Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1 TB ST31000528AS Issues

[purenoise]

Did:

1. Did a few quick scans with mhdd and notice slow patches
2. Run erase with mhdd on those patches, did slowed on few
of them, but completed
3. F2 then made hdd busy
4. power-cycle
5. At power makes usual first heads moves, shows in bios, but
6. as soon as start 'pmagic' usb boot to get to the mhdd i see
hdd led get red, and pc slows down and only once showed
in mhdd devices, but then at F2 got busy again.

Also notice that after power and first heads moves it makes not
loud buzzes, and they changes[ not constant stable tone], and
feels like it busy with something.

Please suggest what to do to make it work normal again.
Did not dropped, did nothing damaging, and
NOT about data topic.

Thanks.

[purenoise]

Did powered without the 'sata data' cable, and
still sounds this buzz like the head busy doing something
constantly running around.

[purenoise]

Have usb-ttl device, and planning on reading
status of the drive via terminal in a few days
[ will post when done]

[purenoise]

Update:

1. At power at first heads moves normal, and
2. after detected in bios heads sounds really busy running around
3. with a delays i started mhdd, and F2, and F4, but due to the fact
that heads running around on the previously fast sectors indicates slow.

Also notice a warning during mhdd start:

Code:

  - InitDiskWaRNING: USING SUSPECT PARTITION pRI: 1 fs 0C: with calculated value
     487-222-55 instead of 486-254-63

https://i.ibb.co/BPD8fr8/initDisk.png

[purenoise]

Update:

This is welcome message after power on hdd:

Code:

Rst 0x20M
Servo Processor Is Reset.
RW: Disc Ctlr Initialization Completed.

ExecuteSpinRequest


Is it ok ?

[Amarbir[CDR-Labs]]

Update:

This is welcome message after power on hdd:

Code:

Rst 0x20M
Servo Processor Is Reset.
RW: Disc Ctlr Initialization Completed.

ExecuteSpinRequest


Is it ok ?

Well,
Seems to ,but this is a POS hdd ,Junk It

[purenoise]

Update:

Code:

F3 T>V40
Nonresident GList                    0 entries returned
Total entries available: 0
      PBA      Len  Flags  Phy Cyl Hd  PhySctr    SFI

F3 T>V4

Reassigned Sectors List
Entries: 0000, Retrieved: 0000, Alts: 0000, Removed: 0000, Pending: 0000, GList: 0000, RList: 0000

Idx  LBA          PBA          LLLCHS of LBA PLPCHS of PBA SFI    Hours Msecs  Status   BBM Mask


[purenoise]

Well,
Seems to ,but this is a POS hdd ,Junk It

Not sure what is 'POS' is,
i just want to understand what happened,
since i didn't do anything wrong.

[Amarbir[CDR-Labs]]

Well,
Seems to ,but this is a POS hdd ,Junk It

Not sure what is 'POS' is,
i just want to understand what happened,
since i didn't do anything wrong.

Well,
Google To The Rescue -> https://www.google.com/search?client=fi ... =slang+POS

[purenoise]

Update:

Code:

F3 T>V4

Reassigned Sectors List
Entries: 0019, Retrieved: 0019, Alts: 0000, Removed: 0000, Pending: 0019, GList: 0000, RList: 0000

Idx  LBA          PBA          LLLCHS of LBA PLPCHS of PBA SFI    Hours Msecs  Status   BBM Mask
0000 0000736A19A1 0000736E0606 03863A.1.0076 03863A.1.0076 081D29 ----- ------ 00100001 --------
0001 0000736A19AD 0000736E0612 03863A.1.0082 03863A.1.0082 083558 ----- ------ 00100001 --------
0002 0000736A1A0B 0000736E0670 03863A.1.00E0 03863A.1.00E0 08F29E ----- ------ 00100001 --------
0003 0000736A1A0C 0000736E0671 03863A.1.00E1 03863A.1.00E1 08F492 ----- ------ 00100001 --------
0004 0000736A1A0E 0000736E0673 03863A.1.00E3 03863A.1.00E3 08F87C ----- ------ 00100001 --------
0005 0000736A1A10 0000736E0675 03863A.1.00E5 03863A.1.00E5 08FCAB ----- ------ 00100001 --------
0006 0000736A1A15 0000736E067A 03863A.1.00EA 03863A.1.00EA 0906B8 ----- ------ 00100001 --------
0007 0000736A1A16 0000736E067B 03863A.1.00EB 03863A.1.00EB 0908AD ----- ------ 00100001 --------
0008 0000736A1A18 0000736E067D 03863A.1.00ED 03863A.1.00ED 090C97 ----- ------ 00100001 --------
0009 0000736A1A1B 0000736E0680 03863A.1.00F0 03863A.1.00F0 0912BB ----- ------ 00100001 --------
000A 0000736A1A21 0000736E0686 03863A.1.00F6 03863A.1.00F6 091EBD ----- ------ 00100001 --------
000B 0000736A1B65 0000736E07CA 03863A.1.023A 03863A.1.023A 015168 ----- ------ 00100001 --------
000C 0000736A1F98 0000736E0BFD 038639.1.0149 038639.1.0149 016F76 ----- ------ 00100001 --------
000D 0000736A1FD9 0000736E0C3E 038639.1.018A 038639.1.018A 01F279 ----- ------ 00100001 --------
000E 0000736A1FDD 0000736E0C42 038639.1.018E 038639.1.018E 01FA92 ----- ------ 00100001 --------
000F 0000736A200E 0000736E0C73 038639.1.01BF 038639.1.01BF 025D09 ----- ------ 00100001 --------
0010 0000736A2015 0000736E0C7A 038639.1.01C6 038639.1.01C6 026B2B ----- ------ 00100001 --------
0011 0000736A2021 0000736E0C86 038639.1.01D2 038639.1.01D2 028330 ----- ------ 00100001 --------
0012 0000736A20A8 0000736E0D0D 038639.1.0259 038639.1.0259 039300 ----- ------ 00100001 --------
0013 0000736A20CD 0000736E0D32 038639.1.027E 038639.1.027E 03DD72 ----- ------ 00100001 --------
0014 0000736A20D9 0000736E0D3E 038639.1.028A 038639.1.028A 03F5A1 ----- ------ 00100001 --------
0015 0000736A20E0 0000736E0D45 038639.1.0291 038639.1.0291 040399 ----- ------ 00100001 --------
0016 0000736A20E3 0000736E0D48 038639.1.0294 038639.1.0294 0409BC ----- ------ 00100001 --------
0017 0000736A20E5 0000736E0D4A 038639.1.0296 038639.1.0296 040DA6 ----- ------ 00100001 --------
0018 0000736A2167 0000736E0DCC 038639.1.0318 038639.1.0318 051369 ----- ------ 00100001 --------



[purenoise]

Update:

Code:

F3 T>V1
User Slip Defect List   
                         log log   log     phys   phys
        LBA    span   cumm   cyl  hd  sctr zn   cyl   sctr     SFI      PBA
           0      0      0     0  0     0   0      0     0        4            0
       8FE4C      2      2    4F  3   61C   0     4F   61E    D9E8C        8FE4E
       90698      2      4    50  3   41A   0     50   41C    D9D37        9069C
       90EE5      2      6    51  3   219   0     51   21B    D9DE8        90EEB
       91732      2      8    52  3    18   0     52    1A    D9E8C        9173A
       929CE      2      A    53  3   866   0     53   868    D9D37        929D8
       9321B      2      C    54  3   665   0     54   667    D9DE8        93227
       93A68      2      E    55  3   464   0     55   466    D9E8C        93A76
       942B4      2     10    56  3   262   0     56   264    D9D37        942C4
       94B01      2     12    57  3    61   0     57    63    D9DE8        94B13
       95D9E      2     14    58  3   8B0   0     58   8B2    D9E8C        95DB2
       965EA      2     16    59  3   6AE   0     59   6B0    D9D37        96600
       96E37      2     18    5A  3   4AD   0     5A   4AF    D9DE8        96E4F
       97684      2     1A    5B  3   2AC   0     5B   2AE    D9E8C        9769E
       97ED0      2     1C    5C  3    AA   0     5C    AC    D9D37        97EEC
       9916D      2     1E    5D  3   8F9   0     5D   8FB    D9DE8        9918B


And it runs, and runs..

What this means ?
Please technical response.

[Amarbir[CDR-Labs]]

Update:

Code:

F3 T>V1
User Slip Defect List   
                         log log   log     phys   phys
        LBA    span   cumm   cyl  hd  sctr zn   cyl   sctr     SFI      PBA
           0      0      0     0  0     0   0      0     0        4            0
       8FE4C      2      2    4F  3   61C   0     4F   61E    D9E8C        8FE4E
       90698      2      4    50  3   41A   0     50   41C    D9D37        9069C
       90EE5      2      6    51  3   219   0     51   21B    D9DE8        90EEB
       91732      2      8    52  3    18   0     52    1A    D9E8C        9173A
       929CE      2      A    53  3   866   0     53   868    D9D37        929D8
       9321B      2      C    54  3   665   0     54   667    D9DE8        93227
       93A68      2      E    55  3   464   0     55   466    D9E8C        93A76
       942B4      2     10    56  3   262   0     56   264    D9D37        942C4
       94B01      2     12    57  3    61   0     57    63    D9DE8        94B13
       95D9E      2     14    58  3   8B0   0     58   8B2    D9E8C        95DB2
       965EA      2     16    59  3   6AE   0     59   6B0    D9D37        96600
       96E37      2     18    5A  3   4AD   0     5A   4AF    D9DE8        96E4F
       97684      2     1A    5B  3   2AC   0     5B   2AE    D9E8C        9769E
       97ED0      2     1C    5C  3    AA   0     5C    AC    D9D37        97EEC
       9916D      2     1E    5D  3   8F9   0     5D   8FB    D9DE8        9918B


And it runs, and runs..

What this means ?
Please technical response.

Hello,
Thats The Translator Table list ,It should have a long list ,This is Fine ,What are you trying to do repair this hdd ?

[purenoise]

Hello,
Thats The Translator Table list ,It should have a long list ,This is Fine ,What are you trying to do repair this hdd ?

Yes:
- it was working fine, and
became slow responsive after mhdd erase small patch of slow sectors.
- and i want to restore to the normal working condition

It feels like he busy with something constantly, and
it takes some time to even get to the mhdd, so
he responds to the commands, but very slowly, and
hdd led is constantly Red.

I want to understand what happened and what he is busy with.

[purenoise]

Summary:

- Starting sound ok,
spins, heads moves
- Bios detects fast, but
- Booting FreeDos for mhdd HDD is
constantly busy.
- Terminal TTL responds, but not sure
what commands will help here,
don't want to make wors

[Amarbir[CDR-Labs]]

Bossie ,
This is Media Degradation or a Weak Head ,Please Stop Trying To Revive This Drive ,I am sure that can be done too but it will again end up in the same situation and that time might be you have precious data in it