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ST1000DM003-1CH162 Problem

February 18th, 2019, 2:33

In Terminal just getting

Boot 0x40M
Spin Up
FAIL Servo Op=0100 Resp=0007
0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
ResponseFrame 1BC0 0073 07CA 3540 0008 0000 0000 0000 0FFF 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1293 2699 FFFF 2000 20CC 0002 0000 4014 0000 4014 0000 2247 0000 0020 001F 0007 0010
FAIL Servo Op=0100 Resp=0003
0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
ResponseFrame 2040 0077 07CA 3540 0008 0000 0000 0000 0FFF 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1293 2699 FFFF 2000 20CC 0002 0000 4014 0000 4014 0000 007F 0004 0020 001F 0004 0000


Just two clicks then spin down.
What is the problem?

when head changed then also get the same result.

Re: ST1000DM003-1CH162 Problem

February 18th, 2019, 3:42

What happens when you put heads back in donor?

Re: ST1000DM003-1CH162 Problem

February 18th, 2019, 6:06

i think platter problem. sometimes your donor heads will not work now. if donor heads work with donor hard, just change the pcb.

Re: ST1000DM003-1CH162 Problem

February 18th, 2019, 8:38

Yes , After head swap donor is not working.

is there any chance to recover?

Re: ST1000DM003-1CH162 Problem

February 18th, 2019, 11:39

gps31 wrote:Yes , After head swap donor is not working.

is there any chance to recover?


In which case there are two explanations that spring to mind...

1. Your head swap didn't go well, it got messed up.
2. The drive has media damage on one or more of the platter surfaces.

Probably has a chance of partial recovery, if you know what you're doing.

Re: ST1000DM003-1CH162 Problem

February 19th, 2019, 11:11

if you used cleanroom and proper tools for head swapped, most of time platter has degrade problem, sometimes magnet dust on the platter. specially platter 0. so you have well experiance you can clean the platters. after cleaning platters don't use new donor heads for very first time. normally i have small collection of weak heads and use weak donor heads for 1st time and see results.

Re: ST1000DM003-1CH162 Problem

February 19th, 2019, 14:36

can you upload the ROM of both patient and donor, just to verify that heads are compatible in the first place ?
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