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Maxtor 6Y080L0 mis-identified as 6Y084L2 in PC3K??????

March 7th, 2006, 7:41

Maxtor 6Y080L0 is mis-identified as 6Y084L2 YCR41VJ0 in PC3K

Does anyone know how to fix this problem?

Thanks

March 7th, 2006, 12:02

Migt be cable or connector related.
pepe

March 7th, 2006, 21:04

Calypso can do this.
Probably some data in SA is damaged or corrupted.

March 8th, 2006, 4:48

For some reason ( problems with the SA) the drive cannot start in standard mode and therefore it starts in alternative mode. In such a mode you can start the Self-test to repair the drive including the SA. Otherwise you must start the drive in Safe mode, use a loader to run it in standard mode and repair SA manually.

March 8th, 2006, 11:51

Hi BGman,

The C in the FW revision can be a result of a single bit contact problem, since there is a '4' digit instead of a '0' elsewhere, in word-length distance.

pepe

March 9th, 2006, 5:19

Hi Pepe,
I have seen a number of Calipso drives to identify themselves in such a way, but... feel free to trust what you want.

March 9th, 2006, 16:10

Hi,

I only said this COULD be, not this IS the problem.
It is much easier to check or replace a cable in the beginning than sucking (sorry for the word) some hours with the FW and finally replace the cable.
BTW I also think it is more than 80% probably FW related.

pepe

March 9th, 2006, 19:32

Hi pepe :)

No need to read anything -

the model no reported by gbulger == FW === 100% certain.
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