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MODEL: ST31000333AS
PN: 9FZ136-516
FW: CC4H
PCB: 100530756 REV A

Drive is UNRECOGNIZED
seems to do calibration but no terminal displayed even using shorting techniques.
It was too strange for me and so decided to read M25P40 out-board.
it seems to have a good header but the following structure is corrupted ( no second half copy, no sn displayed).
Is it coming from some other lab that did it on purpose???
Anyway, my question is if can a case like this be faced or just there no way to come up recovering datas?
Greeting and thank you for any contribution.

PS: 512KB rom attached

SN 9TE201S6 ?
SN PCB C9356EZV ?

ROM - ok:

Parsing container segment....... Flash ROM image
Segment: BOOTFLOADER
Parsing segment....... BOOTFLOADER
End parsing segment... BOOTFLOADER
Segment: SHAREDFW
Parsing segment....... SHAREDFW
End parsing segment... SHAREDFW
Segment: NONREDN_CNT_0
Parsing container segment....... NONREDN_CNT_0
Segment: ADP_SERVO_DIR
Parsing segment....... ADP_SERVO_DIR
End parsing segment... ADP_SERVO_DIR
Segment: CAP
Parsing segment....... CAP
End parsing segment... CAP
Segment: RAP
Parsing segment....... RAP
End parsing segment... RAP
Segment: SAP
Parsing segment....... SAP
End parsing segment... SAP
Segment: SFW
Parsing segment....... SFW
End parsing segment... SFW
Segment: SHELL
Parsing segment....... SHELL
End parsing segment... SHELL
End parsing container segment... NONREDN_CNT_0
Segment: BOOTFW_CONT_0
Parsing container segment....... BOOTFW_CONT_0
Segment: BOOTFW_DIR
Parsing segment....... BOOTFW_DIR
End parsing segment... BOOTFW_DIR
Segment: GENERAL_DATA
Parsing segment....... GENERAL_DATA
End parsing segment... GENERAL_DATA
Segment: IAP
Parsing segment....... IAP
End parsing segment... IAP
Segment: BOOTFW
Parsing segment....... BOOTFW
End parsing segment... BOOTFW
End parsing container segment... BOOTFW_CONT_0
Segment: BOOTFW_CONT_1
Parsing container segment....... BOOTFW_CONT_1
Segment: BOOTFW_DIR
Parsing segment....... BOOTFW_DIR
End parsing segment... BOOTFW_DIR
Segment: GENERAL_DATA
Parsing segment....... GENERAL_DATA
End parsing segment... GENERAL_DATA
Segment: IAP
Parsing segment....... IAP
End parsing segment... IAP
Segment: BOOTFW
Parsing segment....... BOOTFW
End parsing segment... BOOTFW
End parsing container segment... BOOTFW_CONT_1
End parsing container segment... Flash ROM image

Parsing container segment....... Flash ROM image

Code:

Offset(h) 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F

00000000  9B 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 D7 DC 04 00
00000010  63 73 69 44 00 00 21 6B FF FF FF FF 20 FF FF FF
00000020  17 38 00 00 13 00 04 00 24 00 00 01 22 00 00 04
00000030  23 00 00 06 00 00 00 08

ID  rel add     description
------------------------------------------------------
17  000038   Segment: BOOTFLOADER
13  000400   Segment: SHAREDFW
24  010000   container segment....... NONREDN_CNT_0
22  040000   container segment....... BOOTFW_CONT_0
23  060000   container segment....... BOOTFW_CONT_1
00  080000

Segment: NONREDN_CNT_0
Parsing container segment....... NONREDN_CNT_0

Code:

Offset(h) 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F

00010000  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 02 00 04 00
00010010  63 73 69 44 00 00 17 49 FF FF FF FF 20 FF FF FF
00010020  14 40 00 00 04 48 00 00 06 58 02 00 05 68 86 00
00010030  03 80 A6 00 0B 80 D6 01 00 80 E7 01 00 00 00 00

ID  rel add     description
------------------------------------------------------
14  000040   Segment: ADP_SERVO_DIR
04  000048   Segment: CAP
06  000258   Segment: RAP
05  008668   Segment: SAP
03  00A680   Segment: SFW
0B  01D680   Segment: SHELL
00  01E780

Segment: BOOTFW_CONT_0
Parsing container segment....... BOOTFW_CONT_0

Code:

Offset(h) 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F

00040000  14 18 00 00 D8 04 00 00 40 8A 00 00 2C 17 04 00
00040010  63 73 69 44 00 00 BB 8A FF FF FF FF 20 FF FF FF
00040020  16 38 00 00 15 40 00 00 0E 40 02 00 10 D0 04 00
00040030  00 D0 F4 01 00 00 00 00

ID  rel add     description
------------------------------------------------------
16  000038   Segment: BOOTFW_DIR
15  000040   Segment: GENERAL_DATA
0E  000240   Segment: IAP
10  0004D0   Segment: BOOTFW
00  01F4D0

Segment: BOOTFW_CONT_1
Parsing container segment....... BOOTFW_CONT_1

Code:

Offset(h) 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F

00060000  14 18 00 00 D8 04 00 00 40 8A 00 00 2C 17 04 00
00060010  63 73 69 44 00 00 BB 8A FF FF FF FF 20 FF FF FF
00060020  16 38 00 00 15 40 00 00 0E 40 02 00 10 D0 04 00
00060030  00 D0 F4 01 00 00 00 00

ID  rel add     description
------------------------------------------------------
16  000038   Segment: BOOTFW_DIR
15  000040   Segment: GENERAL_DATA
0E  000240   Segment: IAP
10  0004D0   Segment: BOOTFW
00  01F4D0

Just say sorry. I took a crab looking at wrong dump file.
Thank you anyway to both of you

Sorry for resuming this quite old post.
Still problems with this model and fw version (CC4H).
No terminal output
Rom is ok and is original.
Just kindly want to ask if someone has this drive and have tested the same problem (no terminal output).
Thank you in advance

probably can't load discfw, that's why it looks dead on terminal

it is possible to recover but i need physical access to the drive.

pepe

pepe wrote:probably can't load discfw, that's why it looks dead on terminal

it is possible to recover but i need physical access to the drive.

pepe

F3 arch on this disk shouldn't need dfw to show terminal.
For this reason, pepe, I need confirmation on specific fw from the same working drive
I don't think it's hd problem, cause patient loop on calib and before to proceed with modifying externaly heads set in rom to look for bads ones and then working phisically on hda I want to be sure to exclude rom corruption. I have tested Pcb with a donor and it worked fine. These are the reasons for which i suppose the rom is not working properly. So I think you are the way out of the problem. Thank you , anyway.
My help request is another and really simple:
Has somebody tested ST31000333AS with specific FW CC4H ? Is terminal unlocked?
Thank you.

There are plenty of CC4H resources here:

http://firmware.hddsurgery.com/?manufacturer=Seagate&family=Brinks

fzabkar wrote:There are plenty of CC4H resources here:

http://firmware.hddsurgery.com/?manufacturer=Seagate&family=Brinks

fzabkar, probably I'm not clear enough.
I have not asked for fw
I just need to know if, in this model and firmware version, terminal is locked or is normally shown.
That's all

7200.11 - terminal is not locked

smecca wrote:fzabkar, probably I'm not clear enough.
I have not asked for fw
I just need to know if, in this model and firmware version, terminal is locked or is normally shown.

My thoughts were that you could answer your own question by testing a known good CC4H ROM and loader combination on your donor.

BTW, it is not clear what you mean by "show terminal". Are you saying that there is absolutely no output of any kind from the terminal port?

In the following thread ...

viewtopic.php?t=16740

... the OP states that ...

It should be noted that when I isolate the PCB, terminal hangs at: Rst 0x20M

If you don't get this output on terminal, then I would say that there may be some problem with the I/O pins of your MCU.

Also, if you cannot reach the SA, then your drive may still ID, albeit with model number ST_M13FQBL.

labtech wrote:7200.11 - terminal is not locked

Thanks for your confirmation labtech

fzabkar wrote:BTW, it is not clear what you mean by "show terminal". Are you saying that there is absolutely no output of any kind from the terminal port?

YES, THAT'S THE PROBLEM!
1)PCB CONNECTED: ABSOLUTELY NO TERMINAL OUTPUT
2)PCB DISCONNECTED: ABSOLUTELY NO TERMINAL OUTPUT

The same PCB has been tested on a donor hdd, swapping adaptives chip of donor on patient pcb. The DONOR hdd worked perfectly and terminal output was shown.

So, by factors parity, I could be sure that there's a problem on the rom. But image analisys of rom content ( extracted by a programmer) through pc3k says that rom is original and everything is ok.

smecca wrote:

labtech wrote:7200.11 - terminal is not locked

Thanks for your confirmation labtech

fzabkar wrote:BTW, it is not clear what you mean by "show terminal". Are you saying that there is absolutely no output of any kind from the terminal port?

YES, THAT'S THE PROBLEM!
1)PCB CONNECTED: ABSOLUTELY NO TERMINAL OUTPUT
2)PCB DISCONNECTED: ABSOLUTELY NO TERMINAL OUTPUT

The same PCB has been tested on a donor hdd, swapping adaptives chip of donor on patient pcb. The DONOR hdd worked perfectly and terminal output was shown.

So, by factors parity, I could be sure that there's a problem on the rom. But image analisys of rom content ( extracted by a programmer) through pc3k says that rom is original and everything is ok.

Well,
Whats The Big Deal Then Find Same FW of rom Transfer Adaptives To New Rom Run It and voila

Do you get any terminal output if you invalidate your ROM by shorting its data pin? Alternatively you could intentionally invalidate the checksum(s) of the BOOTFW module(s).

The following thread suggests that you should get an error message from the kernel.

Seagate 7200.11 750 gig drive will not spin up-firmware Prob:
viewtopic.php?t=14337

Code:

TetonST Boot ROM 2.0
Copyright Seagate 2006

Serial FLASH boot code checksum failure!

Your CC4H firmware has a very different structure to SDxx Brinks firmware versions. Are you certain that you should at least see "Rst 0x20M", whether or not the SA is accessible?

What do you see if you enable the PUIS flag in your firmware (assuming PC3000 can do this)? When PUIS is enabled, the drive should immediately come ready and ID, albeit with a minimal Identify Device info sector.