Hello,

I have just purchased a new seagate 500GB ST3500320AS a week back

When I ran DiskChekup on that

DiskCheckup Version: DiskCheckup V2.1 Build: 1001
SmartDisk DLL Version: SmartDisk DLL SDK v1.0 Build: 1013
Time of export: 22:43:50 28-May-2008
Device ID: 1
Device Capacity: 476937 MB
Serial Number: 9QM2CN36
Model Number: ST3500320AS

SMART ATTRIBUTES:
ID Description Raw Value Status Value Worst Threshold TEC
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1 Raw Read Error Rate 57827534 OK 113 100 6 08 Nov 2008 01:06:20



This is worrying me. The above row is also highlighted in red color.
Will my disk die on 08 Nov 2008 or before that.

Earlier the value was 118

Please let me know if I should go for RMA?

Any other smart monitoring tool?

if the hard drive is brand new and it already has problems, rma it fast. don't even think about it.

Most drives these days report raw read errors and raw seek errors. That doesn't necessarily mean anything is wrong. The SMART parameters that are cause for concern are reallocated sectors and high temperatures.

Certain brands of drives report things differently through SMART, as well. Western Digital drives typically hide all raw read errors and seek errors from the SMART stats, thus those numbers will always show zeros even though they are occurring. Seagate drives report all raw read errors and seek errors, which gives very high numbers, even though the drives are designed to operate that way.

Best thing to do if you have doubts is run the manufacturer's diagnostics (Seagate Seatools). If that reports no problems, your drive is probably fine.