s.m.a.r.t enabling????

hi depends on what hard drive you have. whgat manu etc and serial is it, you can find that under device manager... also if you install a program like fan speed, hdd temperature they will detect smart enabled hdds...



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I have a couple of Maxtor and 1 WD. All relatively new. About 2- 3 yrs old.

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Message Edited by trunksu on 09-04-2005 03:11 AM

hi your ST340014AS is smart capable http://www.seagate.com./support/disc/manuals/sata/cuda7200_sata_pm.pdf

your maxtor drives all have smart

your usb hard drives willn't have smart because of the usb chipset in the cases


download fanspeed see if they are detected

http://uk.geocities.com/twistedfuryuk/fanspeed/

is this what you're talking about?

here http://www.hddtemp.com/ and here http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php