Temperature readout from Intel SB RAID disks?

[mikeymike]

The system in question has a ASUS P8P67 PRO board (Sandy Bridge). I've got two RAID arrays on it and I would like to get temperature readings on the disks to see if the system ventilation is adequate. I've tried SpeedFan, I'm thinking of trying the ASUS AI Suite II (but I've been nervous of trying it until a stability issue was sorted which now seems to be).

[Steel]

I don't think you're going to get the info you want unless you take the disks out of RAID. The Intel RAID tools may have it in a status report somewhere, but you may be out of luck.

[Waco]

You won't get SMART data out of any cheap RAID controller AFAIK; especially not standard onboard stuff.

[DancinJack]

Unless you are packing the drives in vinyl or something their temperatures should be fine.

I am not sure if you will get data from a RAID array but CPUID Hardware monitor gives me HD temps.

Clicky

[just brew it!]

Leave it on for a while to give the disks a chance to heat up, then reboot the system, disable RAID in the BIOS, and boot the system off of a Linux live CD. You should be able to use the SMART tools available in Linux to read the temp sensors even if the system is not bootable from the hard drives.

Alternatively, just open the case after the system has been on for a while and feel the drives. If they're anything more than just warm to the touch, you need to beef up the ventilation.