Western Digital WD3200AAJS detecting in BIOS as 0MB

[ragadatasolutions]

Hi Experts,

Western Digital WD3200AAJS detecting in BIOS as 0MB.
Could any expert pls throw some light on this.


Thanks in advance.

-RDS.

[pepe]

Hi,

some more info would be useful like wether it spins up or makes clicking sound or not...

pepe

[beto]

tried MHDD and show us, what did u get on the screen

ID, read sectors, check if its showing the passport, ATA registers while try to read sectors like pepe said

Best Regards

[ragadatasolutions]

Hi Experts,

Thanks for your reply.

MHDD result
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ID / EID
LBA:0 , Size:0MB
This device does not support LBA mode. MHDD will not work on this device

RESET FAIL
RECAL FAIL
NHPA FAIL

CX (Seak & Read test)
! ERROR: Drive not responding or operation canceled
RECAL FAIL
Broken Drive

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1.The Drive is spinning without any interruption.
2.No Clicking noise.
3.Getting detected in the BIOS but reports 0MB size.

Any clue or any other tool to check with?

-RDS.

[ragadatasolutions]

Hi Pepe Sir,

Waiting for your advice...

If anything to do with the PCB swap,
The drive has the PCB no.: 2061-701444-000 AA
This PCB does not come with the U12 module to swap from patient to donor.
So, will the Disk accept donor PCB without doing any U12 ROM chip transfer?

-RDS.

[ragadatasolutions]

Hi Pepe,

waiting for your advice...

-RDS.

[beto]

what happend when u tried to read sectors, what its showing at ATA registers, ABRT, IDNF, ?

Best Regards

[ragadatasolutions]

Hi Beto,

MHDD doesn't detect at all.
Atleast BIOS detects this disk as 0MB disk.

Any other inputs from ur experience?

-RDS.

[ragadatasolutions]

Hello Pepe sir,

Any help from your side ?

-RDS.

[pepe]

Hi,

probably FW problem and there's nothing to do with PCB swap.

pepe

[ragadatasolutions]

Hi Pepe sir,

Thanks for your reply.

I just noticed that there is no firmware chip (8pin U12) in the PCB.
How to go about it?
I need the data badly.

-RDS.

[beto]

well ragadatasolutions FW its not only on PCB; its on the platters called " diskware" Engineering Cylinders, System Area, System Tracks, etc, on first u should be read this article sticky-important-topics-beginners-please-look-here-first-f16/newbie-info-from-and-for-newbies-about-firmware-sa-etc-t6562.html

Best Regards.

[ragadatasolutions]

Hi Beto,

Thanks for your reference.
I mistyped there. I wanted to ask about the "8pin U12 chip" which we usually swap, when we do pcb change.
In this particular model. The slot is found empty. I mean to say that there is a 8pin U12 chip slot, but found missing by default.

How to go about PCB change.

-RDS.

[samael.g]

have anyone of you solved the problem?
I have a damaged WD3200AAJS HD with the same failure..
I need the data badly
help!

[renewill]

Sorry to ask, but did you recover the data from the HDD? I have the same kind of HDD and it crashed 1 month ago. Ordered a new PCB and now the HDD spins (didn´t with the old one) but it is not recognized by BIOS. Need the data badly.