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    SMART doesnt appear when external HDD connected through eSATA

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by nobb, Jan 9, 2010.

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    I bought a Macally external enclosure for a 1TB 3.5" WD Green drive. When connected through USB, SMART works and I can view the attributes. But strangely, when I use eSATA, then I cannot see SMART through any of my disk monitoring programs.

    Has anyone successfully connected an eSATA drive to the Studio XPS series and managed to get SMART working?
     
    nobb, Jan 9, 2010
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