S.M.A.R.T for SB600 raid on K9A Plat?

Is it possible to interrogate discs in a RAID set via S.M.A.R.T using the MSI K9A?
Prior to creating a RAID set, it was possible to determine the temperature of the individual discs, but it looks like this is not possible once they have been put in a RAID set. Is this how it is suppose to be? Or is there a piece of software (and it's not WebPAM) that will display this information?
TIA

Nope, your OS can not read S.M.A.R.T. data from RAID member drives. Has nothing to do with the SB600, same thing on Intel southbridges...
I guess it could be done, but it would have to be tool integrated in the BIOS for example.

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