[smartmontools-support] Recognizing Samsung HD400LD USB drive

Discussion:

bege

2016-10-19 12:15:06 UTC

Hi,
I am using a Samsung HD400LD on Windows 7 Professional 64 bit SP1 with
an external Revoltec enclosure. With the -d auto parameter it is
recognized as follows (Windows event log):

smartd[4552]:Info
Device: E: [USB JMicron], opened
Device: E: [USB JMicron], SAMSUNG HD400LD, S/N:S0AXJ1PP215218,
FW:WQ100-14, 400 GB
Device: E: [USB JMicron], found in smartd database: SAMSUNG SpinPoint T133
Device: E: [USB JMicron], is SMART capable. Adding to "monitor" list.
Monitoring 2 ATA/SATA, 0 SCSI/SAS and 0 NVMe devices
Device: C:/, initial Temperature is 44 Celsius (Min/Max ??/44)
Device: E: [USB JMicron], initial Temperature is 33 Celsius (Min/Max
??/33)
Device: E: [USB JMicron], SMART Usage Attribute: 190
Airflow_Temperature_Cel changed from 66 to 67

As this enclosure seems to be the reason for frequent errors I bought a
used Freecom enclosure. With this enclosure I cannot find a suitable -d
parameter. No matter what I use (or none) the device is not recognized.
Examples from the event log:

- Device: E:, unable to autodetect device type
- Device: E: [USB JMicron], open() failed: No device connected
- Unable to register ATA device E: at line 3 of file C:/Program
Files/smartmontools/bin/smartd.conf

Is it impossible to use smartmontools with this enclosure or are there
other parameters needed?

Christian Franke

2016-10-20 17:57:00 UTC

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Post by bege
Hi,
I am using a Samsung HD400LD on Windows 7 Professional 64 bit SP1 with
an external Revoltec enclosure. With the -d auto parameter it is
smartd[4552]:Info
Device: E: [USB JMicron], opened
Device: E: [USB JMicron], SAMSUNG HD400LD, S/N:S0AXJ1PP215218,
FW:WQ100-14, 400 GB
Device: E: [USB JMicron], found in smartd database: SAMSUNG SpinPoint T133
....
As this enclosure seems to be the reason for frequent errors I bought a
used Freecom enclosure. With this enclosure I cannot find a suitable -d
parameter. No matter what I use (or none) the device is not recognized.
- Device: E:, unable to autodetect device type
- Device: E: [USB JMicron], open() failed: No device connected

Did you try '-d usbjmicron,0' or ',1' ?

Which USB is printed if smartctl is run without -d option?

Post by bege
- Unable to register ATA device E: at line 3 of file C:/Program
Files/smartmontools/bin/smartd.conf
Is it impossible to use smartmontools with this enclosure or are there
other parameters needed?

If none of '-d usb*' nor '-d sat' work (see man page), smartctl cannot
access a disk behind this USB bridge.

Please also try "smartctl --scan" and use [/dev/]sdX or pdN pseudo
device names to address physical drives. Using drive letters (which
address partitions) may not always work to address the physical drive
behind the partition.

Thanks,
Christian

bege

2016-10-21 13:06:09 UTC

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Christian, '-d usbjmicron,0' solved the problem.
Thank you very much!
Regards
bege

-------- Original Nachricht/Message ---------
Betreff/Subject: *Re: [smartmontools-support] Recognizing Samsung
HD400LD USB drive*
Datum/Date: *20.10.2016, 19:57:00*
Von/From: Christian Franke

Did you try '-d usbjmicron,0' or ',1' ?
Which USB is printed if smartctl is run without -d option?

If none of '-d usb*' nor '-d sat' work (see man page), smartctl
cannot access a disk behind this USB bridge.
Please also try "smartctl --scan" and use [/dev/]sdX or pdN pseudo
device names to address physical drives. Using drive letters (which
address partitions) may not always work to address the physical drive
behind the partition.
Thanks,
Christian