Last I heard it was not possible to check SMART via USB2 or 1394?
eSATA will do it, but my own experiments with it show my Intel mobo won't
hot swap! If Intel won't do it, who can one expect to (Nvidia, apparently).
> All drives should be checked regularly. I use a utility that tests SMART
> satus every few minutes and will issue a warning if that fails. I also
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