Carve Writes (was Tonka vs Galaxy)

[shaun]

Now I've swapped the Smooth chip from a working drive to the Tonka et voila - the core voltage is back. But it still identifies itself as Galaxy and then tells me stuff I've not seen before:

Reset
8192k x 16 DRAM
GALAXY - 1_Disk S-7A 07-10-07_15:34

Buzz HM SFI
!
(P)SATA Reset
carve writes(H)SATA Reset
carve writes

What the hell is it writing there?
Has the customer swapped the boards, or is it normal for a Tonka to identify as Galaxy?
What about the writing stuff?

[shaun]

Whatever this messages means, I just copied the full 55 Gigabytes of customer data from this drive. I suspect bearing problems as the initial cause for the Smooth failing (increased motor current), because the drive got very hot, 70 deg C on the base after one hour in free air.

[fzabkar]

Has the customer swapped the boards ...

Compare the data codes on the chips against the date code on the label.

[shaun]

Its close enough to say the board is original, and as the data copied without any problems or errors, I think it was the original PCB.