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 Post subject: Seagate ST3250820AS: ERR App Code incompatible SFL code
PostPosted: April 1st, 2012, 7:18 
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The HDD can't be detected by PC BIOS. After checking via COM Port by using TTL converter, I read these messages:

Reset
4096k x 16 DRAM
GALAXY - 1_Disk S-6D 09-22-06_15:48
ERR Read App Code

F>R
Code - A6 Track 1599E.0.238 Sns FFF
F>R1
F>R2
F>R4
Code - A6 Track 1599E.0.238 Sns FFF
F>j
ERR App Code incompatible SFL code


The HDD can't enter others levels (e.g. /1, /2, /3, /T, etc.).
I want to get the data back.
Please help !!!


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 Post subject: Re: Seagate ST3250820AS: ERR App Code incompatible SFL code
PostPosted: April 1st, 2012, 9:25 
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24hr wrote:
The HDD can't be detected by PC BIOS. After checking via COM Port by using TTL converter, I read these messages:
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Reset
4096k x 16 DRAM
GALAXY - 1_Disk S-6D 09-22-06_15:48
ERR Read App Code



The problem didn't show "out of the blue", right ? ;)

24hr wrote:
F>R
Code - A6 Track 1599E.0.238 Sns FFF
F>R1
F>R2
F>R4
Code - A6 Track 1599E.0.238 Sns FFF
F>j
ERR App Code incompatible SFL code


Any other command was INCAUTIOUSLY entered ? ( * cough ! * )

24hr wrote:
The HDD can't enter others levels (e.g. /1, /2, /3, /T, etc.).


No wonder.

24hr wrote:
I want to get the data back.
Please help !!!


According to what REALLY happened, you can forget it. Let's hope for the best, but it seems the result of incautious tinkering with commands OR attempt to fiddle with the firmware / electronics.


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 Post subject: Re: Seagate ST3250820AS: ERR App Code incompatible SFL code
PostPosted: April 1st, 2012, 9:40 
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24hr wrote:
The HDD can't be detected by PC BIOS. After checking via COM Port by using TTL converter, I read these messages:

Reset
4096k x 16 DRAM
GALAXY - 1_Disk S-6D 09-22-06_15:48
ERR Read App Code

F>R
Code - A6 Track 1599E.0.238 Sns FFF
F>R1
F>R2
F>R4
Code - A6 Track 1599E.0.238 Sns FFF
F>j
ERR App Code incompatible SFL code


The HDD can't enter others levels (e.g. /1, /2, /3, /T, etc.).
I want to get the data back.
Please help !!!



Well,
Do You Know What These commands Do ? .

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 Post subject: Re: Seagate ST3250820AS: ERR App Code incompatible SFL code
PostPosted: April 1st, 2012, 11:39 
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It is the first time I'm using the COM port to communicate with the HDD. I hope to save my private data at home.

The command R4: to read in the App Code

But it seems not work. The return code A6, refer to the info from the internet, it means "Application Code not Compatible".

I don't know what I can do next then. Help me please. Thanks a lot !!!


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 Post subject: Re: Seagate ST3250820AS: ERR App Code incompatible SFL code
PostPosted: April 1st, 2012, 11:46 
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Vain hope.
The drive has OTHER problems and takes much more than a COM converter and hyperterminal.
Many commands of just 1 letter ( !! ) kill the drive in a flash.
And forget the internet.


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 Post subject: Re: Seagate ST3250820AS: ERR App Code incompatible SFL code
PostPosted: April 1st, 2012, 12:19 
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Or can I buy a HDD PCB to fix the problem?
Thanks a lot !!!


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 Post subject: Re: Seagate ST3250820AS: ERR App Code incompatible SFL code
PostPosted: April 1st, 2012, 13:19 
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No it's not the PCB unless you have already done "something" with it.


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 Post subject: Re: Seagate ST3250820AS: ERR App Code incompatible SFL code
PostPosted: April 1st, 2012, 23:46 
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Location: In ur HDD !
I think this is not its native pcb .


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 Post subject: Re: Seagate ST3250820AS: ERR App Code incompatible SFL code
PostPosted: April 2nd, 2012, 11:42 
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I ensure that the HDD PCB and the HDD body have not been replaced before.

Dear all, what happened to my HDD indeed? What's lost? or what to be written to it?
Can I step by step to check what tables/parameters are missing?

As long as you tell/teach me/share your experience step by step, I will try via the COM port and see what happened in my HDD. Thanks a lot !!!


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 Post subject: Re: Seagate ST3250820AS: ERR App Code incompatible SFL code
PostPosted: April 2nd, 2012, 13:06 
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I give up...

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