Guys i can't believe this actually worked. The ZOC script worked like a charm, thank you
However, the Intel board i'm using (D525WM) claims that "A problem with the hard drive has been detected. Press the Enter key to continue". The drive itself it behaving normally under Linux and Windows. The only thing i've noticed is that hdparm reports the drive as "not locked".
I suspect that it has something to do with either ZU or
this script i tried.
There's a firmware update (SD1B vs CC4H on the drive), but i can't flash it. I even tried to use hdparms `--fwdownload` option. This spams dmesg with errors for a minute or so, but doesn't update the firmware.
Oh and i've did a security erase, but that also didn't help.
A note for future googlers: ZOC will tell you that there's no RTS/CTS signal. That's because those pins are not connected. Just try to run the script. If it tells you "no connection", swap RX and TX.