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
September 13th, 2012, 15:16
Any hope with this? The drive comes ready, recognizes the full model and serial number, but shows 0 LBA and is completely inaccessible. Also it fails when trying to read ROM, and none of the system area modules are visible. I've tried a different PCB, hoping there was a slim chance that might have been the issue, but same result. Any thoughts on what else I might try with this? Feel free to PM if you prefer. Thanks!
WD1600JD-75HBB0
September 13th, 2012, 16:15
What fw tool you using?
If its UDMA then it sounds like you're selecting the wrong family utility.
September 13th, 2012, 16:21
pcimage wrote:What fw tool you using?
If its UDMA then it sounds like you're selecting the wrong family utility.
HD Doctor
September 13th, 2012, 16:49
Havent used my hd doctor for years, but are you sure you are selecting the right family?
September 13th, 2012, 22:41
pcimage wrote:Havent used my hd doctor for years, but are you sure you are selecting the right family?
Positive. I even tried similar families just to be sure. On DDI it shows all details for the drive but then has 0 LBA and then below that it says ZERO CAPACITY. Everything sounds normal with the drive.
September 14th, 2012, 5:08
HB = Falcon family
September 14th, 2012, 8:31
gtd4242 wrote:Any hope with this? The drive comes ready, recognizes the full model and serial number, but shows 0 LBA and is completely inaccessible. Also it fails when trying to read ROM, and none of the system area modules are visible. I've tried a different PCB, hoping there was a slim chance that might have been the issue, but same result. Any thoughts on what else I might try with this? Feel free to PM if you prefer. Thanks!
WD1600JD-75HBB0
Any signs that this drive may have gone to some other "funny" places prior to you? Or what is the history on the drive?
September 14th, 2012, 10:58
labtech wrote:
Any signs that this drive may have gone to some other "funny" places prior to you? Or what is the history on the drive?
As far as I know, it was sent to us shortly after it failed. I can only go by what the customer says. Is it possible that if they did a straight swap with a very close match on the PCB you might get these same results? I guess I've never swapped a PCB without swapping or reprogramming the ROM, so I'm not sure.
September 14th, 2012, 11:01
loki wrote:HB = Falcon family
No, it is Eagle family.
OP, you could try moving the ROM to an IDE Eagle PCB. IIRC Salvation tools interact weirdly with the SATA WDC drives.
September 14th, 2012, 12:55
drc wrote:No, it is Eagle family.
OP, you could try moving the ROM to an IDE Eagle PCB. IIRC Salvation tools interact weirdly with the SATA WDC drives.
That was one of the first things I tried when I was working with different PCB's. Same result.
September 14th, 2012, 13:10
Weird. Sounds like hotswap time then.
Powered by phpBB © phpBB Group.