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    Cannot Monitor HDD temp with HDtune or NHC

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by JigoloPete21, Dec 5, 2007.

  1. JigoloPete21

    JigoloPete21 Notebook Guru

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    I can't seem to get a temperature reading from either HDTune or NHC (Notebook Hardware Control) from my hard drives in my 9261. I'm using Windows Vista Ultimate x86 and have the latest version of each software.

    I have my drives in RAID 0 array - is this the reason why I cannot monitor the temps (since 2 drives are being seen as 1, and each has it's own temp). Also, HDtune does not report any of the health information either.

    Anyone have any ideas why this is occurring and if there is a tweak to get my HDD's to be able to report their temps.
     
    JigoloPete21, Dec 5, 2007
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  2. kl5167

    kl5167 Notebook Evangelist

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    I think that it is the case. I know that SMART monitoring is disabled as well because of the raid configuration. Also I can't seem to read mine as well.
     
    kl5167, Dec 5, 2007
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  3. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    If you have your HDD in RAID, most HDD monitoring will not work since they are looking at the array as a single drive.

    So you must use a utility that specifically detects your RAID array and monitors the drives separately.
     
    Gophn, Dec 5, 2007
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  4. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    In the D900K chassis, which my U709 was based on, hdtune reads the temps of my 7K200 array.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Dec 5, 2007
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  5. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    It depends on which monitoring program... and if the program can detect the particular array... which is not common at the moment.

    So its best to use the RAID utility that is specific for your system's RAID.
     
    Gophn, Dec 5, 2007
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  6. psycroptik

    psycroptik Notebook Consultant

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    Bringing this back to life.
    Anyone got it working on the 9262?
     
    psycroptik, Jun 25, 2008
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  7. Nirvana

    Nirvana Notebook Prophet

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    NHC is too old for current platform. PERIOD
     
    Nirvana, Jun 25, 2008
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  8. psycroptik

    psycroptik Notebook Consultant

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    Hdtune, NHC, HWmonitor all dont work. Anyone else got a suggestion?
     
    psycroptik, Jun 25, 2008
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  9. psycroptik

    psycroptik Notebook Consultant

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    speedfan does not work either.
     
    psycroptik, Jun 25, 2008
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  10. Nirvana

    Nirvana Notebook Prophet

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    if speedfan and HYmonitor don't work, you need this:
    [​IMG]
     
    Nirvana, Jun 25, 2008
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  11. psycroptik

    psycroptik Notebook Consultant

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    That looks too expensive to pee on.
     
    psycroptik, Jun 25, 2008
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  12. Shyster1

    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    :laugh: Which port does that plug into?:laugh:
     
    Shyster1, Jun 26, 2008
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