Have Raw_Read_Error_Rate erros, what to do?

Legacy Products My Cloud OS 3
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Hi guys,

I have been happily using mycloud 2 TB for over a year. Recently I noticed random slowdowns and the drive disappearing from the network. I ran the below command to check it and this is what I get.

smartctl -a /dev/sda

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
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 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 198 198 051 Pre-fail Always - 24236
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 190 175 021 Pre-fail Always - 3491
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 80
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 200 200 140 Pre-fail Always - 0
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x002e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 079 079 000 Old_age Always - 15993
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 0
11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 0
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 36
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 32
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 47
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 104 093 000 Old_age Always - 43
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 200
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0008 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0

What are my options at this point? Can I format or rest the drive somehow? If not, I am even considering replacing the hard drive myself as it is out of warranty. I have another external WD 1TB hard drive (it has its own power as well, looks similar to mycloud). I wonder if I can put this 1TB disk into mycloud following @Fox_exe guides.

Any help would be appreciated.

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Raw error rate - is software errors, not hardware (HDD is OK).
Upgrade firmware to latest and do factory reset (Full). Maybe its help.
Also you can try my fw alternatives. If not helps - RMA. (Go to service center)

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Oh, really? I thought the HDD went bad. In fact, I contacted WD support and they told me it is bad and not fixable :slightly_smiling:

Thanks, Fox_exe, let me try to upgrade to the latest FW!

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Oh, i lie - Raw error rate - is internal error corrections (Hardware errors), but its no mean HDD problems. Hight values - is normal.
Really important values is “Pendig sectors count” and “Reallocated sectors count” (More than zero - bad).

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OK, my Current_Pending_Sector is 200 and it is not increasing since I have been monitoring it. Reallocated_Sector_Ct is 0. BTW, I was on a v4 FW from about a year ago and recently switched to sq-030401-230-20140415 fw. I think problems started ever since I downgraded…?

So, what is your advice:

try to do full reset on my v3 fw

OR

upgrade to latest fw 04.04.02-105 (1/27/2016)

OR

upgrade to latest fw 04.04.02-105 (1/27/2016) and do full reset

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Just for be shure - upgrade to latest firmware, do factory reset (Because upgrade sometime get many bugs/errors/unstable_fw/etc.)

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OK, I have updated to the latest FW and did a full reset of the device. It took 7 hours. So, here is what I get… still get Raw_Read_Error_Rate, but Current_Pending_Sector = 0 and Reallocated_Sector_Ct = 0

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 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 198 198 051 Pre-fail Always - 27992
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 190 175 021 Pre-fail Always - 3491
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 80
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 200 200 140 Pre-fail Always - 0
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x002e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 078 078 000 Old_age Always - 16157
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 0
11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 0
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 36
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 32
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 47
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 100 093 000 Old_age Always - 47
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0008 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0

SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
1 Extended offline Completed: read failure 90% 15993 2505231702
2 Short offline Completed: read failure 90% 15993 2505231702
3 Extended offline Completed: read failure 90% 15993 2505231702
4 Short offline Completed: read failure 90% 15873 2532179730
5 Short offline Completed: read failure 90% 15873 2532179734
6 Short offline Interrupted (host reset) 10% 15872 -
7 Short offline Completed: read failure 90% 15872 2532179734
8 Short offline Completed: read failure 90% 15872 2532179728
9 Short offline Completed without error 00% 15466 -
10 Short offline Completed without error 00% 15459 -
11 Short offline Completed without error 00% 0 -

SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
1 0 0 Not_testing
2 0 0 Not_testing
3 0 0 Not_testing
4 0 0 Not_testing
5 0 0 Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.

What do you think, is it better now, or it will not function properly?