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kompressor
05-03-2006, 06:34 AM
hi again,
i am a bit bothered of what i have just found out, i have a WD2500KS Sata
and installed OS in it, but when i tried running Western Digital Lifeguard Diag the drive looks fine and it shows SMART status: PASS. on the other hand when i tried running WD Data Lifeguard tools it shows that
SMART Capable: NO.

i checked on my Bios to see if there's an option to enable SMART on my Sata but didn't find any.

does this mean that my Sata SMART isn't enabled?
EzyStvy
05-03-2006, 06:53 AM
Look in the BIOS again. There should be an option to enable/disable SMART.
kompressor
05-03-2006, 10:51 AM
i checked all possible options and there were no option for enabling SMART on my SATA. here's my Mobo: Asus P4S800D-X.

or am i having a defective hard drive?
EzyStvy
05-03-2006, 05:13 PM
SMART isn't a "sata" option per se. It's a bios option for hard drives.
kompressor
05-04-2006, 07:56 AM
SMART isn't a "sata" option per se. It's a bios option for hard drives.

oh, if that is the case then maybe my Mobo only supports SMART monitoring to PATA drives, not on SATA.

both of my PATA's SMART are enabled, and can be disabled in Bios.