=millisec. It "wraps" after 49.710 days.
    Error 2138 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 26716 hours (1113 days + 4 hours)
    When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
    After command completion occurred, registers were:
    ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
    10 51 00 09 4f c2 a0 Error: IDNF
    Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
    CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC PoweredUpTime Command/Feature_Name
    b0 d6 01 09 4f c2 a0 00 08:30:04.500 SMART WRITE LOG
    b0 d5 01 09 4f c2 a0 00 08:30:04.300 SMART READ LOG
    b0 d1 00 00 4f c2 a0 00 08:30:04.000 SMART READ ATTRIBUTE THRESHOLDS [OBS-4]
    b0 d0 00 00 4f c2 a0 00 08:30:04.000 SMART READ DATA
    b0 da 00 00 4f c2 a0 00 08:30:04.000 SMART RETURN STATUS
    Error 2137 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 26682 hours (1111 days + 18 hours)
    When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
    After command completion occurred, registers were:
    ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
    40 51 28 18 95 98 e4 Error: UNC 40 sectors at LBA = 0x04989518 = 77108504
    Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
    CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC PoweredUpTime Command/Feature_Name
    25 00 80 c0 94 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:37.600 READ DMA EXT
    25 00 80 c0 94 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:30.600 READ DMA EXT
    25 00 80 c0 94 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:22.600 READ DMA EXT
    25 00 80 c0 94 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:16.300 READ DMA EXT
    25 00 80 40 94 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:14.700 READ DMA EXT
    Error 2136 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 26682 hours (1111 days + 18 hours)
    When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
    After command completion occurred, registers were:
    ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
    40 51 21 1f 95 98 e4 Error: UNC 33 sectors at LBA = 0x0498951f = 77108511
    Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
    CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC PoweredUpTime Command/Feature_Name
    25 00 80 c0 94 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:30.600 READ DMA EXT
    25 00 80 c0 94 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:22.600 READ DMA EXT
    25 00 80 c0 94 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:16.300 READ DMA EXT
    25 00 80 40 94 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:14.700 READ DMA EXT
    25 00 80 c0 93 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:14.100 READ DMA EXT
    Error 2135 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 26682 hours (1111 days + 18 hours)
    When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
    After command completion occurred, registers were:
    ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
    40 51 22 1e 95 98 e4 Error: UNC 34 sectors at LBA = 0x0498951e = 77108510
    Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
    CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC PoweredUpTime Command/Feature_Name
    25 00 80 c0 94 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:22.600 READ DMA EXT
    25 00 80 c0 94 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:16.300 READ DMA EXT
    25 00 80 40 94 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:14.700 READ DMA EXT
    25 00 80 c0 93 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:14.100 READ DMA EXT
    25 00 80 40 93 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:13.500 READ DMA EXT
    Error 2134 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 26682 hours (1111 days + 18 hours)
    When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
    After command completion occurred, registers were:
    ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
    40 51 28 18 95 98 e4 Error: UNC 40 sectors at LBA = 0x04989518 = 77108504
    Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
    CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC PoweredUpTime Command/Feature_Name
    25 00 80 c0 94 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:16.300 READ DMA EXT
    25 00 80 40 94 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:14.700 READ DMA EXT
    25 00 80 c0 93 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:14.100 READ DMA EXT
    25 00 80 40 93 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:13.500 READ DMA EXT
    25 00 80 c0 92 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:12.100 READ DMA EXT
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