S.M.A.R.T. I have a drive that works flawlesly but smart reports problems, Thanks for the Help:)

[lobadobadingdong]

anyone know how to find out the info smart has recorded, and/or clear it to see if it comes back? the drive works fine but prompts you to hit F1 to continue at boot, have ran a thorough scan disk all sectors are good, and I haven't seen any performance or noise issues. I have searched the Maxtor site, but can't find any good info, it just says what s.m.a.r.t. does, not any way to check it.

 

[resinboy]

tried running the Maxtor Diag software?

 

[Doomer]

Speedfan reads smart data.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Doomer
Speedfan reads smart data.

What does any of it mean though? It says OK to some of the readings, but not all. It doesn't exactly say "Your drive is ok," or "Aahahah, you're dead!"

 

[tart666]

Originally posted by: resinboy
tried running the Maxtor Diag software?

Yep. It should explain in plain language what to do with that particular error.

 

[Pariah]

The purpose of SMART is to detect problems before they become fatal. If your drive is failing SMART diagnostics, RMA it. Even if it isn't bad, there's no reason to risk it.

 

[lobadobadingdong]

Originally posted by: Pariah
The purpose of SMART is to detect problems before they become fatal. If your drive is failing SMART diagnostics, RMA it. Even if it isn't bad, there's no reason to risk it.

no offence but DuH, the reason I ask is because I'm out of warranty, and was thinking of using this drive for mp3's, but don't really think there is anything wrong with the drive. It came out of a systemt that was in an area prone to poor power, and the original owner didn't have a ups, so it's smart diags probably detected several spindle speed changes and after a set amount (3 in 24hrs if I remember right) of time flags the smart error prompt.

powermax doesn't look up any of that info, it's just another proprietary version of scandisk.

wow, Speedfan looks like it should do the trick. thanks.

edit, pluged it back in and ran speedfan. told me exactly what I expected the spin retry count is really high, as is the calibration count, it has a fitness and performance levels of 100%

edit again, danged if after 24 hours of being outa the other guys system the smart error is no longer reported in mine, it shows status is OK.

Thanks for the help guys and/or gals.

 

[Jeff7]

Just discovered that AIDA32 also displays SMART info - AND it tells you if the value is good or bad.