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Need Hitatchi firmware

July 14th, 2018, 19:23

Hello,

Trying to track down firmware for the following hitatchi drives:
HUA721010KLA330
HDE721010SLA330

I've done some extensive research to see if I could track down firmware. I did find some potential firmware for HUA721010KLA330, but it's dell firmware and unsure how that will work, if at all. Just for reference for any looking, I found the firmware from the link below:
https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en ... erid=kd2f4
I'm willing to give that firmware a chance and just JTAG the PCB later if the firmware bricks the drive.

Any hitatchi firmware version will work for my needs, though I prefer newest firmware if possible. They currently have custom firmware on them which locks the drives to only negotiate 1.5gbps link speeds which my HBA won't support.

Thanks!

Re: Need Hitatchi firmware

July 14th, 2018, 21:07

A drive's firmware consists of many modules. Only a few of these modules would be targeted by an update. I suspect that in your case you would be looking at the FEAT (features?) module.

Alternatively, there could be a configuration setting in the NVRAM on the PCB.

You might like to investigate "Niagara":
http://files.hddguru.com/download/Software/HGST/

Edit: You might be able to achieve your ends with Hitachi's Feature Tool:
https://www.hgst.com/support/hard-drive-support/downloads/legacy-downloads

Warning! Switching your drive to support 3.0Gb/s, or enabling spread spectrum clocking and then using it, may render your drive unusable in a system that cannot support these functions. If in doubt, please contact your system manufacturer.

Re: Need Hitatchi firmware

July 14th, 2018, 22:40

I will check out the suggested took asap.

As far as the feature tool, I can't get it to detect my drive. I dont have hardware old enough for it to detect my drive correctly.

Thanks!

Re: Need Hitatchi firmware

July 15th, 2018, 11:07

Hello,

@fzabkar; Checked out Niagara and while I'm pretty sure I found the right section to set link speed, it seems to have failed:
Code:
CMD: A1 06 20 54 02 00 C7 A9 00 8F 00 00

     FE SC LL LM LH DH CM 
ATA: 54 02 00 C7 A9 00 8F

Error (0 ms) At 08:56:52 07/15/18

<E> Check Condition:

Info: Command Returned 0 bytes

70 00 0B 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00

Translation: Aborted Command.  No Additional Sense Code.

For reference, after opening Niagara (spti driver detected my drives) I ensured only the target device was selected, then went to ATA Tools > Set Features > Vendor Unique Features > 0x54: Set SATA Speed Limit > 0x2

@Spildit; Primary goal is to set link speed to 3Gb/s. I was finally able to get the drive to show up to the feature tool from hgst, but it claimed the drive didn't support changing link speed.

So as a note, this drive came out of a NetApp appliance and was previously flashed with NetApp's custom firmware. What all that changes, I'm unsure, but that's the main reason for trying to find stock firmware. I'm not sure I can set the link speed until I've gotten rid of this garbage NetApp Firmware.

Thanks!

Re: Need Hitatchi firmware

July 15th, 2018, 11:59

Update! I noticed another feature to "Disable Force Gen 1" for the drive. Executed that successfully on the HDE721010SLA330. I will try it out on some others but that might have been the trick I needed.

I'll also test this on the HUA721010KLA330 when I get home and can swap to the disk.

I'll post some updates later tonight.

Thanks!

Re: Need Hitatchi firmware

July 18th, 2018, 15:22

Completely forgot to post an update. Niagara did the trick, same advanced option for both drives to disable force gen 1.

Re: Need Hitatchi firmware

July 18th, 2018, 16:08

Thanks for the feedback.

Re: Need Hitatchi firmware

November 14th, 2018, 23:01

snackmasterx wrote:Hello,

@fzabkar; Checked out Niagara and while I'm pretty sure I found the right section to set link speed, it seems to have failed:
Code:
CMD: A1 06 20 54 02 00 C7 A9 00 8F 00 00

     FE SC LL LM LH DH CM 
ATA: 54 02 00 C7 A9 00 8F

Error (0 ms) At 08:56:52 07/15/18

<E> Check Condition:

Info: Command Returned 0 bytes

70 00 0B 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00

Translation: Aborted Command.  No Additional Sense Code.

For reference, after opening Niagara (spti driver detected my drives) I ensured only the target device was selected, then went to ATA Tools > Set Features > Vendor Unique Features > 0x54: Set SATA Speed Limit > 0x2

@Spildit; Primary goal is to set link speed to 3Gb/s. I was finally able to get the drive to show up to the feature tool from hgst, but it claimed the drive didn't support changing link speed.

So as a note, this drive came out of a NetApp appliance and was previously flashed with NetApp's custom firmware. What all that changes, I'm unsure, but that's the main reason for trying to find stock firmware. I'm not sure I can set the link speed until I've gotten rid of this garbage NetApp Firmware.

Thanks!


Apologies for resurecting such an old dog! But I'm facing an issue with a HGST HTS541010A9E680 http://forum.hddguru.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=37692 while trying to restrict the negotiated speed to SATAII, instead of SATAIII. If you have time, please could you come over to that topic or drop me a PM? Many thanks in advance!

Re: Need Hitatchi firmware

October 21st, 2021, 12:57

hello, where can find Niagara? How can download?

Re: Need Hitatchi firmware

October 21st, 2021, 18:31

ftp://atxlab.ddns.net/ftp/hdd/hgst/

Re: Need Hitatchi firmware

October 22nd, 2021, 9:33

@fzabkar thank you.....

Re: Need Hitatchi firmware

October 22nd, 2021, 13:56

Hello again.. i need DRT-SCSITOOL ? site http://www.hydata.com.cn/index.php/new/ ... /id/3.html -> dont'd work.....

Can help me anyone?
Best,
danny
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