ST1000LM035

[unknown]

Need some one to confirm that ROM file is corrupted or not.
The drive stays busy even trying read channel without any success.

Thanks in advance.

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ROM.rar

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[michael chiklis]

Hi,
have you already manage to unlock terminal?
If you use virtual ldr you should be able to unlock it and do the busy fix patch.

You will need to find virtual loader (module 3D) from donor drive which has same Overlay CompileDate as your patient drive rom, in your case is 20190705.
You can find that date in your rom at address 0x251927 - 0x255147 - 0x514071 - 0x517291.

[fzabkar]

FWIW, the SMART report is clean and the drive has recorded 3648 Power-On Hours.

Code:

ID Flag  Cu Wo Raw data
-- ----- -- -- --------------------
01 0F 00 52 40 E2 A2 95 09 00 00 00
03 03 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
04 32 00 5E 5E A4 1A 00 00 00 00 00
05 33 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
07 0F 00 42 3C 1D C0 3B 00 00 00 00
09 32 00 60 60 40 0E 00 00 31 DA 2B
0A 13 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0C 32 00 64 64 55 00 00 00 00 00 00
B8 32 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
BB 32 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
BC 32 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
BD 3A 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
BE 22 00 46 3B 1E 00 1A 20 00 00 00
BF 32 00 64 64 15 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 32 00 64 64 09 00 00 00 00 00 01
C1 32 00 5B 5B 16 4A 00 00 00 00 00
C2 22 00 1E 29 1E 00 00 00 0E 00 00
C5 12 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C6 10 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C7 3E 00 C8 C8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 64 FD F1 00 00 00 E6 2F 21
F1 00 00 64 FD EF D5 1D 8D 00 00 00
F2 00 00 64 FD 07 C1 C7 56 00 00 00
FE 32 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

[unknown]

The whole story :
The customer came to me to recover the data from the drive.
He said that he poured a coffee on the drive. Then the drive stopped working.
He gave the drive to a computer shop and they told him that the drive has internal issue and they can't help.

After diagnosing I found that the PCB is dead then I replaced it but the heads are damaged.
Heads replaced and the drive spin up and calibrate without any strange noises.
But stays busy and the terminal only shows :
Boot 0x80M

Tried to unlock with MRT and it reported unlocked but the same message in terminal and not even reach the handshake.

Many thanks for your inputs.

[northwind]

This is because h0 was switched off in ROM.
Also, the attached ROM was not unlocked.

Try this ROM (rename to .bin)

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ROM_modded.doc

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[unknown]

This is because h0 was switched off in ROM.
Also, the attached ROM was not unlocked.

Try this ROM (rename to .bin)

You were faster than me with 5 minutes to solve this Northwind
Just figured this out now.
Someone messed up with this drive before.
Thanks a lot for your help