read hdd temp while drive sleeps

Is it possible to read the s.m.a.r.t. data (specifically the temperature) from
a sleeping HDD without waking it up? I've got a backup drive that I'd just as
soon leave in sleep mode but I'd like to know its temperature without waking
it up
Thanks
Eric

On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:39:40 -0700, Eric <Scorpus@gordinator.org>
wrote:

>Is it possible to read the s.m.a.r.t. data (specifically the temperature) from
>a sleeping HDD without waking it up? I've got a backup drive that I'd just as
>soon leave in sleep mode but I'd like to know its temperature without waking
>it up

Insert the thermometer into its little butt verrrrrrrrry carefully.