Ok got a usb to rs232 ttl convertor



, its setup like

Grnd -> grnd
Tx -> RX
Rx -> TX

Sata power -> pcb board.

When the pcb board is connected, i receive messages Eg:
LED:000000CC FAddr:0024AFF9
LED:000000CC FAddr:0024AFF9
LED:000000CC FAddr:0024AFF9

Which is a sign of the BSY error, when i disconnect the pcb board and place card inbetween, i get no messages, it says im connected yet ctrl + Z does nothing. I set it up to echo back what i type and its just showing a little black arrow --> which i think is the symbol for ctrl+Z?

Im using hyper terminal private on windows 7 64bit

I have tried putty but its refusing to open the connection ( plays a beep when i press open )

Im completely lost on this as i believe im doing everything right??

Is hyperterminal the problem or am I doing something wrong??

That is the drive model and firmware version?

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its a barracuda ES.2 7200rpm 1tb hdd STX-ST31000340AS
MA07 firmware

I believe this drive is qualified for free data recovery at Seagate

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It's normal not to get terminal access on these using the typical internet methods

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Oh? can you give me a link and ill look into it, never thought of sending it back as its second hand


What methods should be used ? just in case i cant send it back like the above

Contact Seagate tech support
http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/about/ ... pport-emea

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http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/129551- ... 0cc-state/


Will this work for me?

Have you tried the solution on the MSFN board yet ? what were the results ?

You see the problem i have is that the 000000CC message comes up roughly every 6 seconds, not four and ctrl+z does nothing.

Post #20 on that page says:



But i cant understand what i have to do as its translated. If anyone here knows what to short and when, id like to know.

http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done&tt=url&intl=1&fr=bf-home&trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hddfix.ru%2FStati%2Fseagate_720011_ekspluatatsiya_i_remont%2F&lp=ru_en&btnTrUrl=Translate Heres the link for the translated page

You are on the right path. Gotta study more and you will get there.

Just be aware that once playing around and making a mistake, recovery may no longer be possible and warranty can be voided by Seagate.

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That is where R&D come in and a lot of time spent on this one. Nobody here will give away this for free and this is not your typical busy or 0 LBA error on this one. I think that you will have to invest a lot of time in R&D to figure this one out or take it to a DR shop and have them do this one for you. I do not think this one should be too expensive on this. But remember once broken can always break again. Had in here twice same drive with same problems and client wanted it fixed again and to use it again. I warned him on this one. Even I updated the FW on this one but still happened again. I do not really truest a lot the Seagte HDD sorry. Good luck and happy searching on this one.

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Just coming back to say i figured this out in the end with some help from another user aswell. you can close the thread.