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Slow Reading WESTERN WD3200BEKT family Zephyr 2.5

February 26th, 2014, 4:30

Hello,
Have a WESTERN DIGITAL WD3200BEKT.
Its reading very very slow in DE.
Already applied "slow reading" problem of PC3k, still the problem persists.
Any suggestion Experts..

Thanks

Re: Slow Reading WESTERN WD3200BEKT family Zephyr 2.5

February 26th, 2014, 5:19

Probably a weak/suspect head, make a head map in DE and see if any heads read faster/slower than others

Re: Slow Reading WESTERN WD3200BEKT family Zephyr 2.5

February 26th, 2014, 8:54

Already tried head MAP and found that both the heads are working slow.
Even after RAM head mapping they are slow individually.

I just noticed that it takes lot of time reading Relo-List. Even if i try to Erase Reli-List or clear it it does not get cleared and its 380 odd entries does not get cleared.
Could that be the problem ???

Re: Slow Reading WESTERN WD3200BEKT family Zephyr 2.5

February 26th, 2014, 12:35

Hello
Remove idle setting from module # 02 of zephyr and latest hdd to get fast access to detection and some time slow responding.
also clear g list and its translator .

Regards
Waqas Ali
www.sediv.net

Re: Slow Reading WESTERN WD3200BEKT family Zephyr 2.5

February 27th, 2014, 4:13

Thanks for your replies
Tried all the above suggested by "Splidit" and "Waqas"
Yes i have been disabling relocation by selecting correct box.
Tried clearing Glist and regen translator.
It is still reading slow in DE and remains BUSY for fraction of seconds before proceeding

Any advice further experts ??

Re: Slow Reading WESTERN WD3200BEKT family Zephyr 2.5

February 27th, 2014, 4:29

hello
open 02 module in hex and after this word (XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 0HXZ0022) all values will be 000000 and then save it to module 02,to remove idle mode.
Regards
Waqas Ali
http://www.sediv.net
Attachments
removed idle.jpg
original.jpg

Re: Slow Reading WESTERN WD3200BEKT family Zephyr 2.5

February 27th, 2014, 8:29

Thanks Waqas again,
I tried to edit Mod 02 as suggested by you.
I noticed that Copy 0 is not getting edited and it remains the same. Copy 1 is edited but the problem remains the same.
In a working drive i am able to edit and both copies are getting edited.
What do you suggest ??

Re: Slow Reading WESTERN WD3200BEKT family Zephyr 2.5

February 27th, 2014, 9:16

ah that is the thing, now you find the damaged and read only head, due to which reading is slow. try to use selective head image. or head map in ram.

Re: Slow Reading WESTERN WD3200BEKT family Zephyr 2.5

February 27th, 2014, 10:01

Ha ..
Head test is failing
Let me change the Heads and get back. Should be resolved.
Thanks "Waqas" again
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