Maxtor D540X-4D 4D040H2220311 Firmware Corrupt
March 7th, 2007, 3:05
What I'm trying to do is repair my Maxtor 40GB hard drive with a lot of music recorded on it from my brother's band. He didn't backup as often as I asked him, so he's barely paying me $100 to fix it.
* Name:Maxtor D540X-4D / Model: 4D040H2220311
* HDD Processor: Texas Instruments DSP
* Symptoms: OS not recognising hard drive after it crashed while being overloaded?, BIOS sees "MAXTOR ROMULUS", it spins OK and sounds good, but that is all.
From my research on its problem, I have come up with the following information:
* Problem: The firmware, part of which is located on the disk itself, is corrupt.
* Some say PC-3000 ($400 hardware solution) is the only way, some say Salvation-DATA ($400 software solution) will work; e.g. from their website:
http://www.salvationdata.com/images/products/PROGRAM-MODULE_MaxtorFR.jpg
I don't have $400, only $100 to fix this problem myself (unless I go into business with this
)
* There is a tool called HDD Repair 2.0 or 1.1 that can do some stuff. I'm not sure what, though, because I can't find any documentation.
* bubu321 on a forum uploaded a corrupt-linked maxtor repair procedure that I can't use because half of it's gone:
http://big-forum.com/showthread.php?t=195
* I can put the drive in "safe mode" (which I'm not sure what is) by jumpering the first 2 sets of pins.
* I should plug in the drive after the BIOS screen so that it doesn't detect it when I'm fiddling with it.
* MHDD can detect some drive info no matter what but you have to be a pro to understand it.
Some people on this forum have said to others to "educate" themselves on this stuff, but where can I "educate myself"?
Can someone in this forum point me in the right direction or fix it or fill in my missing pieces of info?
UPDATE: I was just reading the big PC-3000 manual and now I'm scared shitless!
* Name:Maxtor D540X-4D / Model: 4D040H2220311
* HDD Processor: Texas Instruments DSP
* Symptoms: OS not recognising hard drive after it crashed while being overloaded?, BIOS sees "MAXTOR ROMULUS", it spins OK and sounds good, but that is all.
From my research on its problem, I have come up with the following information:
* Problem: The firmware, part of which is located on the disk itself, is corrupt.
* Some say PC-3000 ($400 hardware solution) is the only way, some say Salvation-DATA ($400 software solution) will work; e.g. from their website:
http://www.salvationdata.com/images/products/PROGRAM-MODULE_MaxtorFR.jpg
I don't have $400, only $100 to fix this problem myself (unless I go into business with this
)
* There is a tool called HDD Repair 2.0 or 1.1 that can do some stuff. I'm not sure what, though, because I can't find any documentation.
* bubu321 on a forum uploaded a corrupt-linked maxtor repair procedure that I can't use because half of it's gone:
http://big-forum.com/showthread.php?t=195
* I can put the drive in "safe mode" (which I'm not sure what is) by jumpering the first 2 sets of pins.
* I should plug in the drive after the BIOS screen so that it doesn't detect it when I'm fiddling with it.
* MHDD can detect some drive info no matter what but you have to be a pro to understand it.
Some people on this forum have said to others to "educate" themselves on this stuff, but where can I "educate myself"?
Can someone in this forum point me in the right direction or fix it or fill in my missing pieces of info?
UPDATE: I was just reading the big PC-3000 manual and now I'm scared shitless!
March 8th, 2007, 14:21
Google
Where are you based?
Where are you based?
March 8th, 2007, 16:57
I'm based in CANADA, i.e. postal code V1Y 1J4
If anyone can fix this for $100 I'd be pleased!
If anyone can fix this for $100 I'd be pleased!
March 8th, 2007, 18:43
My Maxtor drive showed up as MAXTOR SABRE which is the same symptom as yours. I had messed with the firmware but in the end I succeeded to do a proper re-flash and the drive was fine again.
Did you (or your brother) by any chance try to update the drive's firmware?
Did you (or your brother) by any chance try to update the drive's firmware?
March 9th, 2007, 15:31
How did you do it, weaker?
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