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thatdellguy
 Post subject: Anyone have firmware for a Caviar 33100 (WDAC33100-00H)?
PostPosted: April 12th, 2009, 6:07 
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Anyone have firmware for an old Caviar 33100 (WDAC33100-00H) or know how to regen the translator? Thanks.

WDAC33100-00H
99-004217-000

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 Post subject: Re: Anyone have firmware for a Caviar 33100 (WDAC33100-00H)?
PostPosted: April 22nd, 2009, 5:31 
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PC-3000 ISA doesn't have an option to regen the translator on this unit. Is there a drive that I can use as a temporary host to regen the trans from the p-list? The drives newer than this one have the regen translator option. Am I out of luck? Thanks.

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 Post subject: Re: Anyone have firmware for a Caviar 33100 (WDAC33100-00H)?
PostPosted: April 22nd, 2009, 5:49 
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Hi

I have this working drive:
WDAC33100-32H
1 AUG 97
BHAAJMG

I can send you the SA, if this is good enough for you. :)

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Doomer
 Post subject: Re: Anyone have firmware for a Caviar 33100 (WDAC33100-00H)?
PostPosted: April 22nd, 2009, 9:35 
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thatdellguy wrote:
Anyone have firmware for an old Caviar 33100 (WDAC33100-00H) or know how to regen the translator? Thanks.

These drives use the same commands as AA series (like WD102AA for example)
I don't get it. How firmware from a different drive would help you to regenerate translator? Which modules are bad?

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N.C.
 Post subject: Re: Anyone have firmware for a Caviar 33100 (WDAC33100-00H)?
PostPosted: April 22nd, 2009, 11:12 
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Doomer wrote:
I don't get it. How firmware from a different drive would help you to regenerate translator? Which modules are bad?


I think not for regen, but repair.
Sometimes a "sample" mod can help a lot. ;)
Additionally, without the original translator, some type of data can be recovered, like pictures, and so on...

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thatdellguy
 Post subject: Re: Anyone have firmware for a Caviar 33100 (WDAC33100-00H)?
PostPosted: April 22nd, 2009, 15:48 
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Sorry, we received two of these drives. One had some minor firmware damage. One has a translator issue. We purchased an identical drive a few days ago and recovered the first one. The second one has damaged copies of mod 20 and 25 (crc errors). First 274k is read but produces SSS afterwards.

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 Post subject: Re: Anyone have firmware for a Caviar 33100 (WDAC33100-00H)?
PostPosted: April 22nd, 2009, 16:24 
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just recalc translator then
You don't need any firmware

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 Post subject: Re: Anyone have firmware for a Caviar 33100 (WDAC33100-00H)?
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Theres no option to recalc the translator.

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 Post subject: Re: Anyone have firmware for a Caviar 33100 (WDAC33100-00H)?
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thatdellguy wrote:
Theres no option to recalc the translator.


There is allready suggested, to try to do like WD102AA drive... :)
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Doomer
 Post subject: Re: Anyone have firmware for a Caviar 33100 (WDAC33100-00H)?
PostPosted: April 22nd, 2009, 22:31 
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thatdellguy wrote:
Theres no option to recalc the translator.

You mean you don't have tools to do that.
Why don't you buy the tools
Your problem is not a problem at all

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 Post subject: Re: Anyone have firmware for a Caviar 33100 (WDAC33100-00H)?
PostPosted: April 22nd, 2009, 22:55 
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Doomer, I mentioned up above that our pc3k isa doesnt have a translator feature for this drive. Nevermind, I will try something else.

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 Post subject: Re: Anyone have firmware for a Caviar 33100 (WDAC33100-00H)?
PostPosted: April 23rd, 2009, 0:50 
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The best solution - Buy PC-3000 UDMA. :D
How do you work on ancient ISA board?

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 Post subject: Re: Anyone have firmware for a Caviar 33100 (WDAC33100-00H)?
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Creator wrote:
The best solution - Buy PC-3000 UDMA. :D
How do you work on ancient ISA board?


As far as i know, the UDMA not supports this old hdd, or does? :shock:

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Doomer
 Post subject: Re: Anyone have firmware for a Caviar 33100 (WDAC33100-00H)?
PostPosted: April 23rd, 2009, 9:06 
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HRT should have support for old WD drives

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 Post subject: Re: Anyone have firmware for a Caviar 33100 (WDAC33100-00H)?
PostPosted: April 26th, 2009, 6:06 
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ISA supports this model which version of the utility are you running ?
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