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 Post subject: Seagate St3500620AS Firmware AD14 Not powering on.
PostPosted: August 14th, 2022, 5:49 
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I have a case where seagate st3500620as not powering on. motor is not spinning. i got reading from pcb. please help me to retrive data. i did not find same hard disk near by my area. so please help me to solve this.


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 Post subject: Re: Seagate St3500620AS Firmware AD14 Not powering on.
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is that contamination or sign of smoke on the Smooth chip?

Basically you could use any pcb from same model (ROM transplant neccessary), so i can't see the point in trying to repair this one.

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 Post subject: Re: Seagate St3500620AS Firmware AD14 Not powering on.
PostPosted: August 14th, 2022, 6:16 
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Solder on the ROM doesn't look original either. Have you checked it.

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 Post subject: Re: Seagate St3500620AS Firmware AD14 Not powering on.
PostPosted: August 14th, 2022, 6:24 
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pepe wrote:
is that contamination or sign of smoke on the Smooth chip?

Basically you could use any pcb from same model (ROM transplant neccessary), so i can't see the point in trying to repair this one.

pepe


Hello pepe sir
No sign of smoke on the Smooth chip. second thing that i can't find same pcb near by me. i am from india. so i search everywhere but not find same model or same pcb anywhere


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 Post subject: Re: Seagate St3500620AS Firmware AD14 Not powering on.
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Lardman wrote:
Solder on the ROM doesn't look original either. Have you checked it.


hello Lardman sir,
Solder on the rom is orignal. I checked it.


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 Post subject: Re: Seagate St3500620AS Firmware AD14 Not powering on.
PostPosted: August 14th, 2022, 13:39 
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Seized spindle?

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 Post subject: Re: Seagate St3500620AS Firmware AD14 Not powering on.
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fzabkar wrote:
Seized spindle?

Hello fzabkar sir,

i think no spindle seized problem. any thing else i can check sir?


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 Post subject: Re: Seagate St3500620AS Firmware AD14 Not powering on.
PostPosted: August 15th, 2022, 13:09 
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Measure these voltages:

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 Post subject: Re: Seagate St3500620AS Firmware AD14 Not powering on.
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fzabkar wrote:
Measure these voltages:

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Hello fzabkar sir,

Reading Volts images below.


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 Post subject: Re: Seagate St3500620AS Firmware AD14 Not powering on.
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It appears that the Vcore regulator has a shorted output (0.00V). What is the resistance of the capacitor pair? If it is 0 ohms, then you need to determine which component is responsible for the short. Hopefully the culprit is one of the bypass capacitors around the MCU.

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 Post subject: Re: Seagate St3500620AS Firmware AD14 Not powering on.
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fzabkar wrote:
It appears that the Vcore regulator has a shorted output (0.00V). What is the resistance of the capacitor pair? If it is 0 ohms, then you need to determine which component is responsible for the short. Hopefully the culprit is one of the bypass capacitors around the MCU.

hello fzabkar sir,
update is heated ic i change with another board and now 2 capecitor reading is 1.11v.


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 Post subject: Re: Seagate St3500620AS Firmware AD14 Not powering on.
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If you had a working spare PCB which you were willing to cannibalise, why didn't you just transfer the "ROM"?

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 Post subject: Re: Seagate St3500620AS Firmware AD14 Not powering on.
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fzabkar wrote:
If you had a working spare PCB which you were willing to cannibalise, why didn't you just transfer the "ROM"?

Hello fzabkar sir,
i haven't this pcb. i search lot of shops near by me but i can't find it. i know that rom transffer is so simple but i didn't find same hdd or same pcb.


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 Post subject: Re: Seagate St3500620AS Firmware AD14 Not powering on.
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The Vcore supply is now OK. If the PCB is still not spinning up the drive, then the next step would be to view the output from the terminal pins. You'll need a USB-TTL adaptor, or equivalent.

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 Post subject: Re: Seagate St3500620AS Firmware AD14 Not powering on.
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fzabkar wrote:
The Vcore supply is now OK. If the PCB is still not spinning up the drive, then the next step would be to view the output from the terminal pins. You'll need a USB-TTL adaptor, or equivalent.

Hello fzabkar sir,
i connect with ttl adaptor but nothing in terminal. terminal is blank.


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 Post subject: Re: Seagate St3500620AS Firmware AD14 Not powering on.
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Maybe the MCU is dead?

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 Post subject: Re: Seagate St3500620AS Firmware AD14 Not powering on.
PostPosted: August 20th, 2022, 13:18 
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fzabkar wrote:
Maybe the MCU is dead?

Thnx fzabkar sir. Yes I thought also. May be mcu currpted. Well thanks for helping me. I return back hdd to customer.


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