Comment 799 for bug 59695

Same here on Ubuntu 11.04 Natty with a Western Digital Scorpio Blue. Every 7-8 seconds the load_cycle_count increases.

Additionally, ff I activate HDD spin down when running on battery in the power manager, I hear a clicking noise of my hdd every second. I can gurantee that this clicking sound is unsual, normally when parking the hdd's head. Deactivation of spin down setting helps, but load_cycle increases still every 7 seconds.

Based on this, it seems that there are still problems with the HDD management.