Quaxtor/WD drive fun

[Russwinters]

Hello all, I have a couple personal drives that have no data of significant value on it that i'm messing around with for fun/practice.


The first drive is a D540X-4K drive. This drive when plugged in doesn't do the click twice and change speed (recalibrate?) that I have read about; it just goes wild, clicking very loudly, and does not stop for ~20 seconds or so. I'm guessing heads, but I just wanted to see what everyone else thought.

The next drive is a WD2500JB. This drive does not click, or make any out of the ordinary mechanical sounds; the power currents look normal and there is nothing suspicious going on until it IDs, where all you get is [][][][][][][][][][] for everything.

My guess is either: Only one head is failing? or there is a firmware issue.

let me know what you guys think, im just trying to get feedback on these for experience/learning. As I have said these drives have no data of significant value and i could care less if they get destroyed, the experience and knowledge is more important to me

[N.C.]

Hello,

The first drive, clicks twice, than change speed if H0 is dead.
Or gets ready and shows some strange if the H1 is dead.
This can be pcb or SA issue!

The second drive, i think it is pcb problem, or SA.

Regards,
Janos

[Russwinters]

indeed; but with the maxtor it does neither of those, i just begins clicking in half second intervals very loudly for ~20-30 seconds and the goes idle. It will show pretty much all errors flashing as well. (AMNF, T0NF, IDNF, UNC)

[N.C.]

indeed; but with the maxtor it does neither of those, i just begins clicking in half second intervals very loudly for ~20-30 seconds and the goes idle. It will show pretty much all errors flashing as well. (AMNF, T0NF, IDNF, UNC)

FW issue! 95%!

[Russwinters]

This reflects what I have been thinking; I will let you know my findings

[N.C.]

This reflects what I have been thinking; I will let you know my findings

Or weak SA head!
This can be too.

J