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InterestingCases -In DR and Repair

June 9th, 2008, 9:12

Hi,

I Have a 2.5" HDD with the Top Sticker not There ,This is a 20 GB ,The Details Are

1 :Model No As In PC 3000 PCI :Hitachi DK23EB-20
2 :Serial No CF8310 "although The Top Side Of the HDD Has a Sticker From Possibly The Company Which Refurbrished It ,I think its refurb"
3 :FW :00K1A0C0
4 :18.63 "39070080 LBA "

when i test the same in pc3000 i get no probl and no issue ,but i cannot format this drive as soon as it is about to end it terminates ,How Can i Get this HDD to Its Feet ,no Data Required .

Re: InterestingCases -In DR and Repair

June 9th, 2008, 9:24

Hi ,
Case No 2

This is a seagate 2.5" hdd ,Family neptune ,In Terminal It Was Showing Could not Load adaptives ,and the Drive Went in F Mode .OK I Thought Lets Try Our Salvation Tool .This is What i did .

1 :Connected the HDD To the Seagate Tool

2 :Tried To Load the HDD Parameters ,HDD Always Showing Busy .

3 :It Detects The Same as Neptune And PCb ver was S.22 "Ok Fine i Though"

4 :I Could See The Tool discover start of SA ,I Saved the ROM "Hell it Should Do This correctly i thought " .Then i also copied All the firmware To the HDD .If DRive Is In Mode F Can We Copy SA .I Think Its Possible cos i was able to get the start of SA in the Tool .

5 :I Thought Lets Do F > Repair

6 :I started To Load The APP,CERt And Cert Table Into RAM And See If the Drive Could Go To Mode t >

7 :After Loa'ding The APP,Cert And Cert Tables To the RAM i Could Not Go To Mode T and The Terminal Just Used To Halt

8 :I Tried To Load Rom From Another HDD The Version Was 3.09 and Mine Was 3.05 But PCb Code in Both Was S.22 ,I Thought Just In Case It Works .

9 :Now i Have a HDD with BAD Rom and Non Spinning Due To Bad Rom .

10 :Please Help Me With The Same .....

Model Seagate ST94019A
SN :3KW30F59
PN :9Y1422-034
HDA PH :100314974
Config :NID-06
FW :3.05
Date 04507
Site Code :AMK
Interface IDE
Can Someone forward The ROM ,The Modeules Of The Same to Me ,I think i will need to get the rom Out For Programming....

Re: InterestingCases -In DR and Repair

June 9th, 2008, 9:27

Case No 3 :

I Have a IBM 2.5 "That Is Locked ,The Details Are

model :DSOA-20810
PN :85G3631
FRU :39h2220
mlc :e15758

How Could i Possible Unlock The Same ...........

Re: InterestingCases -In DR and Repair

June 10th, 2008, 14:45

Hello,
anyone ..................
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