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WD5000AAKX-60U6AA0 Click twice then spins down

September 18th, 2024, 3:21

I got a drive 500GB WD. That from the beginning was clicking twice then spins down. Upon inspection the PCB, the ROM everything seems fine. So i came to conclusions that it is the heads

Got a matching donor, checked the platters and swapped heads. The drive still Clicked twice then spins down
I have tried uploading LDR, tried hot swapping but nothing worked.
Can anyone help me out?? Any suggestions is welcomed??

Thanks everyone!

Code:
Family:................................. : Tahoe XL
Techno mode key......................... : Ok

HDD Status sector....................... : Ok

RAM:
System controller (SoC)................. : 88i9045B0 0x(63B0)
HDD Info reading........................ : Ok
Heads number............................ : 2
Cyl Count............................... : 256

ROM:
Read ROM................................ : Ok
ROM Data size........................... : 256 Kb
Flash ROM dir reading................... : Ok (Active)
Flash ROM dir reading (Ext)............. : Ok
Modules directory address............... : 82 104
SA regions address...................... : by default
SA regions address (RAM)................ : by default
Module 02 access........................ : Granted

SA SPT.................................. : 1290

SA Translator loading................... : Ok

ROM Modules:
ROM version............................. : 05.30G
Module 4F F/W version................... : 00050030
Overlay F/W version..................... : 05.30G
Servo F/W version....................... : 0A.22

Heads configuration..................... : by map
Heads number............................ : 2
Heads number in use..................... : 2
Switched off heads...................... : No
Heads map............................... : 0,1

Relocations............................. : 0 (0)
Read ROM DCM............................ : Ok

Power up log reading.................... : Ok
Power up load dir data.................. : No
Power up load permovl................... : No
Power up load CFG data.................. : No
----+------+----------+----------+------+---------------------------------------------------------
NN | Step |     Time |    Flags | Info | Description                                             
12 | 710A |    12 ms |      501 | 2093 | SET_SOC_POWER_MODE(Unknown error code: 2093)           
15 |  405 | 5 575 ms | 2000083A | 5443 | ACTUATOR_INIT(SERVO ERROR CODE BASE SvirActPdFail)     
20 | 710A | 5 575 ms |      501 | 2093 | SET_SOC_POWER_MODE(Unknown error code: 2093)           
28 |  419 | 5 576 ms | 2000083A | 5480 | CAL_RRO_USER_ZONE(SERVO ERROR CODE BASE SvirCalRRO Hd0)
----+------+----------+----------+------+---------------------------------------------------------

Service area:
SA dir reading (ID)..................... : Module ID 01 reading error Device Error Detected: "DISK SERVO ACTUATOR AI FATAL ERROR"
SA dir reading (ABA/CHS)................ : Module 01 reading error: ABA 82 104 C:1(1) reading error Device Error Detected: "VSCE PERM OVL NOT LOADED. LDR Upload is recomended"

SA Access............................... : Copy 0,Copy 1

Configuration reading................... : Module ID 02 reading error Device Error Detected: "FM ERR NOT FOUND IN DIR"

DCM in module 47........................ : N5
DCM in module 0A........................ : |B|DN5SDAS
DCM in module 02........................ :

Re: WD5000AAKX-60U6AA0 Click twice then spins down

September 18th, 2024, 8:03

Did you try head mapping? may be 0 or 1 ,any platter damaged?

Re: WD5000AAKX-60U6AA0 Click twice then spins down

September 18th, 2024, 9:35

Disk Solution wrote:Did you try head mapping? may be 0 or 1 ,any platter damaged?


yes. i've tried head mapping still double clicks and spins down. I checked the platters. No visual damage.

Re: WD5000AAKX-60U6AA0 Click twice then spins down

September 18th, 2024, 11:41

likely heads are gone...

Re: WD5000AAKX-60U6AA0 Click twice then spins down

September 18th, 2024, 22:24

MindMergepk wrote:likely heads are gone...


i checked the heads. they are perfectly fine. swapped them back to donor. still works

Re: WD5000AAKX-60U6AA0 Click twice then spins down

September 19th, 2024, 7:06

did u rule out PCB, did you test patient heads in donor ?

Re: WD5000AAKX-60U6AA0 Click twice then spins down

September 19th, 2024, 21:55

MindMergepk wrote:did u rule out PCB, did you test patient heads in donor ?


I did rule out the PCB, but i haven't tested patient heads in donor
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