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Question about reading S.M.A.R.T information on a WD drive
exampasser
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For some reason I cannot read my WD EADS greendrive's S.M.A.R.T. information. Using Data LifeGuard Diagnostics I can even read my external WD drive's S.M.A.R.T. but just get a "Not Available" for my internal drive.
The controller is operating under RAID mode by default (but not running any arrays)(AMD raid controller), I thought about switching to a non-RAID mode to see if that was the problem but I have read that switching modes could possibly lead to OS boot issues, even if I switched back to RAID mode.
The controller is operating under RAID mode by default (but not running any arrays)(AMD raid controller), I thought about switching to a non-RAID mode to see if that was the problem but I have read that switching modes could possibly lead to OS boot issues, even if I switched back to RAID mode.
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Optionstiersten Member Posts: 4,505You generally need to use the tools provided by the RAID controller manufacturer to access the drives directly to see the SMART counters.
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Optionsexampasser Member Posts: 718 ■■■□□□□□□□You generally need to use the tools provided by the RAID controller manufacturer to access the drives directly to see the SMART counters.
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Optionstiersten Member Posts: 4,505exampasser wrote: »I tried that, used RaidXpert, but S.M.A.R.T. information did not show up their either, will reboot with it set to start automatically and try again (Started RaidXpert after the system was booted, dunno if it needs to run at boot time).
I've never found SMART to be amazingly useful anyway. I've had broken drives that were still listed as okay according to SMART because none of the thresholds had been exceeded.