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Hello all the Gurus. Working with a WD-400BD. Drive was clicking. Original drive has 1 head only. Found a donor that had 2 heads. Performed head swap. Patient Drive spins up and ID's itself with correct Model and firmware in PC-3000. I am not sure what to do next. I am not so good with PC-3000 and still learning. Any help would be greatly appreciated . PLease see the SA structure report below. Thanks

Techno mode key

Techno mode key......................... : Ok



RAM:

Zone allocation table................... : Ok

Cyl Count............................... : 83935

SA SPT.................................. : 533



Head number reading..................... : Ok

Heads number............................ : 1



ROM:

ROM reading............................. : Ok

ROM Data size........................... : 128 Kb

ROM version............................. : 06.BGD

ROM generation.......................... : 06.BGD

Link table version...................... : 01.B3.

Heads configuration..................... : by map

Heads number............................ : 1

Heads number in use..................... : 1

Switched off heads...................... : No

Head map................................ : 1



Firmware version........................ : 06BG?



Service area:

SA dir reading.......................... : Ok (Copy 0)

Configuration reading................... : Ok

Master Password......................... : has not been set

User Password........................... : has not been set



Soft reset ...

Hard reset ...

Modules checking

Module 01............................... : Ok

Module 31............................... : Ok

Module 17............................... : Ok

Module 15............................... : Ok

Module 04............................... : Ok

Module 4A............................... : Ok

Module 52............................... : Ok

Module 35............................... : Ok

Module 02............................... : Ok

Module 33............................... : Ok

Module 26............................... : Ok

Module 1C............................... : Ok

Module 4C............................... : Ok

Module 07............................... : Ok

Module 53............................... : Ok

Module 2E............................... : Ok

Module 1B............................... : Ok

Module 19............................... : Ok

Module 41............................... : Ok

Module 05............................... : Ok

Module 0C............................... : Ok

Module 37............................... : Ok

Module 2D............................... : Ok

Module 21............................... : Ok

Module 1E............................... : Ok

Module 40............................... : Ok

Module 32 (Translator).................. : Module read error: Physical read error C/H/S: -8/0/420 Techno CMD sending error Device Error Detected: "DISK ECU UNSAFE ERROR"

Module 32............................... : Error

Module 36............................... : Ok

Module 11............................... : Ok

Module 23 (S.M.A.R.T. Log (reserved))... : Module read error: Physical read error C/H/S: -9/0/263 Techno CMD sending error Device Error Detected: "DISK ECU UNSAFE ERROR"

Module 23............................... : Error

Module 43............................... : Ok

Module 39............................... : Ok

Module 2F............................... : Ok

Module 49............................... : Ok

Module 38............................... : Ok

Module 22............................... : Ok

Module 28............................... : Ok

Module 34 (G-List (Grown defect list)).. : Module read error: Physical read error C/H/S: -10/0/352 Techno CMD sending error Device Error Detected: "DISK ECU UNSAFE ERROR"

Module 34............................... : Error

Module 29............................... : Ok

Module 50............................... : Ok

Module 25............................... : Ok

Module 24............................... : Ok

Module 42............................... : Ok

Module 06............................... : Ok

Module 2A............................... : Ok

Module 51............................... : Ok

Module C4............................... : Ok

Module C5............................... : Ok

Module CC............................... : Ok

Module CA............................... : Ok

Module CB............................... : Ok

Module CD............................... : Ok

Module CF............................... : Ok

Module CE............................... : Ok

Module 91............................... : Ok

Module 92............................... : Ok

Module 93............................... : Ok

Module C1............................... : Ok

Module C2............................... : Ok

Module C7............................... : Ok

Module 9E............................... : Ok

Module B1............................... : Ok

Module E0............................... : Ok

Module E8............................... : Ok

Module FE............................... : Ok

Module D5............................... : Ok

Module DA............................... : Ok

Module DB............................... : Ok

Module DF............................... : Ok

Module DD............................... : Ok

Module D6............................... : Ok

Module D7............................... : Ok

Module D2............................... : Ok

Module BB............................... : Ok

Module D9............................... : Ok

Module D4............................... : Ok

Module DC............................... : Ok

Module D0............................... : Ok

Module D3............................... : Ok

Module BA............................... : Ok

Module B9............................... : Ok

Module BC............................... : Ok

Module FD............................... : Ok

Module FB............................... : Ok

Module E6............................... : Ok

Module E7............................... : Ok

Module BE............................... : Ok

Module B8............................... : Ok

Module BF............................... : Ok

Module FC............................... : Ok

Module EE............................... : Ok

Module E1............................... : Ok

Module E2............................... : Ok

Module E3............................... : Ok

Module E4............................... : Ok

Module E5............................... : Ok

Module E9............................... : Ok

If you are finding no other problems in this one you can try to go to the DE and create head map on this. Image with one head only and do not image with the second head on this one. That would be the next step if you can access your data and read your data from this drvie. It has to be imaged to a new drive now in order to continue on with your work.

Thanks for the quick response Poe. Sorry i didnt mention express test shows all errors. I dont have access to data. Module 32 translator, Module 23 Smart and Module 34 G-list shows Error in SA structure report.
I assume I have to fix these modules first?
What are the steps to fix them?
How can i deactivate the 2nd head or it doesn't matter?
Thanks for all your help in advance

In DDI, i tried to build head map and it wont work. and when tried to image drive, it reads all sectors as "A" Aborts errors..

Try to clear the Glist and Smart, regen translator and see what you get on this one. If you glist is over flowing you might have to stop all defect to go to the Glist when cloning your drive.

Glist should be rewritten, translator rewritten, then translator regenerated from plist only.

Should be simple case if you have the tools. If you are having trouble with this case then you should seriously consider to have somebody on hand for outsourcing etc. Possibly you can make a good arrangement with someone at this forum, and even learn more about this and similar cases at the same time.

Also, DE will not allow access to this disk with these SA errors.

p.s. Good job on the head change

Thanks guys. I was able to Clear G-list and regenerate Translator but having a hard time Clearing Smart. I am getting this error message.


Summary Error Log....................... : S.M.A.R.T. clearing error (page 02) Techno CMD sending error Device Error Detected: "DISK ECU UNSAFE ERROR"
Self Test Log........................... : S.M.A.R.T. clearing error (page 07) Techno CMD sending error Device Error Detected: "DISK ECU UNSAFE ERROR"
Other S.M.A.R.T. logs................... : S.M.A.R.T. clearing error (page 01) Techno CMD sending error Device Error Detected: "DISK ECU UNSAFE ERROR"


Hdd guy thanks for the compliment on head swap. It was really a tough call. Patient drive only has 1 head on top of the platter. i ordered 2 donor drives very close match and both of them had head underneath the platter instaed of on the top. Finally i found a diffrent Model WD donor drive in stock that had 2 heads and performed a head swap. I'll post both the drive info shortly for any future reference for others. ( So much for close match compatibility for head change).

I really need help on fixing this SMART Module. Any advise would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Im not so sure that the SMART is a problem. Did you try data access without it?

If you have a second donor a hotswap is a good option for you in these circunstances

I was able to access data without clearing SMART.. Thanks for all your help. I am not sure if this is the right post for this info but PLease see below the compability of drives for head swap.

Patient drive-
WD400BD-75LRA0
Date- 15 JUL, 2005
DCM- HSBHCTJCH

Donor Drive
WD800JD-75MSA1
Date- 27 Dec 2005
DCM- DSBHNTJCH