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Compatible ROM for WD10JMVW-11AJGS4

July 17th, 2020, 22:28

Hello every one,

I am looking for a compatible ROM close enough to get access to SA on WD 2.5" USB drive with below specifications:

MDL: WD10JMVW-11AJGS4
DCM: HBKT2BK
DATE: 13 JUL 2016
S/N: WXN1A563DUSA
Product of Malaysia

Your help is greatly appreciated since the original PCB was lost by customer!

Thank You

Re: Compatible ROM for WD10JMVW-11AJGS4

July 18th, 2020, 17:09

kevinafg wrote:Hello every one,

I am looking for a compatible ROM close enough to get access to SA on WD 2.5" USB drive with below specifications:

MDL: WD10JMVW-11AJGS4
DCM: HBKT2BK
DATE: 13 JUL 2016
S/N: WXN1A563DUSA
Product of Malaysia

Your help is greatly appreciated since the original PCB was lost by customer!

Thank You

Search the HDDSurgery firmware database. Best place to get a very close match.

Re: Compatible ROM for WD10JMVW-11AJGS4

July 18th, 2020, 18:24

Thanks ddrecovery I've already tried HDDsurgery nothing close enough to work from there. I tried most of ROMs available Online plus 20 of my own but no luck so far and that's way I am wondering if anyone has something very close to this WD portable drive.

Re: Compatible ROM for WD10JMVW-11AJGS4

July 18th, 2020, 19:07

Is your rom corrupted?
Did you try to get access by uploading ldr file?
What's the micro code of your rom?

Re: Compatible ROM for WD10JMVW-11AJGS4

July 19th, 2020, 11:25

I don't have the original PCB and without proper ROM there is no surface access and SPT reading.

Re: Compatible ROM for WD10JMVW-11AJGS4

July 19th, 2020, 12:09

Without original 4f module in ROM it is very difficult to get access to SA, but possible and expensive. Getting many ROM versions wont help you much.

Re: Compatible ROM for WD10JMVW-11AJGS4

July 19th, 2020, 16:38

I did it before, usually same month products have very similar Micro program version.

Re: Compatible ROM for WD10JMVW-11AJGS4

July 20th, 2020, 4:54

4F is unique in FBLITE family , your issue is not rom but rom module

Re: Compatible ROM for WD10JMVW-11AJGS4

July 20th, 2020, 16:39

I can recover it even if 4F is missing, using whatever rom. ... in case you need it ...

pepe

Re: Compatible ROM for WD10JMVW-11AJGS4

July 20th, 2020, 17:05

Great, Thanks Pepe just let me know what do you need?

Re: Compatible ROM for WD10JMVW-11AJGS4

July 20th, 2020, 17:13

Which parameter in 4F is the problematic one?

Re: Compatible ROM for WD10JMVW-11AJGS4

July 21st, 2020, 11:40

For these discs the adaptations of the 4F module are important.
These are in the following positions:
1C0-1C3 HEADER
1C4-1C7 HEAD 00
1C8-1CB HEAD 01
1CC-1CF HEAD 02
1D0-1D3 HEAD 03
1D4-1D7 HEAD 00
1D8-1DB HEAD 01
1DC-1DF HEAD 02
1E0-1E3 HEAD 03
The most important of the 4-byte groups are the last 2.
In this way, if we erase the adapters of heads 1, 2 and 3, the hard disk starts, if we erase 0, 2 and 3, the hard disk starts but takes longer, read the second copy.
The 4F module can be zeroed and you only have to look at the positions:
1C4-1C7 HEAD 00
1C8-1CB HEAD 01
and in particular the last 2 bytes of each position.
I pass an example with 2 roms, one original and another modified, the 2 fully operational for head 0.
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Re: Compatible ROM for WD10JMVW-11AJGS4

July 21st, 2020, 12:10

1C4-1C7 HEAD 00
1C8-1CB HEAD 01 -> NOT

1C4-1C7 HEAD 00
1D4-1D7 HEAD 00 -> YES

Re: Compatible ROM for WD10JMVW-11AJGS4

July 21st, 2020, 22:30

Thank you every one especially mhp666 for your detailed explanation but I think trying all the combinations for 1C4-1C7 & 1D4-1D7 for head0 takes quite some time Which out of the range of estimated time for this job.

Re: Compatible ROM for WD10JMVW-11AJGS4

July 22nd, 2020, 2:46

It takes not more than an hour for me, shipping is the slowest part...
pepe
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