Re: Seeking help with JMicron JMS551/Sharkoon Quickport Duo USB 3.0

Alexander Heubner wrote:
> Hi smartmontools mailing list.
>
> I have, so far unsuccessfully, tried to read smart data from a hard
> drive of mine sticking inside a Sharkoon Quickport Duo USB 3.0
> (http://en.sharkoon.com/product/1686/10066). According to Sharkoon, this
> thing comes with a JMicron JMS551, which is listed in my device manager
> (running Windows 10) as 152d 0561, a USB ID which is not yet listed on
> Mr. Gowdy's USB ID repository. The repo's down right now, and I was
> unsuccessful in registering an account at an earlier point in time, so I
> could not add it up until now.
>
> Things I've tried so far:
> [1] smartctl -a /dev/sdc
> [2] smartctl -d ata -a /dev/sdc
> [3] smartctl -d ata -s on -a /dev/sdc

Usually -d ata does not work with USB bridges.


> [4] smartctl -d usbjmicron -a /dev/sdc
>       smartctl -d usbjmicron,0 -a /dev/sdc
>       smartctl -d usbjmicron,1 -a /dev/sdc

If -d usbjmicron does not work, try also with -d sat. Some newer JMicron 
bridges support SAT.


> Results:
> ...
> [2] C:\Users\Alex>smartctl -d ata -a /dev/sdc
> smartctl 6.4 2015-06-04 r4109 [x86_64-w64-mingw32-win8] (sf-6.4-1)
> Copyright (C) 2002-15, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
>
> Warning: Limited functionality due to missing admin rights

Run smartctl as admin, otherwise USB (SCSI) pass-through access does not 
work at all.

Regards,
Christian


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