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t9500424as BSY

March 23rd, 2013, 5:33

Good morning ;

i have a st9500424as
reporting BSY

terminal log is


EarlySpinup Enabled
Rst 0x10M
ExecuteSpinRequest

LED:00000067 FAddr:00380342
LED:00000067 FAddr:00380342
LED:00000067 FAddr:00380342

the drive was NOT dropped and was being used normally when hanged and not detected anymore .
and it's not clicking

thank you for your ideas

Re: t9500424as BSY

March 23rd, 2013, 5:49

raven4d wrote:Good morning ;

i have a st9500424as
reporting BSY

terminal log is


EarlySpinup Enabled
Rst 0x10M
ExecuteSpinRequest

LED:00000067 FAddr:00380342
LED:00000067 FAddr:00380342
LED:00000067 FAddr:00380342

the drive was NOT dropped and was being used normally when hanged and not detected anymore .
and it's not clicking

thank you for your ideas



Hi Dear Friend Raven4d

Firmware Info Plz

Re: t9500424as BSY

March 23rd, 2013, 6:03

jignesh wrote:
raven4d wrote:Good morning ;

i have a st9500424as
reporting BSY

terminal log is


EarlySpinup Enabled
Rst 0x10M
ExecuteSpinRequest

LED:00000067 FAddr:00380342
LED:00000067 FAddr:00380342
LED:00000067 FAddr:00380342

the drive was NOT dropped and was being used normally when hanged and not detected anymore .
and it's not clicking

thank you for your ideas



Hi Dear Friend Raven4d

Firmware Info Plz



thank you for your reply

FW:0001BSM1

Re: t9500424as BSY

March 23rd, 2013, 11:58

raven4d wrote:
jignesh wrote:
raven4d wrote:Good morning ;

i have a st9500424as
reporting BSY

terminal log is


EarlySpinup Enabled
Rst 0x10M
ExecuteSpinRequest

LED:00000067 FAddr:00380342
LED:00000067 FAddr:00380342
LED:00000067 FAddr:00380342

the drive was NOT dropped and was being used normally when hanged and not detected anymore .
and it's not clicking

thank you for your ideas



Hi Dear Friend Raven4d

Firmware Info Plz



thank you for your reply

FW:0001BSM1


Dear friend raven4d
Wich Platform U Have Like PC-3000 UDMA Or SalvationData Or Other ?
Tell Me So I Will Give You Some Tips And Advice And Ya Brother Post Your
PCB Pictur Front And Backside Both So I Will Check And Advice If U Have Any Good Platform.

Re: t9500424as BSY

March 23rd, 2013, 16:16

thank you for your idea ..


connecting only the pcb will give the same results !!!

Rst 0x10M
ExecuteSpinRequest

LED:00000067 FAddr:00380338
LED:00000067 FAddr:00380338
LED:00000067 FAddr:00380338


so , it's not bad heads i think , will try to find a similar drive if not a donor to test with .

thank you again

Re: t9500424as BSY

March 23rd, 2013, 17:15

Spildit wrote:Do you have external eeprom programer ? Maybe you can dump the ROM on the PCB (if it have one) using an external programmer to check if it's ok or not ...




yes , it does has an external eeprom , will try to dump it's content tomorrow's morning ..

thank you

Re: t9500424as BSY

March 10th, 2014, 6:00

Hello Similar problem to what "reven4d" has been facing

My Model is ST9500423AS Fw: 0003HPM1
Drive spins up initializes properly but remains BUSY
Tried to get terminal access with but could get it only for fraction of seconds then it gives LED CC Error
[quoteEarlySpinup Enabled
Rst 0x10M
ASCII Diag mode

F3 T>
LED:00000067 FAddr:00384F74
LED:00000067 FAddr:00384F74
LED:00000067 FAddr:00384F74
][/quote]

Only PCB attains ready state but no TERMINAL Access / Terminal lock.

Any suggestions ???

Re: t9500424as BSY No TERMINAL Access

March 13th, 2014, 2:20

Hello Similar problem to what "reven4d" has been facing

My Model is ST9500423AS Fw: 0003HPM1
Drive spins up initializes properly but remains BUSY
Tried to get terminal access with but could get it only for fraction of seconds then it gives LED CC Error
[quoteEarlySpinup Enabled
Rst 0x10M
ASCII Diag mode

F3 T>
LED:00000067 FAddr:00384F74
LED:00000067 FAddr:00384F74
LED:00000067 FAddr:00384F74
][/quote]

Only PCB attains ready state but no TERMINAL Access / Terminal lock.

Any suggestions ???
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