resetting tripped hdd smart

chuckles · Dec 17, 2011, 08:04 PM

I have an old 27 gig ide hdd that has the smart feature tripped. I have marked and remapped the drive, as the bad sectors were at the end of the drive, I was able to partition the drive to enable the first 25 gigs to be used.
I use this drive to test donated computers, and do not intend to put into anything to stay.
It just annoys me to have to see this (smart tripped ) message. Any ideas as to how to reset the smart feature?

Tyrsonswood · Dec 17, 2011, 08:08 PM

I don't think you can...... at least as far as I've been able to figure out.

Sihastru · Dec 19, 2011, 04:28 PM

In the old days, there was a possibility to 'soft' reset SMART on most HDDs (not persistent) and a good possibility to 'hard' reset SMART on a couple of certain brands using the manufacturer provided tools (there were some drives that had firmware updates and one of the 'benefits' of the update process was a SMART table wipe).

Some manufacturers can reset SMART on drives that get the "Factory Refurbished" tag via a specialised firmware wipe/upgrade process.

But you can't mess with SMART anymore without very specialised (~expensive) software/equipment and that's a really good thing, as there are a lot of jacka$$es that would sell you a bad drive without giving it a second thought. Not saying that you are one. I'm just explaining why it's a good thing.

I will just say that you have the option to disable SMART (SMART messages really, as you can't disable SMART completely) in most BIOSes, current or older.

chuckles · Dec 19, 2011, 07:46 PM

Thanks for the replys--- I knew that there should be a way , or they could not sell refurbished drives. Thought that it mite not not take special equipment to do.
I'll just put up with the error message.

Dec 17, 2011, 08:04 PM	#1
chuckles HardwareHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	resetting tripped hdd smart I have an old 27 gig ide hdd that has the smart feature tripped. I have marked and remapped the drive, as the bad sectors were at the end of the drive, I was able to partition the drive to enable the first 25 gigs to be used. I use this drive to test donated computers, and do not intend to put into anything to stay. It just annoys me to have to see this (smart tripped ) message. Any ideas as to how to reset the smart feature?

Dec 19, 2011, 04:28 PM	#3
Sihastru Never been clicked Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 433 Rep Power: 45 System Specs	Re: resetting tripped hdd smart In the old days, there was a possibility to 'soft' reset SMART on most HDDs (not persistent) and a good possibility to 'hard' reset SMART on a couple of certain brands using the manufacturer provided tools (there were some drives that had firmware updates and one of the 'benefits' of the update process was a SMART table wipe). Some manufacturers can reset SMART on drives that get the "Factory Refurbished" tag via a specialised firmware wipe/upgrade process. But you can't mess with SMART anymore without very specialised (~expensive) software/equipment and that's a really good thing, as there are a lot of jacka$$es that would sell you a bad drive without giving it a second thought. Not saying that you are one. I'm just explaining why it's a good thing. I will just say that you have the option to disable SMART (SMART messages really, as you can't disable SMART completely) in most BIOSes, current or older. __________________ There are more things in heaven and earth then are dreamt of in your philosophy. Intel Core i7 3820 \| Corsair H80 \| Asus P9X79 \| Kingston HyperX T1 Black 32GB DDR3 \| Gigabyte 8800 GTS 512 \| 2xIntel X25-M 160GB RAID0 + 2xWD 1TB Green RAID1 \| Asus Xonar DX \| Asus ES2-750 \| Sony OptiArc DVD+/-RW \| Corsair AX850 Gold \| Fractal Design Define R3 Titanium \| Dell 3007WFP-HC2 30" 2560x1600 \| Corsair SP2500 \| Logitech UltraX Premium \| CM Storm Advance \| Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64bit

Dec 19, 2011, 07:46 PM	Thread Starter #4
chuckles HardwareHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Re: resetting tripped hdd smart Thanks for the replys--- I knew that there should be a way , or they could not sell refurbished drives. Thought that it mite not not take special equipment to do. I'll just put up with the error message.