Advice with ROM swap on 2T FireCuda SSHD ST2000LX001 ...

[pepe]

but Doomer is correct, this particular drive is not recoverable.

I would argue with that.

pepe

[johnnyBrandom]

I ran two tests where I incrementally increased the mechanical pressure to the top of the nand chip. This test was to rule out that there was a bad solder joint under the nand. The device behavior was unchanged so I am ruling out a bad nand bga solder joint as the cause of failure.

[underdeath21]

you should be very careful with donor rom...i had some chips what have exactly same text,but diffrent data writen on them..thx to this i accidentally destroyed few hdd data recovery chances completely..always read chip with reader,i do it..

[cheadledatarecovery]

Regarding PC3000 support of Firecuda LX, I enquired with Ace TS as I have a ST1000LX015 in which requires access to the SA. The standard unlock functions within PC3000 do not currently allow access to TechMode/F3 T.

The response from Ace on 2 September 2019 was simply:

Hello John,

Unfortunately this model is not supported via PC-3000 yet.
Nothing to advise at the moment. Thanks for understanding.

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Best regards,
Sergey


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[manatails]

I am in the exact same place as the OP.

Drive does not spin, same board revision, serial port gives me the exact same message

Code:

Boot 0x80M
           DensityList:0x0000
PrgF
LED:0x000000BD FAddr:0x000059D8

LED:0x000000BD FAddr:0x000059D8

LED:0x000000BD FAddr:0x000059D8


Any updates on this?

[pepe]

Hello,

i doubt anybody will tell you the precise cause of that error, it needs to be researched on my side. I won't do any research unless i do the recovery. This probably applies to the few people able to deal with these drives...

pepe

[Doomer]

Any updates on this?

Same as before
Some people can fix, some can't.
No commercial tools available so far.
Outsource is your friend

[manatails]

I have most of my important data backed up so I don't really mind losing the drive.

Doing this just for fun and getting some insider knowledge so I don't mind trying something potentially destructive.

[pepe]

I think you are alone then... Nobody would invest time in your entertainment.

pepe

[Doomer]

Doing this just for fun and getting some insider knowledge so I don't mind trying something potentially destructive.

Let us know how it goes

[xCorbe]

johnnyBrandom, Hey mate do you recover successfully your st2000lx001 drive?

[johnnyBrandom]

johnnyBrandom, Hey mate do you recover successfully your st2000lx001 drive?

Long time since your post - short answer is no. I lost a few files that it would have been nice to recover but not for $600. Other commitments caused me to cease researching a fix on my own. I just came back here today in 2023 to see if anyone eventually posted information on the unlock code - still not critical for me but I found that I'm missing another file that would be nice to have. Hopefully you found a solution.

[Disk Solution]

No sorry to say still no solution at home, $200 for complete recovery if you can ship drive to my Lab.

[osity]

$200 is a steal, We won't do it for $200