Question about SMART failure on new HD using ASD 3S123

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Question about SMART failure on new HD using ASD 3S123

So I ran the Apple Service Diagnostic disc and FAILED covered my entire screen! uh-oh. The findings-
ERROR-5 (No SMART attributes to check) -- TEST FAILED.
What exactly does this mean? I just installed a brand new HD in this thing and there is no way the drive is bad....is there?
Also, how can I continue the test once it comes across an Error?
answer to either of these questions would be greatly appreciated.
thanks.

macbook pro 17 penryn, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Dec 17, 2009 11:51 AM

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Answer 1

Dec 17, 2009 1:30 PM in response to jaredddddd

Is the drive smart enabled?

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Dec 17, 2009 2:13 PM in response to jaredddddd

not sure. how can i check? also, i just ran the ASD EFI tests and everything passed. Weird. Is there anyway to save the EFI logs? There is an option to save in OS but not EFI. Are they saved somewhere automatically?

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Dec 20, 2009 11:21 AM in response to jaredddddd

jaredddddd wrote:
not sure. how can i check?

Drive manufacturers have utilities that let you control parameters for the hard drive. Check your drive manufacturers web site for such a configuration utility. Often they are Windows or even DOS (!!) only, so you may have to boot to Windows or off of a CD to run the utility.

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