Anyone actually run S.M.A.R.T. in the Bios? Is it slower..

[HaloEighty8]

I'm just wondering how many people run that s.m.a.r.t, should I enable it? Does it have that big of performance hit.. Does it even work?! 😉

 

[pillage2001]

It does not go slower. Running SMART will let you know when there WILL be or IS a mechanical fault in your drive.

 

[EKAtBzboyz]

maybe its just my drive but a while ago it was saying something like imminent drive failure (well not in those words exactly tho, i cant rememebr the words)
but now it says "this device is functioning properly"

i dont know whats going on lol

im using ez-smart

as far as i can tell i dont see a performance hit
maybe a very minor one if at all

are you using 2k or xp?
if not then download hd tach and measure speeds/access times a few times with it on and off and see if its really taking a hit or not

 

[John]

FAQ - What is S.M.A.R.T. for hard drives?

Note that S.M.A.R.T. can slightly reduce the performance of your hard drive, as well as very occasionally causing strange hard drive problems. However, early warning of failure may well be worth the very minor performance trade off.

 

[HaloEighty8]

Thanks all, running WinXP btw.. Thanks for the Faq link as well John! 🙂

 

[HaloEighty8]

btw, the reason I enabled it is cuz sometimes when I reboot it sounds like my drive powers down and takes a sec or 2 to restart.. you can actually hear it power down and spin back up! I dont know if this is normal or not..

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: HaloEighty8
btw, the reason I enabled it is cuz sometimes when I reboot it sounds like my drive powers down and takes a sec or 2 to restart.. you can actually hear it power down and spin back up! I dont know if this is normal or not..

Never heard of a drive doing that. Is the SMART thing reporting any problems? Generally accepted practice around here is, if the SMART utility reports a problem, stop whatever you were doing no matter how catstrophic the consequences🙂 and back up everything right away, and see if you can RMA the drive. The drive probably knows what it's talking about when it says it's dying. Just hope that it does give warning; too often drives just die without giving any signs of imminent failure. (not saying that drives fail often, saying that the few that do fail may not give warning)

 

[HaloEighty8]

nah, SMART isn't say anything.. yeah I'm not sure what it is.. I hope one of my drives isn't going to die!! 🙁