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Author: | Lardman [ November 29th, 2021, 7:39 ] |
Post subject: | Re: "Game Over" signature? |
Odd - Any clues in the history given from the client? It has almost a hardware bug or malware feel to it. |
Author: | sourcerer [ November 29th, 2021, 11:52 ] |
Post subject: | Re: "Game Over" signature? |
I would suggest to dump the firmware and grep for "Game Over", perhaps it's a way for the firmware to signal a bad sector read. |
Author: | ccc [ November 30th, 2021, 3:09 ] |
Post subject: | Re: "Game Over" signature? |
That's a Marvell 88NV1120 ssd controller inside with a failed translator module. That's how it behaves when the translator is gone. Unfortunately no commercial tool is able to work with this controller (correct me if I'm wrong). There is a tool that can repair the ssd, by rebuilding the translator, but of course, you'll loose all the data in the process. |
Author: | northwind [ November 30th, 2021, 5:28 ] |
Post subject: | Re: "Game Over" signature? |
Thanks everyone for your feedback. I dug a little into the fw as suggested by sourcerer. ccc is right, signature comes from drive's fw when translator is gone. |
Author: | Arch Stanton [ November 30th, 2021, 8:42 ] |
Post subject: | Re: "Game Over" signature? |
Ow wow. Now I feel like I am in a Mr. Robot episode |
Author: | digisupport [ November 30th, 2021, 10:39 ] |
Post subject: | Re: "Game Over" signature? |
FW developers have a strange humor |
Author: | pepe [ November 30th, 2021, 11:31 ] |
Post subject: | Re: "Game Over" signature? |
concerning humor, all the hard disk firmwares are full of dead beef, dead food, dead face, Beef Food and so on. pepe |
Author: | northwind [ December 1st, 2021, 5:00 ] |
Post subject: | Re: "Game Over" signature? |
I still remember the first time in my life I witnesses "DE AD BE EF". I was literally "wtf, really now?" |
Author: | Arch Stanton [ December 2nd, 2021, 3:23 ] |
Post subject: | Re: "Game Over" signature? |
https://youtu.be/dsx2vdn7gpY |
Author: | crashpcberlin [ February 23rd, 2022, 16:01 ] |
Post subject: | Re: "Game Over" signature? |
Hey Guys, i have a ADATA SP580 with this Marvell 88nv1120 Controller and the same behavior. Gets Full ID, access is a little bit weak and shown sectors are empty. Any advice to fix? |
Author: | northwind [ February 24th, 2022, 11:11 ] |
Post subject: | Re: "Game Over" signature? |
No commercial tool available to fix/bypass the translator problem, so for now it's game over I'm afraid. This isn't a very popular controller so we didn't spend time researching it, not worth it. Maybe Ace will add this controller in future releases. |
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