SA head assign

[rameez]

Hello to all ,
I have a Maxtor 32049H2 whose firmware is corrupted , but the SA head 2 is weak (head assigned for SA operations) so i m not able to write the modules to the drive . I need to disable head 2 to restore drive operation but head 2 is SA head .
My question is can i assign head 3 as SA head in pc3k pci ?
If yes , please tell me a little about it .

Thanks in advance .

[pepe]

Hi,

SA head is hardcoded in the ROM. As far as I remember this drive has an external ROM, so in theory it is possible to do such thing. The question is: is it worth?

pepe

[rameez]

Thankyou for your reply ,
In some cases when hdd is in fail position and u need data and u cannot write any thing to the firmware area because the SA head is weak or completly not working there u would need to use this .
I am still researching where the SA head info is located i will keep u updated .

[pepe]

Hi,

if the SA is weak, U can still use smart hotswap...

pepe

[wawalab]

Check module 37#(U-list) you can found which head is SA head

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[rameez]

Thanks for such uselfull info , I will try it and let u know the results tommorow .

[pepe]

BTW, how do u tell the FW where to load mod 37 from in the first time?

pepe

[rameez]

wawalab,
I did like u above after making changes i restart the drive and the utility the SA head change from 2 to 3 but nothing happened , is there anything else i need to do ?

[rameez]

I also did 30 and 20 in ulist nothing changed is this with all DSP drives or just with proxima drives . And in the utility status there is an option to change SA head i click on it and restart drive nothing happens , does any body know what this option is for?

thanks