Disk Utility does not report S.M.A.R.T. attribute 190.
One of our customers reported that Seagate will not accept reports of a S.M.A.R.T. failure unless it comes from Seagate’s own SeaTools software. The software is not available in a version that runs under Mac OS X. For Intel-based models, there is a version that runs under DOS, and should work, but neither our customer nor the beta administrator for TechTool Pro was able to boot from the disc that can be made from the disk image Seagate provides and run SeaTools.
The relevant thread in our forums, with links to several pages at the Seagate site:
Criteria for SMART Pass/Fail?
