WD10SPZX-60Z10T0 FW 04.01AD4 DOM 22 JAN 2021 SED recovery

[terminator2]

I have got this WD10SPZX-60Z10T0 SED drive.
Its showing SED drive locked everywhere.
I have updated UDMA having support for decryption without unlocked pcb. However this is my first decryption case.
How can I go ahead.

[ccc]

Read Rom with programmer, unlock, write Rom back and you will have SA access.

[Lardman]

Tim put a tutorial up on his youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0B3fwn5VmY

[northwind]

https://youtu.be/znNgJkqJYrw?t=550

[terminator2]

https://youtu.be/znNgJkqJYrw?t=550

Thanks a lot northwind , Lardman & CCC for all the help.
I am sure with all this information and your help , I will succeed in this recovery.
Main challenge for me now is to read Rom carefully from this 2.5" SATA hard disk.
I have brought Revelprog IS with POMONA clips couple of years back but not been able to read a single rom
I am not sure about connection to clips. Though this is advanced programmer sound knowledge of chips ,there voltage is must which I am lacking.
I have tried to read rom from desktop pcb's but each time programmer give overvoltage alert. File which was read was different than rom read using pc3000.
I have also found chip no. and family selection is revelprog is not matching, So I have given up chip reading altogether.
Somehow I will manage to read rom from one of my expert friend , hope further process will not be so hard.
Thanks again.

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[digisupport]

Have been using Revelprog IS for reading ROMs on all types of drives, read / write directly from ROM on pcb.
Select the correct chip, read or write, never failed. I use the ZIF connector, never tried ICSP connector.

[Tomset]

25Q80EW on 1,8V
there are those who can read crookedly at low speeds, and some at no

[Lardman]

Forget the clip - just take the chip off and put in the socket.

I wasn't overly impressed with the revelprog software or the way to select chips (it expects you to know what you're doing ) I suspect a great deal of my frustration was because I was used to just pressing ID and then read in Colibri.

[fzabkar]

If you're reading devices in-circuit, then you need some manual control over the voltage. You're 2.5V device may be able to handle 3.3V, but other chips on the same supply rail may not like it.

[terminator2]

Thank You so much all of you.
With your expert help ,I have successfully decrypted hard disk and recovered data.

[labtech]

Cool.
The Ponoma clips don't work well.
The Pogo adapter is a little better.

[higgsboson]

Cool.
The Ponoma clips don't work well.
The Pogo adapter is a little better.

I have same experience. Each time I get different reading. I have heard about POGO , Is it worth to try ?
Actually I want to read rom in circuit in order to avoid chip damage in desoldering and for some on site cases.
Somehow it did not work.

[higgsboson]

I want to know disadvantages and risks in using SED drives / SED SSD's from end customers perspective.

I have suggested Samsung 870EVO and Crucial MX500 to a customer for backup ( though they are consumer grade SSD's)
As I can see in crucial MX500 SED is written that means SED function is implemented in this model.
I just want to know what are risks involved in using SED SSD's ?
I have educated customer not to use inferior SMR drives for this purpose . Enterprise / Industrial SSD's are not readily available and are costlier too.
SAMSUNG 870EVO is having TBW of 2400TB and is is having 5 year warranty .Its only SSD having SLC cache.
Crucial might not be as rugged as samsung. I have read that it is having write amplification also.
Experts pls. comment.

[labtech]

Cool.
The Ponoma clips don't work well.
The Pogo adapter is a little better.

I have same experience. Each time I get different reading. I have heard about POGO , Is it worth to try ?
Actually I want to read rom in circuit in order to avoid chip damage in desoldering and for some on site cases.
Somehow it did not work.

If you could squint looking at how the pins grabs the chip, you will see that the Ponoma does not really grab the pins well, or at all.
Pogo works better, but still has issues sometimes.

[drHDD]

25Q80EW on 1,8V
there are those who can read crookedly at low speeds, and some at no

It is last message on this forum from Tomset. Unfortunately he died Aug 7. He was really one of kind! It is very sad. RIP

[ddrecovery]

25Q80EW on 1,8V
there are those who can read crookedly at low speeds, and some at no

It is last message on this forum from Tomset. Unfortunately he died Aug 7. He was really one of kind! It is very sad. RIP

Sorry to hear that. What happened?

[fzabkar]

I have suggested Samsung 870EVO ... to a customer for backup ...

Notes: SSD+RAID Recovery – Samsung 870 EVO Not To Be Trusted!:
https://goughlui.com/2022/08/20/notes-ssdraid-recovery-samsung-870-evo-not-to-be-trusted/

[drHDD]

25Q80EW on 1,8V
there are those who can read crookedly at low speeds, and some at no

It is last message on this forum from Tomset. Unfortunately he died Aug 7. He was really one of kind! It is very sad. RIP

Sorry to hear that. What happened?

I know he died on hospital but I don't know why and what happened.

[pepe]

Very bad news, sorry to hear though i didn't know him very much. Friends stop for a moment, then the world goes on - without us...
Do you know how old he was?

pepe

[drHDD]

Very bad news, sorry to hear though i didn't know him very much. Friends stop for a moment, then the world goes on - without us...
Do you know how old he was?

pepe

He was around 60-65 years old.