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S.M.A.R.T. plugin
asyran:
well there's no way this plugin could damage your ipod in any way right?because i have a 30 gb 5g ipod and wouldn't mind testing it.
mcuelenaere:
--- Quote from: asyran on May 16, 2007, 02:50:47 PM ---well there's no way this plugin could damage your ipod in any way right?because i have a 30 gb 5g ipod and wouldn't mind testing it.
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Well, I don't really know :) Normally, it shouldn't harm your iPod.
The only thing it does is: it sends the ATA_SMART_COMMAND, sets the ATA_SMART_FEATURE bit and displays the ATA_LCYL & ATA_HCYL (Low Cylinder & High Cylinder).
This is all according to the ATA7 reference.(see http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:pkhjg5XCfooJ:t13.org/Documents/UploadedDocuments/technical/d96131r0.pdf+S.M.A.R.T.+commands&hl=nl&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=be at 8.35.6 SMART RETURN STATUS)
Oh and BTW: I can compile this plugin to other targets too, I just chose iPod Video cause I thought it would be the most used one.
asyran:
well i have no idea what all that meant....very impressive.how exactly will i know if it's working?
mcuelenaere:
--- Quote from: asyran on May 16, 2007, 02:58:29 PM ---well i have no idea what all that meant....very impressive.how exactly will i know if it's working?
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Well, I am kinda new to Rockbox so I don't know if there are any standard error codes or so (apart from Data Abort).
So if it wouldn't give that, normally it should show:
"Please wait..." during 1 second
"[HEX code]" during 2 seconds
"[HEX code]" during 2 seconds
That's it.
If the first hex code would be equal to 4F and the second to C3, your HDD is perfectly OK.
As you can see, this program is just a test and should be extended with a lot more S.M.A.R.T. checks and a nice GUI ;)
Off-topic:
Why can't you use more than 1 emoticon in 1 post ?
Llorean:
Because I got tired of seeing 13 of the same emoticon in a row when someone used 40 question marks after a question, and decided that overall people really shouldn't need emoticons other than one here or there to indication that something was meant in jest, such as a wink, so I dropped the limit to 1. It was 3, but even that was abused more than I liked.
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