SATA drives not reporting S.M.A.R.T. info

[carnageX]

I don't think Gigabyte support is too sharp...

me:

Hello, I am having a slight problem with my motherboard. None of my HDD's are reporting S.M.A.R.T. info back, with multiple programs. I have 3 different hard drives, 2 are SeaGate SATAs, and 1 is a Western Digital SATA. I've made sure to update to the latest BIOS, and enable Native SATA mode. I'm not sure if this is a problem with the SATA controller on the board itself, or what exactly. It's not a huge problem, but it would be nice if the SMART values were reported back to me. Thank you for the help, I appreciate it.

Their response:

SMART Only applies to IDE hdd, not sata
Any issue with the motherboard?

what? lol

My response I'm sending now:

I'm sorry, but you are mistaken. SMART does apply to SATA. I had an HP computer, with a SATA drive (the 320GB SATA drive that I'm using in my current setup, in fact), and it reported SMART data back. Is the p35-ds3r just not compatible with reporting SMART data, or is the SATA controller in fact faulty on my (or these) boards? Thank you.

 

[C0RR0SIVE]

Funny how they say SMART only works on IDE and not SATA, considering that SATAII has far more SMART functions...

 

[carnageX]

Funny how they say SMART only works on IDE and not SATA, considering that SATAII has far more SMART functions...

Haha, my thoughts exactly. But, of course, I have to be nice to 'em. If I irk them off, I won't get help .