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Terminal setting for ST340810A U6

August 27th, 2014, 5:34

Could someone please provide te terminal setting for an old Seagate ST340810A 40 Gbyte HDD, U6 model IDE connection ? The drive has the 8-pin serial port; I do not know if serial connection works with those ones, I never connected them before. I could not find it googling or searcing tis website.


I shall detail the problem later.

Thanks

Re: Terminal setting for ST340810A U6

August 27th, 2014, 5:53

Also, please advise which of the four piars of pins are used for terminal connections. Thanks a lot.

Matiw wrote:Could someone please provide te terminal setting for an old Seagate ST340810A 40 Gbyte HDD, U6 model IDE connection ? The drive has the 8-pin serial port; I do not know if serial connection works with those ones, I never connected them before. I could not find it googling or searcing tis website.


I shall detail the problem later.

Thanks

Re: Terminal setting for ST340810A U6

August 27th, 2014, 6:43

When the computer is switched on, Windows XP startup screen comes; it then stays for sometimes and ten the blue screen comes.

When I connect the HDD to another computer thought IDE to Sata connector, it is not detected. Neither is it detected through Sata-to-USB adaptor.

Terminal output is:

Intf task reset 1024k x 16 buffer detected
Ref 0188 - Hd MSK 0A00 switch to full int

Ready

U6 - ST340810A (S), 03.39

.PMstr


Ctrl-Z brings nothing

What could the problem be ? Any help is apperciated.

Thanks

Re: Terminal setting for ST340810A U6

August 27th, 2014, 10:52

Subsequent messages like the following have confirmed the presence of bad sectors (Thanks to waqas):

OLS -18b291F, > 1BC969A, OLS -1BC969A, 1ED2848

Now I have a problem fixing those bad sectors (located on user area as windows screen was being displayed at start up before the BSOD comes).

Since the HDD is Pata type, I can not use many programs which demand only Sata. I have been trying to use HDAT2 to fix those bad sectors, but I am stack at physical connection stage. HDAT2 is not recognizing the PATA to USB connection (I tried more tan three cables but in vain).

Can someone please help ?

Thanks

Re: Terminal setting for ST340810A U6

August 27th, 2014, 11:45

I have googled and found out that USBASPI.SYS driver is needed in order for the USB PATA drive to be detected. HDAT2 has the driver and it gives an option to load the USB driver at start up; but, when this USB driver is selected, all USB ports in the comouter become undetected, even the keyboard and the mouse fail to be detected. Any help please.

Thanks

Re: Terminal setting for ST340810A U6

August 27th, 2014, 11:52

So, you are using PATA to USB converters ?
You should use PC which has normal PATA controller onboard ...

Re: Terminal setting for ST340810A U6

August 27th, 2014, 12:03

Unforunately, i do not have a computer of this type arround me at the moment. Is there a way that I can go around this ?

Tks

Jano952 wrote:So, you are using PATA to USB converters ?
You should use PC which has normal PATA controller onboard ...

Re: Terminal setting for ST340810A U6

August 28th, 2014, 21:06

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