Re: Gigabyte BIOS Upgrade F11b BETA solved a lot of diffuse hardware problems

>> A 'lot of diffuse hardware problems' is a story too long to recite. I was
>> reluctant to upgrade to a BETA BIOS. When I did I thought I'd bricked the 
>> machine. After a nights sleep, I realized the upgrade had reset to 
>> defaults / PCI monitor rather than PCIe. Now hardware works perfect. 
>> However, 500GB Seagate Barracuda says it has 30% life left. The red light 
>> that indicates drive activity glowed too often.
>
> The SMART table here can allow looking at individual parameters.
>
> http://hdtune.com/files/hdtune_255.exe
>
> That means the raw data field in the "Reallocated"
> has gone non-zero. At a guess.
>
>    Paul

Thanks Paul,

Using that tool, '(05) Reallocated Sector Count' was displayed for the 500GB 
Samsung EVO SSD, but not for the 500 GB Seagate Barracuda SSD. It's 
connected to a different controller, a PCIe (x1) SATAIII card.