S.M.A.R.T. info missing.

[aimeeandbeatles]

Okay, I've noticed that since I reinstalled Vista, no program can access the S.M.A.R.T. info for my HDD. (Which, according to HWiNFO32, is a WDC WD50 00AAKS-22A7B).

I tried going through the Western Digital site for drivers or something but I couldn't find my model there.

Any suggestions?

 

[GravityWave]

The HDD drivers come with Vista. Is it switched on?, if so try reinstalling the latest drivers for your IDE/SATA Channels (iirc some chipsets used to have custom ones, like Nvidia's, though i haven't checked since the XP days... tried your mobo disks?).

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Well, it's my C drive, so it's gotta be turned on... Unless... Unless I'm running the computer from a hidden chip!! (LOL)

I have a NVIDIA chipset, seems like all the buses (am I looking at the right thing?) are NVIDIA.

I don't have any OEM discs, just a retail version of Vista I got cheaply. In fact, I'm not even sure who the OEM is, as the computer says it's Foxconn, but the sticker on my PC says Cybertron.

 

[Genocidicbunny]

the nVidia sata drivers dont let you get into SMART on the HDD. I ran into the same problem 2 months ago. My suggestion, only install the most basic nVidia nForce drivers. Vista/7 should have the drivers for your ethernet and SATA already available and they work better.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Thanks for the tip. I googled more, and I found this:
http://www.lavalys.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t2378.html

Does it seem safe? Has anybody else here tried it? Is the site reputable?

 

[Genocidicbunny]

Make a system restore point and try it.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Will try soon.