Re: Balky HDs vs SMART data

[Thomas Fritsch]

could always use a spare Sh*t beater windows PC (runnin linux or a Live-CD)
to do SMART Checks. its what i do to keep my aging G3 in line.


On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 3:58 PM, Bruce Johnson
wrote:

>
> On May 1, 2013, at 11:53 AM, Dan  wrote:
>
> >
> > The tools I found on MacUpdate seem useless; doesn't look like any of
> 'em support USB or FW.
> >
> > Bruce had recommended Smartmontools a while back, I think.  Just started
> reading thru it.  Will this work?
> > http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools
>
>
> Well the answer seems to be a definite 'maybe':
>
> <
> http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/wiki/FAQ#SmartmontoolsforFireWireUSBandSATAdiskssystems
> >
>
> See here for supported USB devices (ID'ed by the vendor/product IDs as
> seen in System Profiler)
>
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Re: Balky HDs vs SMART data

[Bruce Johnson]

On May 1, 2013, at 11:53 AM, Dan  wrote:

> 
> The tools I found on MacUpdate seem useless; doesn't look like any of 'em 
> support USB or FW.
> 
> Bruce had recommended Smartmontools a while back, I think.  Just started 
> reading thru it.  Will this work?
> http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools


Well the answer seems to be a definite 'maybe':



See here for supported USB devices (ID'ed by the vendor/product IDs as seen in 
System Profiler)

 

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Balky HDs vs SMART data

[Dan]

Hi all,

I've got 5 500GB SATA HDs that throw a red light when plugged into a 
Promise SmartStor NAS box.


Stuck one in a generic external usb dock, and used Disk Utility to 
zero it.  Nothing logged as errors, but then as-is OS X doesn't do 
SMART over USB.  Pushed data thru it for a while, then I moved it to 
the NAS, where it now seems ok (green light and not throwing errors 
to the log ?yet?).


I'm going to do the same to the other drives.  ug.  1.5 days to zero 
each.  But I'd like some way to view any low-level errors being 
produced.


The tools I found on MacUpdate seem useless; doesn't look like any of 
'em support USB or FW.


Bruce had recommended Smartmontools a while back, I think.  Just 
started reading thru it.  Will this work?

http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools

QuickSilver 2002, OS X 10.5.8.

(No, I don't have a SATA card in the Mac.  My choices for SATA are 
the external USB dock or I can crack open a LaCie D2 Quadra box for 
Firewire.)


Thx,
- Dan.
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