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Momentus 5400.6 ticking fast, error on terminal

July 4th, 2011, 9:15

Hi,
I've a ´Momentus 5400.6 here that is spinning up, then ticking fast a fews times and then quitting with

Rst 0x08M
RW cmd 002F req = 18 F0 9F E5 18 F0 9F E5 18 F0 9F E5 18 F0 9F E5 18 F0 9F E5 00
00 A0 E1
opts = 00000000

RW Err = 84150180

The error is the very same whether the PCB is mated to the HDA or not?!

Re: Momentus 5400.6 ticking fast, error on terminal

July 4th, 2011, 9:24

looks like your drive is dead. was it dropped or subjected to a power outage?

Re: Momentus 5400.6 ticking fast, error on terminal

July 4th, 2011, 10:06

shaun wrote:Hi,
I've a ´Momentus 5400.6 here that is spinning up, then ticking fast a fews times and then quitting with

Rst 0x08M
RW cmd 002F req = 18 F0 9F E5 18 F0 9F E5 18 F0 9F E5 18 F0 9F E5 18 F0 9F E5 00
00 A0 E1
opts = 00000000

RW Err = 84150180

The error is the very same whether the PCB is mated to the HDA or not?!


i guess its the 0 lba, and most probably heads problem

Re: Momentus 5400.6 ticking fast, error on terminal

July 5th, 2011, 3:42

I would do proper diag to be extra sure...

Re: Momentus 5400.6 ticking fast, error on terminal

July 9th, 2011, 17:55

The solution: water. The net book it came from was soaked, and some of it made its way into the HDA through the head amp/vcm connector.
Probably only an electrical problem that could be solved by replacing the head stack, but as the customer is not willing to pay, we won't never know
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