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tarasheh
 Post subject: WD palmer damaged rom file data recovery
PostPosted: November 2nd, 2025, 3:04 
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I am attempting data recovery on a WD10SPZX drive using a PC-3000. I performed the following steps:

1. I read the ROM from the IC using an external programmer and saved a backup.

2. I used PC-3000 to unlock the sed lock with this backup.

3. I then soldered the ROM IC back onto the PCB.

The Problem: Now, the drive will not turn on and spin up, and the PC-3000 shows no activity lights. Rewriting the original ROM file back to the IC results in the same issue, leading me to believe my programmer may have created a corrupted backup.

Additional Info: When I try a different ROM file, the drive does spin, but it shows no model, serial number, and 0MB capacity.

The data is critical. Could you please advise me on how to proceed? Thank you
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Lukas
 Post subject: Re: WD palmer damaged rom file data recovery
PostPosted: November 3rd, 2025, 8:49 
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A caution for the future is to not modify the original batch. Always work with a replacement ROM chip.
What programmer did you use?
Include the original ROM dump on forum.

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tarasheh
 Post subject: Re: WD palmer damaged rom file data recovery
PostPosted: November 3rd, 2025, 10:56 
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oh thanks i will do that in future.
I use TNM 5000 programmer


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fzabkar
 Post subject: Re: WD palmer damaged rom file data recovery
PostPosted: November 3rd, 2025, 17:44 
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Analysing WD10SPZX_orginal.bin ...

Searching for LDSCs and verifying PCMBlocks ...

LDSC   LDSC    Att   PCMBlock          RAM         size      PCMBlk CS
Start  ID CS        Start -  End     address     RAM / ROM    Exp/Act
-----  -- --   --   -----   -----   --------   ------ -----  ---------
    0  5A FB   04      20 -  1ACF       1000     1AAC  1AAC  000A7455 000A7455 OK (digitally signed)
2000  01 BF   04    2180 -  49DC      49688     275C  275C    B2   B2   OK
2020  02 3B   11    49DD -  88E9   30080000 c   542C  3F0C    02   02   OK
2040  03 47   0C    88EA -  8CDE   24000000      3F4   3F4    D8   D8   OK
2060  04 60   40    8CDF -  DF9B   FFE00200     52BC  52BC    FE   FE   OK
2080  05 9A   01    DF9C -  EAA8   38248600 c    D48   B0C    E3   E3   OK
20A0  06 9B   04    EAA9 -  EF49   3824A600      4A0   4A0    79   79   OK
20C0  07 F9   01    EF4A - 14F26          0 c   7A14  5FDC    5F   5F   OK
20E0  08 A7   01   14F27 - 152E7       DD88 c    484   3C0    42   42   OK
2100  09 34   03   152E8 - 178E0      40340 c   3088  25F8    C6   C6   OK
2120  0A A0   03   178E1 - 17CB9   60249600 c    9AC   3D8    26   26   OK
2140  0B 2E   01   17CBA - 2FB7E   3832D000 c  20174 17EC4    52   52   OK
2160  0C 7F   01   2FB7F - 5415F   38008230 c  317EC 245E0    00   78   BAD

LDSC   = PM Loader Config String (32 bytes)
ID     = ID byte of LDSC (byte #0)
CS     = Checksum byte or word
Att    = Attributes
PCMBlk = Program Code Memory Block
Exp    = Expected checksum for PCMBLock
Act    = Actual checksum for PCMBLock
c      = compressed PCMBlock
size   = size of decompressed (in RAM) and compressed (in ROM) PCMBlock in bytes

No ROYL directory modules (0x0B or 0x20B) found in ROM

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tarasheh
 Post subject: Re: WD palmer damaged rom file data recovery
PostPosted: November 4th, 2025, 1:56 
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Ok. How did you analyzing rom and how i can fix No ROYL directory modules (0x0B or 0x20B) found in ROM error?
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fzabkar
 Post subject: Re: WD palmer damaged rom file data recovery
PostPosted: November 4th, 2025, 2:17 
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https://groups.google.com/g/datarecoverycertification/c/1JG6YtDdXHk/m/wC5T4dS7DgAJ

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tarasheh
 Post subject: Re: WD palmer damaged rom file data recovery
PostPosted: November 4th, 2025, 3:19 
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The process I just saw in that group for hard drive repair was very different from the method I've always used. If you can, could you help me out?
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fzabkar
 Post subject: Re: WD palmer damaged rom file data recovery
PostPosted: November 4th, 2025, 3:23 
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tarasheh wrote:
The process I just saw in that team for hard drive repair was very different from the method I've always used. If you can, could you help me out?

You have PC3K. I don't have anything other than a tool that I wrote to assemble the ROM from the modules that you recover from the SA (0x109 and 0x129). If you upload those modules, I'll rebuild the ROM for you.

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tarasheh
 Post subject: Re: WD palmer damaged rom file data recovery
PostPosted: November 4th, 2025, 3:30 
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how can i get that module when hdd and pcb dosen't turn on. that rom file i get directly from ic with programmer not SA.
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fzabkar
 Post subject: Re: WD palmer damaged rom file data recovery
PostPosted: November 4th, 2025, 3:33 
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Use a donor.

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tarasheh
 Post subject: Re: WD palmer damaged rom file data recovery
PostPosted: November 4th, 2025, 3:43 
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I have a drive similar to this and i tried swap pcb and i got no model and 0mb capacity
and my broken driver MDL end with 22z10t0 and driver similar to that end with 21z10t0
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tarasheh
 Post subject: Re: WD palmer damaged rom file data recovery
PostPosted: November 4th, 2025, 9:41 
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I backup all module of 21z10t0 i think they simlar the only thing is diffrent is MDL

module name are diffrent with pc3k i send you some of them i think it's right.

if they are not correct tell me how can i send all of them to you


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tarasheh
 Post subject: Re: WD palmer damaged rom file data recovery
PostPosted: November 4th, 2025, 11:53 
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fzabkar wrote:
Use a donor.


I backup all module of 21z10t0 i think they simlar the only thing is diffrent is MDL

I send some of the module i think you need. site don't let me send all of module


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gold6565
 Post subject: Re: WD palmer damaged rom file data recovery
PostPosted: November 4th, 2025, 18:16 
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tarasheh wrote:
I am attempting data recovery on a WD10SPZX drive using a PC-3000. I performed the following steps:

1. I read the ROM from the IC using an external programmer and saved a backup.

2. I used PC-3000 to unlock the sed lock with this backup.

You wouldn't be able to do this. You would receive a response from the PC-3000: Rom data corrupt. Sections CS error .
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fzabkar
 Post subject: Re: WD palmer damaged rom file data recovery
PostPosted: November 4th, 2025, 20:02 
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109 is OK, but I need 129 (or 130 ?) as well.

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PostPosted: November 4th, 2025, 20:55 
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Tim - Desert Data Recovery wrote:
I just ran the search again that I posted to include nested modules and 129 was still not found. It can only be found by ID.

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tarasheh
 Post subject: Re: WD palmer damaged rom file data recovery
PostPosted: November 5th, 2025, 2:44 
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gold6565 wrote:
You wouldn't be able to do this. You would receive a response from the PC-3000: Rom data corrupt. Sections CS error .

I don't know why, but the PC-3000 was able to unlock my corrupted ROM without showing any errors


fzabkar wrote:
109 is OK, but I need 129 (or 130 ?) as well.


I couldn't find that module. Instead, I've zip all accessible modules from the donor drive and uploaded the archive to a temporary site
https://limewire.com/d/qAGpl#xEBN6YMtMj
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fzabkar
 Post subject: Re: WD palmer damaged rom file data recovery
PostPosted: November 5th, 2025, 13:10 
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I can't find any backups of ROM-resident ROYL modules. Try a full track dump.

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Mikippp
 Post subject: Re: WD palmer damaged rom file data recovery
PostPosted: November 5th, 2025, 13:30 
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Hi,
Modules 129 and 130 are not described in DIR.
These modules are described in ATA Ovl.
These modules can be read by ID.
Ctrl + Alt + 3 -> see photo.
To read these modules, ATA Ovl must be loaded into the memory.

With such limited knowledge, the easiest way is to find a drive with a very similar production date and get the ROM from it.

Mikippp


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fzabkar
 Post subject: Re: WD palmer damaged rom file data recovery
PostPosted: November 5th, 2025, 13:58 
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This is the relevant section in module 0x11:

Code:
Offset(h) 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F 10 11 12 13

000CADC8                                      52 4F 59 4C 01 80 30 00              ROYL.€0.
000CADDC  01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 30 30 30 32 30 30 30 30 01 02 03 04  ........00020000....
000CADF0  05 00 06 00 00 00 07 00 08 00 00 00 09 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00  ....................
000CAE04  10 00 12 02 40 00 5F 03 00 00 03 18 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ....@._.............
000CAE18  00 00 12 02 01 00 20 00 00 00 03 18 80 42 00 00 00 00 00 00  ...... .....€B......
000CAE2C  00 00 12 02 35 00 0A 00 00 00 03 1A 00 00 30 2C 0F 00 30 2C  ....5.........0,..0,
000CAE40  0F 00 12 02 EF 00 1E 00 00 00 03 1A 00 00 82 2A 0F 00 82 2A  ....ï.........‚*..‚*
000CAE54  0F 00 12 02 B5 11 10 00 00 00 03 1A 00 00 72 2A 0F 00 72 2A  ....µ.........r*..r*
000CAE68  0F 00 12 02 90 00 90 01 00 00 03 1A 00 00 68 28 0F 00 68 28  ..............h(..h(
000CAE7C  0F 00 12 02 C0 00 7A 00 00 00 03 1A 00 00 F8 29 0F 00 F8 29  ....À.z.......ø)..ø)
000CAE90  0F 00 12 01 3B 25 32 00 00 00 01 1A 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00  ....;%2......€......
000CAEA4  00 00 12 01 3B 2D 28 00 00 00 01 1A 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00  ....;-(......€......
000CAEB8  00 00 12 01 00 1A 40 00 00 00 01 1A 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00  ......@......€......
000CAECC  00 00 12 01 05 06 06 00 00 00 01 1A 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00  .............€......
000CAEE0  00 00 12 01 06 06 06 00 00 00 01 1A 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00  .............€......
000CAEF4  00 00 12 02 29 01 C8 00 00 00 03 1A 00 00 A0 2A 0F 00 A0 2A  ....).È....... *.. *
000CAF08  0F 00 12 02 30 01 C8 00 00 00 03 1A 00 00 68 2B 0F 00 68 2B  ....0.È.......h+..h+
000CAF1C  0F 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ....................
000CAF30  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ....................
000CAF44  00 00 00 00 37 00 00 00                                      ....7...

It appears that modules 0x129 and 0x130 each have a size of 0xC8 sectors and are located at ABAs 0xF2AA0 and 0xF2B68, respectively.

Code:
               ID   size                address 1 address 2
          ---- ---- --------- ---- ---- --------- ---------
00000000  1202 4000 5F03 0000 0318 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
00000014  1202 0100 2000 0000 0318 8042 0000 0000 0000 0000
00000028  1202 3500 0A00 0000 031A 0000 302C 0F00 302C 0F00
0000003C  1202 EF00 1E00 0000 031A 0000 822A 0F00 822A 0F00
00000050  1202 B511 1000 0000 031A 0000 722A 0F00 722A 0F00
00000064  1202 9000 9001 0000 031A 0000 6828 0F00 6828 0F00
00000078  1202 C000 7A00 0000 031A 0000 F829 0F00 F829 0F00
0000008C  1201 3B25 3200 0000 011A 0080 0000 0000 0000 0000
000000A0  1201 3B2D 2800 0000 011A 0080 0000 0000 0000 0000
000000B4  1201 001A 4000 0000 011A 0080 0000 0000 0000 0000
000000C8  1201 0506 0600 0000 011A 0080 0000 0000 0000 0000
000000DC  1201 0606 0600 0000 011A 0080 0000 0000 0000 0000
000000F0  1202 2901 C800 0000 031A 0000 A02A 0F00 A02A 0F00  <-- 0x129
00000104  1202 3001 C800 0000 031A 0000 682B 0F00 682B 0F00  <-- 0x130

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