15 May
2013
15 May
'13
2:24 a.m.
If you go to Seagate warranty page it says to download this tool and attach the output with the drive return. At a guess the tool is windows only though.
If you were to swap the 5v/12v lines on the cable and plug into a power supply that can deliver sufficient current the drive would become "obviously failed" and smart output would become irrelevant... just sayin'.
Can testify to that, plugged the wrong PSU into an eSATA caddy last week, the SMART stops when the magic blue smoke escapes the logic board. Having said that if anyone has some dead WD HDDs, with working logic... Cheers, Chris