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Seagate 7200.12 doesn´t spin

October 7th, 2014, 8:30

Hello,

I had a Seagate 7200.12 with broken heads. Surfaces OK.
After head swap with compatible donor, the disk is not spinning when power up.
Motor is not stucked and I am able to gently move the heads manually.

Any idea? Suggestions will be welcome

Re: Seagate 7200.12 doesn´t spin

October 7th, 2014, 8:42

What was original Problem?
Have you got any log from serial conecttion?

Re: Seagate 7200.12 doesn´t spin

October 7th, 2014, 9:37

The disk had one head broken.

No error message on terminal, just normal F3 T>

Re: Seagate 7200.12 doesn´t spin

October 7th, 2014, 13:45

Did it spin with original heads?
Could it be a PCB issue?

Re: Seagate 7200.12 doesn´t spin

October 8th, 2014, 3:41

if help wanted, you need report here more info about case.

i am sorry.

Re: Seagate 7200.12 doesn´t spin

October 8th, 2014, 7:43

Motor was spinning with original heads. I also change PCB and the same result ...

Re: Seagate 7200.12 doesn´t spin

October 8th, 2014, 8:18

i think there are problem with new heads
but you can connect terminal
and post log terminal here

Re: Seagate 7200.12 doesn´t spin

October 8th, 2014, 8:46

Terminal output:


ASCII Diag mode

F3 T>/2

F3 2>Z

DiagError 00005014
F3 2>U

DiagError 00005014
F3 2>V40

LED:000000CE FAddr:0029F05
Rst 0x20M

ASCII Diag mode

F3 T>V40

LED:000000CE FAddr:0029F05
Rst 0x20M
ASCII Diag mode

F3 T>
ASCII Diag mode

F3 T>
ASCII Diag mode

F3 T>V1

LED:000000CE FAddr:0029F05
Rst 0x20M
ASCII Diag mode

F3 T>/7

F3 7>X

LED:000000CE FAddr:0029F05

Re: Seagate 7200.12 doesn´t spin

October 8th, 2014, 9:17

Try to power on the drive with insulated pcb HDA (i mean insert a piece of paper between pcb and heads).
Do platter spin without HDA?

Re: Seagate 7200.12 doesn´t spin

October 8th, 2014, 17:18

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