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KINDLY HELP ME FIX THE ROM

March 24th, 2023, 11:26

Hi I have got a Seagate ST4000DM004 P/N 2U9104-300 3.5" Internal Drive, Problem is with the PCB diode was short and even after replacing diode, PCB still has problem as pc3k cant read rom so I read rom by rom programmer and wrote the patient rom in donor PCB after writing I get the below terminal output : I even had a doubt whether rom was overwritten but the client had directly brought it to me.

Flash boot code Digital Signature Verification failure!
0x00000001
0x00000001
0x00000001
0x00000001
0x00000001
SEA5 Boot ROM 1.0 (06/01/2017)
Copyright Seagate 2017-VM000

since its a new model so I even tried swapping the rom physically to donor PCB still same problem can somebody help me fix the rom.
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ROM.rar
ROM ATTACHED
(281.13 KiB) Downloaded 253 times
jain video.jpeg
Pls find the drive

Re: KINDLY HELP ME FIX THE ROM

March 24th, 2023, 12:05

Could it be that the donor's MCU has a unique key?

What is wrong with the patient PCB?

Re: KINDLY HELP ME FIX THE ROM

March 24th, 2023, 13:16

See this similar thread:

Can someone Provide Donor ROM for this hdd ST2000DM005-2U9102:
https://forum.hddguru.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=42905

Re: KINDLY HELP ME FIX THE ROM

March 25th, 2023, 1:38

fzabkar wrote:Could it be that the donor's MCU has a unique key?

What is wrong with the patient PCB?


Patient PCB has diode short i installed another diode even after its not powering on and there is no burnt or damages in pcb

Re: KINDLY HELP ME FIX THE ROM

March 25th, 2023, 2:37

Flow a blob of solder over the zero-ohm resistors. They will probably be open circuit. If you don't know what I'm talking about, upload a photo or at least tell us the PCB number.

Re: KINDLY HELP ME FIX THE ROM

May 10th, 2023, 4:04

Pls find the pcb attached
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Back.jpeg
PCB Front.jpeg
diode was short so i replace them
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