diff -Naurp hddtemp-0.3-beta15-orig/src/satacmds.c hddtemp-0.3-beta15/src/satacmds.c
--- hddtemp-0.3-beta15-orig/src/satacmds.c	2007-02-10 14:25:15.000000000 +0100
+++ hddtemp-0.3-beta15/src/satacmds.c	2007-02-10 14:26:53.000000000 +0100
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ int sata_pass_thru(int device, unsigned 
   unsigned char cdb[16];
   unsigned char sense[32];
   int dxfer_direction;
-  int ret;
   
   memset(cdb, 0, sizeof(cdb));
   cdb[0] = ATA_16;
@@ -78,13 +77,7 @@ int sata_pass_thru(int device, unsigned 
     cdb[6] = cmd[1];
   cdb[14] = cmd[0];
 
-  ret = scsi_SG_IO(device, cdb, sizeof(cdb), buffer, cmd[3] * 512, sense, sizeof(sense), dxfer_direction);
- 
-  /* Verify SATA magics */
-  if (sense[0] != 0x72 || sense[7] != 0x0e || sense[9] != 0x0e || sense[10] != 0x00)
-    return 1;		  
-  else 
-    return ret;
+  return scsi_SG_IO(device, cdb, sizeof(cdb), buffer, cmd[3] * 512, sense, sizeof(sense), dxfer_direction);
 }
 
 void sata_fixstring(unsigned char *s, int bytecount)