WD Hot Swap doesn't work

[odedshankar]

Hi Guys,

I have a case where a WD2500AAJS-00B4A0 would not come ready but it sounds like the heads calibrating properly.
I managed to access the SA with manual load and copy the ROM and test the heads - the heads seems to be fine so i assume it is a FW issue.
So I got an exact donor, same model, same ROM, same PCB and did hot swap following the instructions of the attached document, I did exactly as told in this document attached but I can't get access to the data area of the patient drive all 6666.
Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Oded

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[loki]

Do the head maps match?
How close are the MicroJogs?

Loki

[jono-ats]

The Salvation attachment talks about WD, but shows a Maxtor drive.

You need to back up more than P-List & G-List to the hot swap donor. Like all the tracks.

Their advice is bad and doesn't work with this model. Big surprise.