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The other purpose of a CarFax is to validate or attempt to validate that the mileage reported is accurate or not. Is there an equivalent of mileage for a CPU or
by fred_is_fred 1y ago
The other purpose of a CarFax is to validate or attempt to validate that the mileage reported is accurate or not. Is there an equivalent of mileage for a CPU or motherboard?
- ok123456 1y agoPeople aren't forging SMART drive diagnostics. These are <$100 components anyway.
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- kube-system 1y agoSMART stats are cleared on secondhand or "refurbished" drives quite frequently e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42864788 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42864788
- bigfatkitten 1y agoBIOS on Panasonic Toughbooks reports total power-on hours. This is independent of the HDD/SSD’s SMART reported runtime. You can view this as a normal user, but it can’t be reset by mortals.