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Dewdman42
Jun 26, 2025Virtuoso
524X Can't factory reset, help
Using 524X with firmware 6.10.9 Finally had a disk fail. the disk test option from front view reporting error, but no reasons given, smart status wasn't showing errors. well I tried to re...
StephenB
Jul 17, 2025Guru - Experienced User
Dewdman42 wrote:My drive 3 is also suspect. It says passed, but I would appreciate comment on this.
The extended test actually failed with a read error. So it did not pass.
Dewdman42 wrote:I tried to run dd on disk#4.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 61 02 00 00 00 a0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT
"Device Fault", so also a significant problem.
Dewdman42
Jul 17, 2025Virtuoso
I was w
referring to the word “PASSED”that is included in the report and is also given if using smartcrl -h. What is the meaning of that?
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