Strange ST3160813AS

[BGman]

The drive is not recognized by BIOS (BUSY all the time), but the strange thing is that it does not show up in the terminal . Sometimes only a letter p appears and that is all.
I've got a good 320GB drive of the same family, so I checked the terminal setting - everything is fine. I checked the PCB by swapping the FLASH chips. The PCB is OK.

Any suggestions about the cause of this strange behaviour ?

[BlackST]

Bad mcu/ram or pcb ko. Check parts.

[BGman]

Bad mcu/ram or pcb ko. Check parts.

What stands for "mcu/ram or pcb ko" ?

The PCB is working fine with the other (320GB) drive.

[Samo]

Can you access F> ?
Also did you try the other pcb on "bad" drive?

[BGman]

Can you access F> ?
Also did you try the other pcb on "bad" drive?

F> is not accessable with and without HDA.

The other pcb behave the same way as the native.

FW : CC2F

[fg2000]

HI,
My 7200.11 has similar problem either, I can not get access to the HDD through the COM port.

[BGman]

HI,
My 7200.11 has similar problem either, I can not get access to the HDD through the COM port.

What is the firmware revision of your drive?

[quasimodo]

Can you access F> ?
Also did you try the other pcb on "bad" drive?

F> is not accessable with and without HDA.

The other pcb behave the same way as the native.

FW : CC2F

If I remember this drive can be short curcuited to force F> access. But you better get one of the Guru's to confirm this.

[quasimodo]

HI,
My 7200.11 has similar problem either, I can not get access to the HDD through the COM port.

Your problem is mostlikley a different one. Do you use any professional tools?