Seagate baracuda LP ST31500541AS stuck on BSY

[ththeod]

I have a case with a Seagate LP drive model ST31500541AS stuck on BSY
the currents look fine from the occilloscope in Atola insight so I guess it's a version of the usual firmware bug.

In the terminal i get

Rst 0x20M

LED:000000CD FAddr:00006CCB

LED:000000CD FAddr:00006CCB

but crtl+Ζ doesn't work to interact with the drive. Any insights?
Thanks in advance for your help.

[robbie]

ththeod, I think you need to check your PCB first.

[dmarques]

Check if you PCB is native.
Then if it is, you can try to follow up unlock procedure, but you must short the read channel.

[ththeod]

Sorry i forgot to update it as solved, it was fixed using the r/w channel short method using the same pcb, I just didn't find the short points at that time and it had a new pcb. Thanks for your concern!

[dmarques]

Nice.

[Stalker (AKA Zver)]

Sorry i forgot to update it as solved, it was fixed using the r/w channel short method using the same pcb, I just didn't find the short points at that time and it had a new pcb. Thanks for your concern!

Hello, ththeod!

I have the same situation, can you give me more information about sing the r/w channel short method for this drive?

Many thanks!

[Stalker (AKA Zver)]

Also the only thing I get in the terminal is

Rst 0x20M
(P) SATA Reset

[dmarques]

If you get that on terminal the drive should go to ready no ?

[Stalker (AKA Zver)]

No, after power on, BIOS can not recognize this drive. It is not detected by BIOS anytime.

Later I'll write more detailed information, how I try to get connected to the terminal of this drive.

[Stalker (AKA Zver)]

So, crtl+Ζ works, it is needed just to press right after Rst 0x20M, before (P) SATA Reset

BIOS can not recognise HDD, and it does not continue booting, if HDD attached, it gets stuck trying to detect HDD.

Here is the pictures of PCB

Attachments

PCB

PCB

[dmarques]

And can you run any commands while it's BSY ?

[Stalker (AKA Zver)]

Yes, no problems with executing commands. E.g. U and Z works fine.

[dmarques]

Have you tried to regenerate translator?

[Stalker (AKA Zver)]

No, I did not try to use m0,6,2,,,,,22

[dmarques]

Try to clear Smart and then regenerate translator.

[harddrivespecialist]

I know one data recovery pro in Kazan, you might want to consider taking your drive to him if data is important.

[Stalker (AKA Zver)]

No, data is not important.

I just want to bring back HDD to working state.

[Stalker (AKA Zver)]

Try to clear Smart and then regenerate translator.

No result The same situation after this operations.

BIOS can not continue booting, just trys to detect this drive.

Rst 0x20M
(P) SATA Reset

ASCII Diag mode

F3 T>/2

F3 2>Z

Spin Down Complete
Elapsed Time 12.615 secs
F3 2>U

HighPowerMode 002F
ExecuteSpinRequest

Spin Up Complete
Elapsed Time 9.392 secs
F3 2>/T

F3 T>m0,2,2,,,,,22
Max Wr Retries = 00, Max Rd Retries = 00, Max ECC T-Level = 16, Max Certify Rewrite Retries = 1F5C

User Partition Format 2% complete, Zone 00, Pass 00, LBA 00009A64, ErrCode 00000080, Elapsed Time 0 mins 30 secs
User Partition Format Successful - Elapsed Time 0 mins 30 secs
Zone re-format was skipped.
F3 T>

[tonito]

somebody could solve the problem, because now I have the same


In the terminal i get

Rst 0x20M

LED:000000CD FAddr:00006CCB

LED:000000CD FAddr:00006CCB

[labtech]

Possible solutions and suggestions have been provided throughout the forum. Use the search function with relevent keywords.

If not sure what to do or it seems overwhelming, send to a pro.