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How to use S.M.A.R.T. for a SSD?

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August 26, 2012 3:58:26 PM

Well its basically a big how to use smart question. My ssd's been having a few problems and I kinda want it checked but I have no idea what soft or what part of windows monitors smart...

I'd be really happy if someone provides some software names and checks back to tell me if everything is OK.

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a b G Storage
August 26, 2012 4:10:04 PM

Download SpeedFan. Install it. Run it. Go to the S.M.A.R.T. tab and select your drive. Click the button that says "Perform an in-depth online analysis of this hard disk"

Should be all you need to know.
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a b G Storage
August 26, 2012 5:40:48 PM

You did not say what brand of SSD you have, but manufactures of SSD's have utilities on their sites that inspect the SMART data. Check your manufacturers web site.
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August 28, 2012 12:22:22 PM



The test taken with speed fan. In depth online test is the only 1 that worked. If i try clicking extended test i get something like interupted by reset or fatal error.

pjmelect said:
You did not say what brand of SSD you have, but manufactures of SSD's have utilities on their sites that inspect the SMART data. Check your manufacturers web site.


The model is OCZ vertex 3 max iops. The only thing on there website is the firmvare which I'll update eventually >_>

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a b G Storage
August 29, 2012 4:04:24 AM

Being on up-to-date firmware when you are having SSD issues is usually a good practice, especially with OCZ drives.
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September 1, 2012 12:10:48 AM

IMHO, the best SMART tool for SSDs is smartctl (smartmontools). It was written for Linux, but there is also a Windows version.

SpeedFan is useless in the present context.

FWIW, the following thread has a SMART report from CrystalDiskInfo:
http://forums.storagereview.com/index.php/topic/30701-b...

Edit: Here are two utilities that provide a Windows GUI for smartmontools:

http://gsmartcontrol.berlios.de/home/index.php/en/Home
http://code.google.com/p/hddguardian/
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September 8, 2012 12:49:21 AM

Best answer selected by laovniux.
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