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ROM problem

January 29th, 2025, 9:17

Data recovery experts can help me in this case. When i wright this rom the pcb power off.
I have a backup of the firmware of this hard disk. Are there problems in the structure of this rom?
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Re: ROM problem

January 29th, 2025, 15:49

Abdul Rauf wrote:Data recovery experts can help me in this case. When i wright this rom the pcb power off.
I have a backup of the firmware of this hard disk. Are there problems in the structure of this rom?

The ROM is badly corrupt. Hopefully you still have the original flash memory IC, otherwise you have trashed your client's data. The patient ROM chip must have been OK for you to have backed up the SA.

This is what I get if I rotate the CAP segment by 2 bits to the right:

Code:
Offset(h) 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F

00000000  7F F5 AA 00 00 00 00 00 80 00 07 00 30 6F FF FF  .õª.....€...0oÿÿ
00000010  FF F3 55 65 65 95 A3 25 94 53 03 03 03 04 53 63  ÿóUee•£%”S....Sc
00000020  23 23 12 B2 BA 9F FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF F8  ##.²ºŸÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿø
00000030  10 0A 80 06 28 04 54 E6 0F 62 00 2F FF FF FF FF  ..€.(.Tæ.b./ÿÿÿÿ
00000040  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
00000050  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
00000060  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
00000070  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
00000080  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
00000090  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
000000A0  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
000000B0  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
000000C0  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
000000D0  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FE 62 64  ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿþbd
000000E0  62 68 64 70 31 35 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FE  bhdp15.ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿþ
000000F0  00 00 53 54 33 35 30 30 33 31 32 43 53 20 20 20  ..ST3500312CS   
00000100  20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20                 
00000110  20 20 20 30 10 10 10 10 10 10 29 AA 19 9A 98 18     0......)ª.š˜.
00000120  19 98 99 21 A9 90 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10  .˜™!©...........
00000130  10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10  ................
00000140  10 10 18 30 1C 1D 7F FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ...0...ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
00000150  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
00000160  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
00000170  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
00000180  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
00000190  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
000001A0  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
000001B0  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
000001C0  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
000001D0  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
000001E0  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
000001F0  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
00000200  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF E0 73  ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿàs

This means that you are using some crappy probes or crappy programmer or wrong voltage or wrong technique.
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