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    HD Tune not displaying SMART information

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by strategist333, Aug 25, 2008.

  1. strategist333

    strategist333 Notebook Consultant

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    I have a Fujitsu MHW2160BJ FFS G2 drive in AHCI operation on Vista 32. HD Tune reads the temperature but no SMART information, although I know that the drive has SMART enabled using Fujitsu's own diagnostic tool. I have attached two screenshots of what HD Tune displays -- any ideas?

    P.S. The first partition is Dell's diagnostic EISA partition. But that shouldn't affect SMART sensoring.
     

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  2. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    Must be a limitation in HD Tune, and it is not able to read the SMART data for your HDD.
    There are loads of SMART tools available, the two I use are PC Wizard 2008 and Notebook Hardware Control....

    (If it doesn't work, I would try and disable AHCI, but its not so easy to do so with an already functioning OS !!)
     
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    vostro1400user Notebook Deity

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