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Hard drive disable s.m.a.r.t

October 20th, 2024, 18:44

I see this function on mrt and sediv but it turns out it doesn't work.
The question is whether it is possible to totly disable hard drive smart ? the firmware will not perform any actions related to smart at the same time reading sectors will be enabled.

Re: Hard drive disable s.m.a.r.t

October 30th, 2024, 6:56

Yes this option will not work and I still don't understand why this option is there !!

Re: Hard drive disable s.m.a.r.t

October 30th, 2024, 19:44

Maybe MRT and SeDiv use standard ATA commands rather than VSCs?

The SMART DISABLE OPERATIONS command [B0h/D9h] shall disable all SMART operations. After completion of this command without error the device shall report command aborted for all other SMART commands (e.g., SMART DISABLE OPERATIONS commands), except for the SMART ENABLE OPERATIONS command and the SCT Command Transport commands, which shall be processed as defined. The state of SMART (i.e., enabled or disabled) shall be preserved by the device during all power-on reset events.

The SMART ENABLE/DISABLE ATTRIBUTE AUTOSAVE command [B0h/D2h] enables and disables the attribute autosave feature of the device. This command may either allow the device, after some vendor specified event, to save the device updated attributes to non-volatile memory or this command may cause the autosave feature to be disabled. The state of the attribute autosave feature, either enabled or disabled, shall be preserved by the device during all power and reset events.

Re: Hard drive disable s.m.a.r.t

November 4th, 2024, 20:25

Is there other software interface that I can run B0h/D9h command or disable\enable smart hdds?
Now I see it in victoria I will check if it works.
I will check what changes there are in the modules, maybe I can edit it in MRT .
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