Switch to full style
Data recovery and disk repair questions and discussions related to old-fashioned SATA, SAS, SCSI, IDE, MFM hard drives - any type of storage device that has moving parts
Post a reply

Overlay module need for WD2500BEVT-80A23T0 drive

June 5th, 2015, 8:14

Hello there!
I need a fw overlay module for my patient drive.
I use SeDiv, so PC3K pcr file is useless for me :-(

MDL:WD2500BEVT-80A23T0
Manufacturing date:04 SEP 2010
FW version:01.01A01
Overlay microcode version:14.3RQ

Thanks for any help!

Re: Overlay module need for WD2500BEVT-80A23T0 drive

June 5th, 2015, 9:21

Not got that version, but got 14.3VQ.

May well be worth a shot :-)

Here it is...
Attachments
11.rar
(171.36 KiB) Downloaded 372 times

Re: Overlay module need for WD2500BEVT-80A23T0 drive

June 5th, 2015, 9:50

Thank you pcimage, but i tried your, and another 14.3VQ overlay, and it's not compatible :cry:

Re: Overlay module need for WD2500BEVT-80A23T0 drive

June 5th, 2015, 11:23

Hi Saltwater!!

I have those

wd2500bevt-00a0rt0
WD2500BEVT-75ZCT2
WD2500BEVT-08A23T1


I think not usefull but let me know if you are interesed in

Re: Overlay module need for WD2500BEVT-80A23T0 drive

June 8th, 2015, 4:19

Thank you hddrec, but these infos are not useful for me.
I opened the drive to see what cause the bzz-bzz sound, and i saw this.

DSC_1805.JPG

Re: Overlay module need for WD2500BEVT-80A23T0 drive

June 8th, 2015, 9:30

....I'm still looking an overlay module for this drive.

Re: Overlay module need for WD2500BEVT-80A23T0 drive

June 8th, 2015, 10:08

saltwater wrote:....I'm still looking an overlay module for this drive.


can you tell me the ROM ver.?

Re: Overlay module need for WD2500BEVT-80A23T0 drive

June 8th, 2015, 13:23

Sure!
14003R

Re: Overlay module need for WD2500BEVT-80A23T0 drive

June 9th, 2015, 0:50

I guess i don`t have the exact ver.
here is what i got in my db

i never tried Sediv and don`t know much about it, but if you have the UDMA, i can help u with it.

good luck
Attachments
14003xxx.jpg

Re: Overlay module need for WD2500BEVT-80A23T0 drive

June 9th, 2015, 4:14

Thank you Mr Einstein!
Here are all informations i have from SeDiv:

Action: Try Read Family Name..................................... OK!
Version ROM FW: 0014003R
Version SA FW:
Version FW Not Read!

Action: Read APB................................................. OK!
Action: Read Drive Table......................................... OK!
Action: Read Zone Table.......................................... Error: VSCE_PERM_OVL_NOT_LOADED
Action: Read Resident file: 000B................................. OK! (Not Active)
Action: Read Resident file: 000B................................. OK!
Action: Read VSC Table........................................... OK!
Drive Physical Parameters Data Table
Format version of return sector:........2
Controller firmware version:............14.3RQ
Servo firmware version:.................05.1K
Overlay firmware version:...............14.3RQ
Format firmware version:................A4.000
Channel firmware version:...............AA01H40
Product ID:.............................5861
Drive platter count:....................1
Physical head count:....................2
Virtual head count:.....................2
Depop Head Info:........................00000011
OK Head H0
OK Head H1
Drive type:.............................Mobile 2.5"
Servo zone count:.......................21
Servo wedges per track:.................248
Number of negative cylinders:...........256
Spindle RPM:............................5400
Physical number of user cylinders:......0
Cylinder wedge skew:....................31
Head wedge skew:........................78
Cluster wedge skew:.....................112
Code Residence:.........................Serial Flash
PCBA Type:..............................Entek
Interface type:.........................Serial ATA
Controller chip vendor ID:..............0
Controller chip revision Nomber:........25520
Microprocessor vendor ID:...............0
Microprocessor revision Nomber:.........25520
Channel chip vendor ID:.................9
Channel chip revision Nomber:...........32
PreAmp chip vendor ID:..................1
Preamp revision Nomber:.................0
Power IC vendor ID:.....................0
Power IC revision Nomber:...............28
Interleaves in OTF ECC correction:......1
Bytes per Interleave OTF correction:....22
F/W Burst correction count:.............45
Correction Bytes in Read Long:..........2635
Max VSC Transfer block count:...........256
Jumper Settings:........................UnKnown
Master Jumper:..........................OFF
Slave Jumper:...........................OFF
CSEL Jumper:............................OFF
Remaining Relocation sectors:...........0

Re: Overlay module need for WD2500BEVT-80A23T0 drive

June 9th, 2015, 5:01

@saltwater

Sorry, dono Sediv and never tried it

Re: Overlay module need for WD2500BEVT-80A23T0 drive

June 9th, 2015, 6:22

einstein9 wrote:@saltwater

Sorry, dono Sediv and never tried it



Okay, no problem, and thank you...

Re: Overlay module need for WD2500BEVT-80A23T0 drive

June 9th, 2015, 7:24

Now i read out almost all modules with WDR, and i attach the firmware modules to this post (maybe later someone needs these too)

Cheers!
Attachments
WDCWD3200BEVT-80A23T0-1.01A01-0014003R.zip
(4.78 MiB) Downloaded 352 times

Re: Overlay module need for WD2500BEVT-80A23T0 drive

June 11th, 2015, 14:09

Case closed, data recovered 100% with HSA exchange, and smart hot swap method.
Post a reply