MCTPWrt FAILASSERT - Seagate Momentus Thin 320GB ST320LT020

[Oyster55]

Hi, this drive's controller card alone comes ready on PC3KUDMA.

But when attached to the HDA, the drive stays BSY with the following
readout in Terminal - which repeats as long as powered on:

MCTPWrt FAIL
MCTPWrt FAILASSERT_ID_00009650
LED:000000CC FAddr:00352A5F
Rst 0x10M
(P) SATA Reset

MCTPWrt FAIL
MCTPWrt FAILASSERT_ID_00009650
LED:000000CC FAddr:00352A5F
Rst 0x10M
(P) SATA Reset

It does not ID and shows 0.49 MB capacity.

Ideas anyone?

Thanks!!

-Drew
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[Oyster55]

I just tried the Solution for LED error, and I get this:

Test : Solution for the "HDD Lock (LED: 000000CC)" problem

Switching HDD power supply OFF

Switching HDD power supply ON
COM port reconnection...
Spin Up...

Spin Up Complete
Elapsed Time 2.138 secs
F3 2>
Error starting command "En Tech" (Drive is not ready)

[Oyster55]

Sorry, I should have also said, we opened the drive in our clean room
and it's a single platter - no scratches on top, filter looks clean, both
heads are present and everything moves freely.

I have access to an exact match Donor.....

-Drew
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[Oyster55]

Anybody??

[labtech]

These are tricky.

What's story based on the customer's description?

[Oyster55]

It's from a laptop and they said "just died"

D

[labtech]

Checked surface 0 for media damage?

[Oyster55]

Hi, there was no visible surface damage
spotted in our clean room examination.

-D

[Oyster55]

Update: We did heads transplant from exact donor
and drive comes ready, but with 0MB!

I am able to do a HDD Resources Backup and I get these errors:

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Obtaining Saved Mode Pages File information...
Reading Saved Mode Pages...
Parsing Saved Mode Pages...
SMP Dbl: 0x3C000317 - 0x037FF7FF (0x0000000F)

LBA alignment........................... : 0

Obtaining Registry File information...
Reading Registry File...
Parsing Registry File...

Media Cache
===========
MC : enabled
MC Size : 0x0
MC MCMT Ver is unavailable!!!
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and also these errors:

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Module 002B, R/W Operating Parameters (translator, etc)............... : Error
Error : Rq Rd Sys File part ID 2B, Offs 0x0 err! Tech state 0x72, 0x04440000

Sys File FC34D028(0).................................................. : Error
Error : Rd SysF 3:28:0 (0/8000) err = 0x0000000E
Sys File FC34D028(1).................................................. : Error
Error : Rd SysF 3:28:1 (0/8000) err = 0x0000000E

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I am not sure if those modules/files are important - how does one ever know that?

ALSO, the 0MB solution fails to fix this.

Help, still, please....

-Drew
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[labtech]

Translator error: the most important when it comes to data access.
Seems like media is severely deteriorated.

[Oyster55]

Thanks labtech. Yesterday, I gained the following additional info:

The drive "ID's" but the firmware is wrong and capacity is empty!

Model : ST320LT020-9YG142
Serial : W040JRFF
Firmware : 0001
Capacity : MB ()


With power cycling, the Terminal shows:

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(S) SATA Reset

Rst 0x10M
(P) SATA Reset

M_FT_IF_MC_Mct_Init_Fail 1
[PORFAIL:MC.disabled]
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Thanks again - I'm still hoping for some specific things to try...

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[labtech]

Have you ruled out PCB is native and in proper working condition?

[mr_spokk]

Checked surface 0 for media damage?

Hi, there was no visible surface damage
spotted in our clean room examination.

-D

How did you check surface 0 on the media?