Getting Temperature form HDD via SMART?

[lglmi]

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Option Explicit

Private Type OSVERSIONINFO
dwOSVersionInfo Size As Long
dwMajorVersion As Long
dwMinorVersion As Long
dwBuildNumber As Long
dwPlatformId As Long
szCSDVersion As String * 128
End Type
Private Declare Function GetVersionEx Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetVersion ExA" (LpVersionInfor mation As OSVERSIONINFO) As Long

Private Type ATTR_DATA
AttrID As Byte
AttrName As String
AttrValue As Byte
ThresholdValue As Byte
WorstValue As Byte
StatusFlags As STATUS_FLAGS
End Type

Public Type DRIVE_INFO
bDriveType As Byte
SerialNumber As String
Model As String
FirmWare As String
Cilinders As Long
Heads As Long
SecPerTrack As Long
BytesPerSector As Long
BytesperTrack As Long
NumAttributes As Byte
Attributes() As ATTR_DATA
End Type

Public Enum IDE_DRIVE_NUMBE R
PRIMARY_MASTER
PRIMARY_SLAVE
SECONDARY_MASTE R
SECONDARY_SLAVE
End Enum

Private Declare Function CreateFile _
Lib "kernel32" Alias "CreateFile A" _
(ByVal lpFileName As String, ByVal dwDesiredAccess As Long, _
ByVal dwShareMode As Long, ByVal lpSecurityAttri butes As Long, _
ByVal dwCreationDispo sition As Long, _
ByVal dwFlagsAndAttri butes As Long, _
ByVal hTemplateFile As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function CloseHandle _
Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hObject As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function DeviceIoControl _
Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hDevice As Long, _
ByVal dwIoControlCode As Long, _
lpInBuffer As Any, _
ByVal nInBufferSize As Long, _
lpOutBuffer As Any, _
ByVal nOutBufferSize As Long, _
lpBytesReturned As Long, _
ByVal lpOverlapped As Long) As Long
Public Declare Sub CopyMemory _
Lib "kernel32" _
Alias "RtlMoveMem ory" (Destination As Any, _
Source As Any, ByVal Length As Long)

Private Const GENERIC_READ = &H80000000
Private Const GENERIC_WRITE = &H40000000

Private Const FILE_SHARE_READ = &H1
Private Const FILE_SHARE_WRIT E = &H2
Private Const OPEN_EXISTING = 3
Private Const FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ SYSTEM = &H4
Private Const CREATE_NEW = 1

Private Const INVALID_HANDLE_ VALUE = -1
Dim di As DRIVE_INFO

Public Const MAX_IDE_DRIVES = 4
' // Max number of drives assuming primary/secondary, master/slavetopology
Public Const READ_ATTRIBUTE_ BUFFER_SIZE = 512
Public Const IDENTIFY_BUFFER _SIZE = 512
Public Const READ_THRESHOLD_ BUFFER_SIZE = 512
Public Const OUTPUT_DATA_SIZ E = IDENTIFY_BUFFER _SIZE + 16

'IOCTL commands
Public Const DFP_GET_VERSION = &H74080
Public Const DFP_SEND_DRIVE_ COMMAND = &H7C084
Public Const DFP_RECEIVE_DRI VE_DATA = &H7C088

'---------------------------------------------------------------------
' GETVERSIONOUTPA RAMS contains the data returned from the
' Get Driver Version function.
'---------------------------------------------------------------------
Public Type GETVERSIONOUTPA RAMS
bVersion As Byte ' Binary driver version.
bRevision As Byte ' Binary driver revision.
bReserved As Byte ' Not used.
bIDEDeviceMap As Byte ' Bit map of IDE devices.
fCapabilities As Long ' Bit mask of driver capabilities.
dwReserved(3) As Long ' For future use.
End Type

'Bits returned in the fCapabilities member of GETVERSIONOUTPA RAMS
Public Const CAP_IDE_ID_FUNC TION = 1 ' ATA ID commandsupporte d
Public Const CAP_IDE_ATAPI_I D = 2 ' ATAPI ID commandsupporte d
Public Const CAP_IDE_EXECUTE _SMART_FUNCTION = 4 ' SMART commanndssuppor ted

'---------------------------------------------------------------------
' IDE registers
'---------------------------------------------------------------------
Public Type IDEREGS
bFeaturesReg As Byte ' // Used for specifying SMART "commands".
bSectorCountReg As Byte ' // IDE sector count register
bSectorNumberRe g As Byte ' // IDE sector number register
bCylLowReg As Byte ' // IDE low order cylinder value
bCylHighReg As Byte ' // IDE high order cylinder value
bDriveHeadReg As Byte ' // IDE drive/head register
bCommandReg As Byte ' // Actual IDE command.
bReserved As Byte ' // reserved for future use. Must bezero.
End Type

'---------------------------------------------------------------------
' SENDCMDINPARAMS contains the input parameters for the
' Send Command to Drive function.
'---------------------------------------------------------------------
Public Type SENDCMDINPARAMS
cBufferSize As Long ' Buffer size in bytes
irDriveRegs As IDEREGS ' Structure with drive register values.
bDriveNumber As Byte ' Physical drive number to send commandto(0,1,2 ,3).
bReserved(2) As Byte ' Bytes reserved
dwReserved(3) As Long ' DWORDS reserved
bBuffer() As Byte ' Input buffer.
End Type

' Valid values for the bCommandReg member of IDEREGS.
Public Const IDE_ATAPI_ID = &HA1 ' Returns ID sector for
'ATAPI.
Public Const IDE_ID_FUNCTION = &HEC ' Returns ID sector for
'ATA.
Public Const IDE_EXECUTE_SMA RT_FUNCTION = &HB0 ' Performs SMART cmd.
' Requires valid
'bFeaturesReg,
' bCylLowReg, andbCylHighRe

' Cylinder register values required when issuing SMART command
Public Const SMART_CYL_LOW = &H4F
Public Const SMART_CYL_HI = &HC2

'---------------------------------------------------------------------
' Status returned from driver
'---------------------------------------------------------------------
Public Type DRIVERSTATUS
bDriverError As Byte ' Error code from driver, or 0 if no
'error.
bIDEStatus As Byte ' Contents of IDE Error register.
' Only valid when bDriverError is
'SMART_IDE_ERRO R.
bReserved(1) As Byte
dwReserved(1) As Long
End Type

' bDriverError values
Public Enum DRIVER_ERRORS
SMART_NO_ERROR = 0 ' No error
SMART_IDE_ERROR = 1 ' Error from IDE controller
SMART_INVALID_F LAG = 2 ' Invalid command flag
SMART_INVALID_C OMMAND = 3 ' Invalid command byte
SMART_INVALID_B UFFER = 4 ' Bad buffer (null, invalid addr..)
SMART_INVALID_D RIVE = 5 ' Drive number not valid
SMART_INVALID_I OCTL = 6 ' Invalid IOCTL
SMART_ERROR_NO_ MEM = 7 ' Could not lock user's buffer
SMART_INVALID_R EGISTER = 8 ' Some IDE Register not valid
SMART_NOT_SUPPO RTED = 9 ' Invalid cmd flag set
SMART_NO_IDE_DE VICE = 10 ' Cmd issued to device not present
' although drive number is valid
' 11-255 reserved
End Enum
'---------------------------------------------------------------------
' The following struct defines the interesting part of the IDENTIFY
' buffer:
'---------------------------------------------------------------------
Public Type IDSECTOR
wGenConfig As Integer
wNumCyls As Integer
wReserved As Integer
wNumHeads As Integer
wBytesPerTrack As Integer
wBytesPerSector As Integer
wSectorsPerTrac k As Integer
wVendorUnique(2 ) As Integer
sSerialNumber(1 9) As Byte
wBufferType As Integer
wBufferSize As Integer
wECCSize As Integer
sFirmwareRev(7) As Byte
sModelNumber(39 ) As Byte
wMoreVendorUniq ue As Integer
wDoubleWordIO As Integer
wCapabilities As Integer
wReserved1 As Integer
wPIOTiming As Integer
wDMATiming As Integer
wBS As Integer
wNumCurrentCyls As Integer
wNumCurrentHead s As Integer
wNumCurrentSect orsPerTrack As Integer
ulCurrentSector Capacity As Long
wMultSectorStuf f As Integer
ulTotalAddressa bleSectors As Long
wSingleWordDMA As Integer
wMultiWordDMA As Integer
bReserved(127) As Byte
End Type

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(i had to cut it down because of the maxlen of this post*grr*)

i only found this bas module in this forum.

ok it works but how do i get out the live temperature ?

thanks :)

lglmi