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WD2500BEVT

January 21st, 2010, 12:25

Hi to all! :mrgreen:

WD2500BEVT-60ZCT1 is busy 100%.

Bad fw?

Sorry, not have experience in wd ... :oops:

Re: WD2500BEVT

January 21st, 2010, 17:53

do you notice the drive to SPIN.

have you try to change the PCB ? to see if the disk spin.

and about the ATA register ...

Re: WD2500BEVT

January 22nd, 2010, 0:04

BSY all the time?, Did u heard recalibration sound or any sound?

Re: WD2500BEVT

January 22nd, 2010, 8:15

zebong wrote:do you notice the drive to SPIN.

have you try to change the PCB ? to see if the disk spin.

and about the ATA register ...


Spin ok!!

Re: WD2500BEVT

January 22nd, 2010, 8:18

beto wrote:'BSY all the time? Did u heard recalibration sound or any sound?

BSY all the time? YES!!

Did u heard recalibration sound or any sound? YES SOUND Recalibration...

Re: WD2500BEVT

January 22nd, 2010, 9:53

probably bad heads, i had a desktop drive with exact this symptom, it had bad write element on main sa head.

Re: WD2500BEVT

January 22nd, 2010, 20:40

head/mod test and post here. you will get answer soon here
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