Data recovery and disk repair questions and discussions related to old-fashioned SATA, SAS, SCSI, IDE, MFM hard drives - any type of storage device that has moving parts
February 22nd, 2011, 19:37
What is the manufacturer and part number for a cable that will attach to the 4 pin (2mm) of Seagate SATA drives such as the 7200.11 series - this is the RX/TX pins? Needed because I'd like to build a decent platform for rescuing these drives for the firmware issue that some of them have.
February 22nd, 2011, 20:17
johngammel wrote:What is the manufacturer and part number for a cable that will attach to the 4 pin (2mm) of Seagate SATA drives such as the 7200.11 series - this is the RX/TX pins? Needed because I'd like to build a decent platform for rescuing these drives for the firmware issue that some of them have.
Hi,
What issue? Drives more detail?
Best Regards,
Neuron
February 22nd, 2011, 20:32
The problem is the Seagate BSY problem. But I'm not looking how to solve that - just want to buy several high quality cables that plug into the drive (don't want to worry with loose connections, shorts, etc.).
February 22nd, 2011, 21:28
You might like to try this one:
Prolific USB to TTL Logic Cable (US$10):
http://www.serialstuff.com/products/Pro ... Cable.html
February 23rd, 2011, 9:52
Thanks for the suggestion. It's USB which typically means a driver install - but I've got lots of test systems.
Always a little concerned with websites where there are major typos on the first page such as:
USB to Serial convters for
Still would like either a connector number or pigtail assembly for the drive.
February 24th, 2011, 10:23
At a local connector house I got a JST 02NR-E2R9(LF) connector - has 2 pins. With lots of filing of the body plastic I was able to get this to fit nicely over the pins on the jumper block (Tx and Rx). Punched down wires that I stripped out of a spool of bulk CAT cable. Used my SIIG adapter 12V/5V as the power source for both the drive and the RS232-TTL converter so didn't need to use the grd on the jumper block. Combined a couple of internet posts together and got the drive to work again. Obviously, one of the first things I did was do the HP26 (sp40966) drive firmware update.
Seagate answered my reply for a part number for a connector or cable for the jumper block by telling me that they sold the drive to HP - so I should contact them. Customer service???
Connector house thought the 4-pin connector was likely an Amphenol part - but even with lots of catalogs they couldn't find it. They thought it might be a Seagate only part.
I'm going to close this.
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