Upgrading FW of a Seagate Laptop HDD ST9500325AS

[longlife]

Just by chance came to know how to Upgrade FW of a Seagate Laptop HDD ST9320325AS in the following link,

http://www.wddisk.com/forum.php?mod=vie ... a=page%3D2

But in the cd, there are 7 LOD files, i want know which LOD is required for Seagate Laptop HDD ST9500325AS.

Any experienced user, please guide us.

Also, very much interested to know whether any other Laptop manufacturer has come out with such cd which is very convenient for persons like us to act on.

[fzabkar]

This is what I found in the FW.PRO file that I extracted from the Lenovo FWSH43 img:

Code:

; ST9500325AS 500.0GB
"ST9500325AS","0007LVM1","0008LVM1","5468LVM1.BIN","HFSS108.EXE","","","SEAGATE"

AFAICT, you need the 5468LVM1.BIN file, but I would not apply Lenovo firmware to a non-Lenovo drive, as the results would be unpredictable.

[longlife]

Many many thanks, Fzabkar,

For the analysis of the lenovo cd.

but if you go by the link, you will find that "YURIFROMHELL", the thread-started has upgraded his non-lenove 320GB Hdd with the help of this cd.

so if you can help me more.

[fzabkar]

I have attached the FW.PRO file.

This is the README:

Code:

            ThinkPad Hard Disk Drive (SATA) Firmware Update Utility
           =========================================================

This utility will examine your system configuration and detect all Hard Disk Drives installed.  It will then check the firmware revision of the drive and judge whether your system requires a firmware update or not. If required, it will prompt you to run the appropriate firmware update program for your drive.

Important Notice :

- REMOVE Hard Disk Drive password.   
   Otherwise firmware can't be updated with error message.

- This bootable CD is made to automatically start the Firmware Update Utility (FW.EXE).

- This bootable CD contains several executable files other than FW.EXE.
   DO NOT RUN THESE PROGRAMS.
   Running these programs other than FW.EXE could ruin your Hard Disk Drive.

- Drives that have been detected will be listed in the upper area of the Main Menu.
   If a drive that requires an update is detected, it will be shown with a
   blinking mark on the left.

- Follow the instructions displayed on the screen.

Attachments

FW_PRO.zip

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[longlife]

Thanks again, FZABKAR.

In the meantime, I have with the help of the lenovo CD tried to upgrade the HDD, but unfortunately the HDD has become capacity 0 and not detected by motherboard anymore. Earlier, it was being detected by motherboard but was hanging NOW & THEN.

Do you have any idea of any software that can revive the disk?

One ST-R v1.31 has come in the field, which people are using, but i donot know the effectiveness of the tool.

Anyone else have the idea of this tool... HDDGURU is full of masters, hope some one can guide me in right direction.

[longlife]

Welcome SPILDIT, WELCOME.

Now i do not require data from the HDD but want to make the hdd workable.

Please give some excellent suggestions, so that the drive becomes working again.

[longlife]

Thank you, Spildit.

i do have a ttl adopter and i can send you theTTL logs and MHDD screen shots. One think how can i get the status of head test i.e., by which software?

[longlife]

Now no TTL response and MHDD does not detect the hdd.

But if i come by such type of HDD, what i should do?