hi
i have a 3tb seagate st3000dm001-1ch166 with CC29 firmware
it's take long time to read drive. shows in bios but made my pc boot very slow during post
no clicking sound and its spinning. it take a lot time to windows and hdd utility softwares torecognize it.
when i tried to read it with data recovery software it tooks too much time to start reading data and reading speed is very low
some times it show "cant read source" but some times it reads data
softwares dont show its smart
and task manager show 100% active time all the time with no transfer rate
i connected to serial with putty and this is shown when turning on

Boot 0x40M
Spin Up
Trans.

Spin Up
SpinOK
TCC:0023

(P) SATA Reset

after ctrl+z:

ASCII Diag mode

F3 T>

is there a command to test drive
please help
data is not important just want to try fix hdd
sorry for my bad English

Failing heads and probably firmware issue...bin it...those drives can't be fixed to make a reliable drive again, they never was in the first place.

_________________
Rescue IT Datarecovery service Sweden
Rescue IT Dataräddning Göteborg AB
http://www.rescue-it.se

Its a "D"a"M"n series throw it in the garbage !!!

Agree, just toss it in the garbage, where it belongs!

_________________
PC Image Data Recovery
http://www.pcimage.co.uk

New!! HDD-PCB.COM for all your PCB and donor HDD requirements!

thank you all pcimage, Spildit, jermy, mr_spokk,
thank for your opinions, i appreciate
but help me identify the problem
how can i test heads?
is there a way to repair firmware?
if this gonna die then i can experiment on it
which commands i can use?

this is head resistances
F3 7>X
X

Head 00 Resistance 0131
Head 01 Resistance 0159
Head 02 Resistance 00FE
Head 03 Resistance 0120
Head 04 Resistance 014D
Head 05 Resistance 0124

is there something wrong with head 2?
does it makes all hdd failure or a part that heads number 2 on it?

sory for posting continuesly but i don't know how to edit my post here

know i'm doing resistance test again after restarting drive and it shows this:
Head 00 Resistance 0131
Head 01 Resistance 015B
Head 02 Resistance 0101
Head 03 Resistance 0120
Head 04 Resistance 0151
Head 05 Resistance 012B

is head #2 doing OK?
why it has so much different reading?

Thanks
I just have an usb ttl converter
No pro hardware tools
It will be grate to make it works temporarly to atleast recover part of data. Can i do so?
How can i check for firmware problems?

Head 2 frequently fails on these drives.

_________________
Luke
Recovery Force Data Recovery