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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
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ST31000528AS FW-CC38

November 2nd, 2015, 8:27

Is there a way to clear SMART ?
Attempt to clear SMART

F3 1>N1

Init SMART Fail
LED:000000CC FAddr:0024E2D
Rst 0x20M
ASCII Diag mode


Heads test

F3 7>X

Head 00 Resistance 0115
Head 01 Resistance 00FF
Head 02 Resistance 00EF
Head 03 Resistance 00DC

Re: ST31000528AS FW-CC38

November 2nd, 2015, 8:36

have you insulated PCB first?
If not, use a piece of paper to insulate it from HDD, then spin down the motor with Z command, connect again the pcb to hdd and spin up motor with U command, then clear smart

Insulate PCB from hdd
F3 T>/2
F3 2>Z
(connect pcb to hdd)

F3 2>U
F3 2>/1
F3 1>N1

Re: ST31000528AS FW-CC38

November 3rd, 2015, 2:35

have you insulated PCB first?


Well Terminal access is not a problem.
I am able to read system files via TERMINAL but the SMART is not reading 134 / 135
May be bad area i don't know
is there a hint
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