HDD GURU FORUMS

I can't figure out how to repair the modules. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks.

Hi Dellguy,

First of all, you're using the drive in alternate mode. Better to switch back to normal access (button 'use alternate SA' if my memory serves me well)
When i have this problem i overwrite the smart module with a known good one; that should solve the problem.

Best regards,

Dobre

Thanks for the info. I tried that but it still will not let me read or write the module.

After you started with normal acess mode you've got the same error?

Can you post it?

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Hi Dellguy,

I see that you have an error with the 'Open' modules.
As far as i know there is no solution for that.
Ace is still working on it.
I myself have such a drive that is unrecoverable for that reason.

If someone has a solution, i will be glad to hear about it.

Best regards,

Dobre

Hello i got one case three years, ago,Hitachi 2.5" Same problem " Error loading Open Modules , i cant do nothing, maybe Salvation Data can said us if his tool works for that, and wich would be the cause , by the way did thatdellguy, did u tried to start from the Data base from another Donnor?

Best Regards

Ok. Now I have a perfect donor that I have pulled the modules from. One weird thing is that the G-list on the failed drive has one in the list and it is sector zero. Does anyone have any idea of why I cant write over the SMRT module? I do not think it is a head problem. My current version of Hitachi Doctor is 1.16 becuase the Salvationdata site is down till they fix it. I dont know if the new 1.40 version will repair sa defects. Any help would be great. Thanks.

Could this be caused by NV-RAM corruption? That is one thing I have not looked at yet.

no, i dont think so that is caused by NV-RAM ,you can check log for sure.
this time maybe we got to rely on SALVATION,according to the URL document for Hitachi utility they released ,you should have methods to deal with the problem if you bought their product.as i dont buy that at present(plan on it late) so could not give you much help,but i will try to visit their bbs with legal ID for details.

Thanks Coolmac, I maybe have legal salvation version Hitachi. Manual not have specific info recover data from bad drive. bbs is no help, I maybe need seek donor. Perhaps many years I have legal bbs ID and grant bbs access. Keep it cool mac.

sorry i lost my post ,buddy ,for i am still on my learning way.
for the problem of "open module" error.
i think it's a group mouldes which should be loading when HD spin and setup.there is no one named "open module" in SERVICE area."open module" means some certain modules in a list which must be read and check when HD initializing for daily work,some of them are essential for operation,the other are minor,but if anyone of them is failure to load, the message "open module" error will appear.so the following module checkup will report one or two of them unread by "red" mark.also infirmed by log .

how to deal with it?
first ,you have to replace the moulde unavailable with good one.
where is the "good" one come from?one way is from the "closed moudles area" which leaved by manufacturer(factory) on SA, the other is from donor(model matched).
BTW,may be impossible to got a professional tool for everyone.but you can collect their manual,video,lessons..for analysis in your own way.it will useful to understand different products and their theory.

"Open modules" - the virtual group of modules which are not required super-on to work with them. Could be read ONLY if drive initialized correctly. Such group of modules is used by DFT and DDD IBM/Hitachi programs
If tool returns you open modules error that means the drive didn't initialized correctly and that is true because SMART module is bad. If you cannot re-write SMART module and you 100% sure this is not the utility bug - that means drive has bad block(s) in SA