Vista; Failure to read S.M.A.R.T. temperatures

I recently upgraded to Vista and noticed utilities like SpeedFan and
nVidia are not reporting the temperatures from my SATA drives.

Under XP they all reported properly.

Has anyone managed to get Vista to report S.M.A.R.T. sensors?

PaulB
Mon Jul 21 20:50:01 PDT 2008

Hi,
In order to get Speedfan to read the SMART data you must run Speedfan as
administrator. Right click on the Speedfan icon or .exe file and select "Run
as Administrator".
--
Paul


"VistaHelpRequested@OnTheWeb.ltd" wrote:

> I recently upgraded to Vista and noticed utilities like SpeedFan and
> nVidia are not reporting the temperatures from my SATA drives.
>
> Under XP they all reported properly.
>
> Has anyone managed to get Vista to report S.M.A.R.T. sensors?
>

PaulB
Mon Jul 21 20:56:00 PDT 2008

I wanted to add, if you want it to always run as administrator, right click
on the speedfan icon and select properties. Then under the compatibility tab
check the run this program as an administrator box.
--
Paul


"VistaHelpRequested@OnTheWeb.ltd" wrote:

> I recently upgraded to Vista and noticed utilities like SpeedFan and
> nVidia are not reporting the temperatures from my SATA drives.
>
> Under XP they all reported properly.
>
> Has anyone managed to get Vista to report S.M.A.R.T. sensors?
>

NoMail
Tue Jul 22 04:57:55 PDT 2008

On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:56:00 -0700, PaulB
<PaulB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I wanted to add, if you want it to always run as administrator, right click
>on the speedfan icon and select properties. Then under the compatibility tab
>check the run this program as an administrator box.

Sorry, but I've tried that and also edited the settings to give it
full control. Not a single disk, there are four, appears.

Thanks, I would have thought that as well.

PaulB
Tue Jul 22 07:51:02 PDT 2008

Are your hard drives in a RAID array?
--
Paul


"NoMail@OnTheWeb.ltd" wrote:

> On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:56:00 -0700, PaulB
> <PaulB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >I wanted to add, if you want it to always run as administrator, right click
> >on the speedfan icon and select properties. Then under the compatibility tab
> >check the run this program as an administrator box.
>
> Sorry, but I've tried that and also edited the settings to give it
> full control. Not a single disk, there are four, appears.
>
> Thanks, I would have thought that as well.
>

VistaHelpRequested
Tue Jul 22 17:41:40 PDT 2008

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:51:02 -0700, PaulB
<PaulB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Are your hard drives in a RAID array?

No, they are tied to 4 of the 6 available SATA slots on the 780Sli Mb.
THe other two are from panel e-Sata access (not used) and CD/DVD.

PaulB
Tue Jul 22 20:28:01 PDT 2008

I'm sorry, I wish I knew what else to offer. I have two Vista machines, both
different with both SATA and PATA drives that Speedfan shows both the SMART
data and HD temperatures. As I said, I only had to run Speedfan as
administrator.
Only my RAID1 (two drives) does not provide this information.
--
Paul


"VistaHelpRequested@OnTheWeb.ltd" wrote:

> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:51:02 -0700, PaulB
> <PaulB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Are your hard drives in a RAID array?
>
> No, they are tied to 4 of the 6 available SATA slots on the 780Sli Mb.
> THe other two are from panel e-Sata access (not used) and CD/DVD.
>
>

VistaHelpRequested
Wed Jul 23 03:51:29 PDT 2008

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:28:01 -0700, PaulB
<PaulB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I'm sorry, I wish I knew what else to offer. I have two Vista machines, both
>different with both SATA and PATA drives that Speedfan shows both the SMART
>data and HD temperatures. As I said, I only had to run Speedfan as
>administrator.
>Only my RAID1 (two drives) does not provide this information.

Thanks, you've given great suggestions.

It has to be some annomaly in Vista since I'm using the same
motherboard, same drives and cables and same SpeedFan installation
package. What's different? Vista.

Thanks again, maybe I'll try adding a PATA drive or two.

VistaHelpRequested
Wed Jul 23 17:45:23 PDT 2008

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:28:01 -0700, PaulB
<PaulB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I'm sorry, I wish I knew what else to offer. I have two Vista machines, both
>different with both SATA and PATA drives that Speedfan shows both the SMART
>data and HD temperatures. As I said, I only had to run Speedfan as
>administrator.
>Only my RAID1 (two drives) does not provide this information.

One further point, after some further searchs it appears the problem
is with nVdia drivers. For some unknown reason they have elected to
leave S.M.A.R.T. access out of their drivers. One argument is the
less-than-reliable reading; which I agree with if you are looking for
fine turning. But the data could still be worthwhile if looking at
trends or gross figures.

At any rate, that seems to be the issue until they change or there is
enough of a consumer backlash.

Thanks again.