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ST4000VX013-2XG104 SKYHAWK "No HOST FIS-ReadyStatusFlags 000

October 27th, 2026, 7:23

Hello friends its a 4th SKYHAWK B2 family, Drive stays busy with the following terminal error:

Trans
Tech Unlock Handshake: 0xF8168470
Reply:
Rst 0x0100M
VM0183
CV11
SAdd:0x0055D9A7
RW subfile error 2046
SAdd:0x0055DB6D
RW subfile error 2046
SAdd:0x0055DB6D
SIM Error 2046 LBA 0000000000031688 FD FC373028
RW Error 00000080
RAP MC size:DC
NVCScram Saved HB Size:0000
LD:
PP:
WCD
Power On Replay Disabled
FormatInfo Case1
FCAdd:0x0055814B FFs=0x00011E09
[wmp:00000008]
No HOST FIS-ReadyStatusFlags 0002A1A1
ASCII Diag mode

I tried translator regeneration now drive comes ready with full id but sector looks shifted , when i write back the original translator i get the same error "No HOST FIS-ReadyStatusFlags 0002A1A1"

I have attached the original rom and translator as well
Attachments
4tb skyhawk.rar
(637.4 KiB) Downloaded 48 times

Re: ST4000VX013-2XG104 SKYHAWK "No HOST FIS-ReadyStatusFlags

October 27th, 2026, 7:43

translator regen was not a good move on this drive am afraid.
what command you use for translator regeneration ?
are there any entries in NRGlist ?

Re: ST4000VX013-2XG104 SKYHAWK "No HOST FIS-ReadyStatusFlags

October 27th, 2026, 9:01

MindMergepk wrote:translator regen was not a good move on this drive am afraid.
what command you use for translator regeneration ?
are there any entries in NRGlist ?


I have taken original 28,35,93,1b backup and not able to open NRGlist when i try to edit NRGList drive reboots

Re: ST4000VX013-2XG104 SKYHAWK "No HOST FIS-ReadyStatusFlags

October 27th, 2026, 9:15

the attached file (28) is empty, is this the original translator? If so, somebody seems to have been there already...

pepe

Re: ST4000VX013-2XG104 SKYHAWK "No HOST FIS-ReadyStatusFlags

October 28th, 2026, 3:51

pepe wrote:the attached file (28) is empty, is this the original translator? If so, somebody seems to have been there already...

pepe


Hi pepe, attached 28 is the original translator, and am sure the drive is not been into any other data recovery center

Re: ST4000VX013-2XG104 SKYHAWK "No HOST FIS-ReadyStatusFlags

October 28th, 2026, 4:09

Thedatarecoverylab wrote:
pepe wrote:the attached file (28) is empty, is this the original translator? If so, somebody seems to have been there already...

pepe


Hi pepe, attached 28 is the original translator, and am sure the drive is not been into any other data recovery center


was drive originally throwing LED error and you short the read channels on it.. ?

Re: ST4000VX013-2XG104 SKYHAWK "No HOST FIS-ReadyStatusFlags

October 28th, 2026, 8:19

MindMergepk wrote:
Thedatarecoverylab wrote:
pepe wrote:the attached file (28) is empty, is this the original translator? If so, somebody seems to have been there already...

pepe


Hi pepe, attached 28 is the original translator, and am sure the drive is not been into any other data recovery center


was drive originally throwing LED error and you short the read channels on it.. ?


No i dint this is not the first case in skyhawk this is the 3rd drive i have got with same problem and 2 other drives where 2 TB but it was
2 years ago and ace couldn't fix it so i have returned them.

Re: ST4000VX013-2XG104 SKYHAWK "No HOST FIS-ReadyStatusFlags

October 30th, 2026, 6:52

so, translator is messed up, am afraid there is no easy way to fix partial access on these drives... there are few guys capable of fixing this of course they will charge for such service... send PM to Pepe if he is willing to accept this case.
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