Hi Gurus,

I have a WD200JD with the following symptoms. When I connect it, it goes into a spin up, click, spin down, spin up, click, spin down pattern - Busy the whole time.

I did a hotswap using a donor so I could access the SA of the patient. I did so, downloaded the key modules and checked the FW, but found no errors in the critical modules(20,22,23,25,43). I regenerated the translator modules from the P-List, reset the HDD and got the same results(symptoms above).

I did the hotswap again to get access to the SA and checked for errors. I got CRC errors in modules 31,35,38,39,3C,3D,45,4F,CA,CC,CE and attempted to repair, but it failed - got write errors.

Based on your experience, could any of these modules be responsible for the symptoms above? Anyone know which modules are responsible for booting the drive? Seems like that's what the problem is here.

Thanks for any help offered.

A

Update:

Ok, I have now successfully rewritten all of the non-critical SA modules to the patient drive. I get no errors when I run a SA defect scan. The only modules I have not written over are 20,25,22,23 and 43. Still have the same symptoms: spin up, click, spin down, spin up, click, spin down, etc. Any ideas?

Thanks for any suggestions.

A

Try disabling all heads except primary (usually 0, unless its a refurb or factory cut-down model).

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My software(Salvation Data HD Doctor) does not yet support disabling heads on SATA drives

Hi Gurus,

Here's an update on this drive:

I swapped the heads on this hdd. Now, instead of the drive doing: spin up, click, spin down, spin up, click , spin down, etc. It spins up and does a steady click every two seconds(stays spinning).

I did a SA low-level format(yes, I have the modules backed up). According to Salvation Data, doing a SA low-level format should stop the drive from clicking unless the heads are bad. No change. The drive still does the spin up with a steady click every two seconds. The drive passes all write tests.

Any other ideas?

Thanks for any comments or ideas.

Andy