[SOLVED] Hard drive's ultra count rising

[mrb00ce]

So guys my hard drives ultra dma count rose for no reason few days ago the count was at 8000 now its at 10000 should i be worried i even tried using a new sata cable but it didn't change anything here's the pic

https://www.reddit.com/user/mrb00ce/comments/ip67im/hard_drive_dma_count/

 

[mdd1963]

Is this a 10 year old 320 GB drive?
I'd worry for that reason, as well...

Try a different SATA port as well...(as you've already tried another cable)

Another bit of Google-fu shows RAM issues can cause these errors to increase...(if your RAM is running OC'd, or at near max, perhaps some odd errors show up here as well? Try running a lower RAM clock and see if the errors then stop increasing...)

 

[mrb00ce]

Is this a 10 year old 320 GB drive?
I'd worry for that reason, as well...

Try a different SATA port as well...(as you've already tried another cable)

Another bit of Google-fu shows RAM issues can cause these errors to increase...(if your RAM is running OC'd, or at near max, perhaps some odd errors show up here as well? Try running a lower RAM clock and see if the errors then stop increasing...)

Yes it is a old 320gb hard drive and i checked my ram with memtest and it showed no error,my ram is not overclocked in anyway and i also tried switching sata port but it didn't change anything.

 

[SkyNetRising]

UDMA error count is cumulative. It can't decrease. It only increases (raw data column).
Change the cable and watch for UDMA error count to not increase anymore.

 

[fzabkar]

If your HDD is attached to a 6Gbps SATA port, try switching to a 3Gbps port.

Some southbridges have known issues with SATA ports. Can you tell us the model of your motherboard, or the ID of your serial ATA storage controller in Device Manager?

 

[USAFRet]

Whether this drive has ZERO errors, or they are building up daily....you need a full backup of any data on it.
Unless you don't care about that data.

Drives can die at any time. Even as I'm writing this.

 

[mrb00ce]

Whether this drive has ZERO errors, or they are building up daily....you need a full backup of any data on it.
Unless you don't care about that data.

Drives can die at any time. Even as I'm writing this.

i did a full hard disk scan and i showed no bad sectors

 

[SkyNetRising]

i did a full hard disk scan and i showed no bad sectors

Did UDMA error count number increase? If not, then you're fine.

But always have backup for your important data.