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IBM Ultrastar 146GB disk limited to 37GB

April 12th, 2007, 15:17

I have 4 IBM Ultrastar 146GB U320 SCSI HDD's which are limited to 37GB, they were replacements for 4 broken 36GB drives

I was wondering if it is possible to remove this limit and use the full 146GB

IBM part: 08K0322
Model: IC35L146UWDY10-0
Firmware: S25F
man.dates: Jun-2002 / Sep-2002

On the sticker it says: Capacity: 146 GB so my best guess they are 146GB drives with a 36GB firmware?!

I have been looking for firmwares for these drives but have found none as Hitachi only gives them out when needed, don't think i'll get them when I ask ;)

I found some references to 146GB firmwares while googling: S21E & S23C

Does anyone have an idea?

April 12th, 2007, 15:39

They appear to be HPA "clipped".

Easy to fix on IDE drives (MHDD will do it), but not sure about SCSI.

April 12th, 2007, 16:21

MHDD returns an "IDE only" message so this won't work

April 12th, 2007, 22:48

Only one thing can work with SCSI HDD, PC3000- SCSI version. So you must send your drive to a lab, where's have that tool.

April 13th, 2007, 3:28

That's right. You have no free tool that can work with scsi drives.

April 13th, 2007, 11:12

Thanks for the info

Sending them off to a lab will most likely cost more then getting 146GB drives so I'll leave them as they are now

April 13th, 2007, 13:35

I can help you, if you want. I'm Vietnamesse and my lab have PC3000-SCSI.
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