Galaxy 7200.10 3.ADG
the drive was in a flood and the original pcb is burned completely through

whether I boot from the platters or from a ldr I cannot get the drive to go ready

at the end of a heads test, it complains about corrupt adaptives
is there any way to fix corrupt adaptives without selfscan ?

any other thoughts on how to access this drive would be much appreciated



4096k x 32 DRAM
GALAXY - 1_Disk S-6B 08-30-06_15:36

Buzz HM SFI
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(P)SATA Reset
Failed sys sect. write! Nwt Er 33 RdWr 15db5.00.0003
DiskAccess ReadSector EC=43 at ffffffff.00.0002

Read Ver Retrys
DiskAccess ReadSector EC=43 at ffffffff.00.0002

Read Ver Retrys
DiskAccess ReadSector EC=43 at ffffffff.00.0002

Read Ver Retrys
DiskAccess ReadSector EC=43 at ffffffff.00.0002

Read Ver Retrys
DiskAccess ReadSector EC=43 at ffffffff.00.0002

Read Ver Failure!
Failed sys sect. write! Nwt Er 00 RdWr 15db5.00.0002
Unable To Load Overlay 01|000A

T>Reset
4096k x 32 DRAM
GALAXY - 1_Disk S-6B 08-30-06_15:36

F>HM SFI
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F>B230
T>
T>T4
Begin Test 04
ASCII logging on

Buzz HM SFI
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ASCII logging off
ASCII logging on
Kick Off Test

Testing head 0...
DAC value = FE1B
Biasing with current 0025mA
DAC value = FD12
Biasing with current 0050mA
DAC value = FC09
Biasing with current 0075mA
DAC value = FB00
Biasing with current 0100mA
DAC value = F9F7
Biasing with current 0125mA
DAC value = F8EE
Biasing with current 0150mA
DAC value = F7E5
Biasing with current 0175mA
DAC value = F6DC
Biasing with current 0200mA
DAC value = FE1B
Passed Max OD Bias Current = 0200mA. Limit = 0100mA

HM SFI
!
Testing head 1...
DAC value = FE0E
Biasing with current 0025mA
DAC value = FD05
Biasing with current 0050mA
DAC value = FBFC
Biasing with current 0075mA
DAC value = FAF3
Biasing with current 0100mA
DAC value = F9EA
Biasing with current 0125mA
DAC value = F8E1
Biasing with current 0150mA
DAC value = F7D8
Biasing with current 0175mA
DAC value = F6CF
Biasing with current 0200mA
DAC value = FE0E
Passed Max OD Bias Current = 0200mA. Limit = 0100mA

HM SFI
!
Testing head 2...
$SFI
AMR
DAC value = FD16
Biasing with current 0025mA
DAC value = FC0D
Biasing with current 0050mA
DAC value = FB04
Biasing with current 0075mA
DAC value = F9FB
Biasing with current 0100mA
DAC value = F8F2
Biasing with current 0125mA
DAC value = F7E9
Biasing with current 0150mA
DAC value = F6E0
Biasing with current 0175mA
DAC value = F5D7
Biasing with current 0200mA
DAC value = FD16
Passed Max OD Bias Current = 0200mA. Limit = 0100mA

HM SFI
!
Testing head 3...
DAC value = FE1D
Biasing with current 0025mA
DAC value = FD14
Biasing with current 0050mA
DAC value = FC0B
Biasing with current 0075mA
DAC value = FB02
Biasing with current 0100mA
DAC value = F9F9
Biasing with current 0125mA
DAC value = F8F0
Biasing with current 0150mA
DAC value = F7E7
Biasing with current 0175mA
DAC value = F6DE
Biasing with current 0200mA
DAC value = FE1D
Passed Max OD Bias Current = 0200mA. Limit = 0100mA

HM SFI
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!!! Adaptives corrupt !!!
ASCII logging off
!!! Adaptives corrupt !!!
Test=50, Feature=0, cumhlth=209c, curhlth=208c
AbEnd Test 04
Code - CF Track 00059(00067).0.000 Sns 000 Rty F7FF.50.80FF Rtf 1800 LBA 00002501
T>

Have you opened the drive to verify there is no internal damage?

Such problems may appear due to the heads' inability to write anything.

If you have PC-3000, most likely we'll be able to get the drive to READY state remotely.
If not, then considering the information above, job still looks pretty recoverable.


But please do not launch tests like T4 and other selfscan tests, that may worsen the situation.

T4 is quite useless for judgements about heads and adaptives condition.

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Got it. If you're on it already, then please go on, we won't interfere.

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Hi there !

I'm not working on this drive. I've tried out all that i could, and concluded that either the platter was contaminated and killing the heads or the heads used for the swap were not fully compatible.

If you can help further please contact the original poster because i don't have enough knowledge to retrieve the data from this particular drive.

Thanks and best regards, and please DO help !