Anybody know a way to extract or monitor S.M.A.R.T. information from any device connected to a PCI IDE controller like the Promise SATA150 TX2+? (information such as a device's temperature) Right now I have Speedfan which can get such information, but only from devices connected to the motherboard's controller ports, not those on the Promise controller card. I sure would like to monitor the Seagate 120GB SATA drive I have which is connected to the aformentioned Promise controller in my system. After installing Speedfan I found out one of my Hard Disks (Seagate 160GB ATA-100, connected to one of the onboard IDE ports) was running really hot (56 degrees Celsius), so I had a Hard Disk cooler fan assembly installed for it (so now it runs at a cooler 42C). Now I'm kinda worried about the 120GB SATA drive.

You could get hold of some temperature monitoring equipment- a bit like the Thermaltake Hardcano. I have one and it controls all of my fans plus it has thermo sensors (3) that I can put anywhere I like. It has alarm when things get a tad warm

The FastTrack has SMART built into it- i.e. it is capable of allowing the OS to read SMART info through the controller and off the hard disks.

As far as I can see the SATA150 doesn't support SMART.

I run 2 WD Raptors next to each other (they spin at 10000rpm) and they usually sit around 35c or so. Maybe if you are prone to lots of heat you could look at ventilation in general. Maybe a good case is in order, or maybe some more drive coolers?

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You may be able to get HDDLife to do this for you.