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Author:  NemesisFS [ April 16th, 2014, 12:58 ]
Post subject:  Bricked SSD?
Hi,

I`ve got a problem with my new SSD. I wanted to use it in my Thinkpad with its Hardware encryption. Because of that I set a ATA Password with hdparm, to be able to perform a secure erase. The password I used is just 'p'. Unfortunatly I forgot to remove the password again so I couldnt boot up since the Thinkpads add a encryption to the ATA password.
I tried removing the password again by pluging it into my PC and using hdparm.

While I boot, I get these messages in my kernel log:
Code:
Apr 16 14:51:09 achmed kernel: ata5.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
Apr 16 14:51:09 achmed kernel: ata5.00: irq_stat 0x40000001
Apr 16 14:51:09 achmed kernel: ata5.00: failed command: READ DMA
Apr 16 14:51:09 achmed kernel: ata5.00: cmd c8/00:08:08:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 4096 in
                                        res 51/04:08:08:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x1 (device error)
Apr 16 14:51:09 achmed kernel: ata5.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
Apr 16 14:51:09 achmed kernel: ata5.00: error: { ABRT }
Apr 16 14:51:09 achmed kernel: ata5.00: failed to get NCQ Send/Recv Log Emask 0x1
Apr 16 14:51:09 achmed kernel: ata5.00: failed to get NCQ Send/Recv Log Emask 0x1
Apr 16 14:51:09 achmed kernel: ata5.00: configured for UDMA/33
Apr 16 14:51:09 achmed kernel: ata5: EH complete
Apr 16 14:51:09 achmed kernel: ata5.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
Apr 16 14:51:09 achmed kernel: ata5.00: irq_stat 0x40000001
Apr 16 14:51:09 achmed kernel: ata5.00: failed command: READ DMA
Apr 16 14:51:09 achmed kernel: ata5.00: cmd c8/00:08:08:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 4096 in
                                        res 51/04:08:08:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x1 (device error)
Apr 16 14:51:09 achmed kernel: ata5.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
Apr 16 14:51:09 achmed kernel: ata5.00: error: { ABRT }
Apr 16 14:51:09 achmed kernel: ata5.00: failed to get NCQ Send/Recv Log Emask 0x1
Apr 16 14:51:09 achmed kernel: ata5.00: failed to get NCQ Send/Recv Log Emask 0x1
Apr 16 14:51:09 achmed kernel: ata5.00: configured for UDMA/33
Apr 16 14:51:09 achmed kernel: ata5: EH complete


When I use hdparm -I on the device, I can see that it`s locked but not frozen.
If I try to unlock it, I get this error:
Code:
hdparm --security-disable p /dev/sdf
security_password="p"

/dev/sdb:
Issuing SECURITY_DISABLE command, password="password", user=user
SECURITY_UNLOCK: Input/output error


I get the same error for other commands.

Do you have any idea what I could try to do? Im pretty clueless right now...
Author:  labtech [ April 16th, 2014, 13:20 ]
Post subject:  Re: Bricked SSD?
Maybe this helps:
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=28237&p=194511&hilit=lenovo#p194511
Author:  NemesisFS [ April 16th, 2014, 13:22 ]
Post subject:  Re: Bricked SSD?
Unfortunatly I cannot enter the lenovo BIOS without entering the correct password, which I cant because of the additional encryption.
I tried changing it with my old Acer Laptop but it seems to encode it differently, too.
Author:  labtech [ April 16th, 2014, 14:17 ]
Post subject:  Re: Bricked SSD?
Yeah Acer is a different animal.
Mhhh, sorry, not sure how else to help. Maybe other will have other opinions.. Tried ZU?
Author:  NemesisFS [ April 16th, 2014, 14:46 ]
Post subject:  Re: Bricked SSD?
What is ZU?
Author:  labtech [ April 16th, 2014, 14:55 ]
Post subject:  Re: Bricked SSD?
ZU is software
Author:  freereg [ April 17th, 2014, 1:01 ]
Post subject:  Re: Bricked SSD?
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/T400-T500- ... 729/page/5

Bottom of the page is link to software, try that out...?
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/622 ... Revert.zip
Author:  NemesisFS [ April 17th, 2014, 8:28 ]
Post subject:  Re: Bricked SSD?
Thanks, I will try that tool as soon as I get home.
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