Does anyone know how to turn on the SMART drive feature in the bios? I've been running Spin Rite for a disk problem, and it always says it's turning on the feature. Apparently, the bios is turning it off again. The bios does know how to respond. It warned me a couple of times about imminent failure after Spin Rite turned it on.
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Setting SMART drive in bios.
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- Jan 2, 2004
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I believe Spinrite is turning the feature on at the drive level not the BIOS level. BIOS would not turn-off such a feature on the hard drive itself.
If after enabling SMART "detection" in BIOS and you are being warned of imminent failure, the drive may be bad.
I suggest downloading the manufacture's hard drive diagnostic tool and using it to test the drive in question. The manufacture's tool will usually test SMART capability as well.
Rick
If after enabling SMART "detection" in BIOS and you are being warned of imminent failure, the drive may be bad.
I suggest downloading the manufacture's hard drive diagnostic tool and using it to test the drive in question. The manufacture's tool will usually test SMART capability as well.
Rick
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