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anik
 Post subject: HDD Lock Firmware With Password
PostPosted: November 2nd, 2010, 8:06 
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Hello :D i have a hard disk 2.5'' Toshiba MK22552GSX with lock password, is anything i can do except for replacing the pcb ???


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BlackST
 Post subject: Re: HDD Lock Firmware With Password
PostPosted: November 2nd, 2010, 8:08 
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And do you expect it will work replacing the PCB ? :mrgreen:
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anik
 Post subject: Re: HDD Lock Firmware With Password
PostPosted: November 2nd, 2010, 8:17 
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i don't know but i will so far i tried make the sata to ide with an adaptor to use hirens with a program ata password recovery :D
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anik
 Post subject: Re: HDD Lock Firmware With Password
PostPosted: November 2nd, 2010, 8:19 
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and also hdparm with linux in terminal
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 Post subject: Re: HDD Lock Firmware With Password
PostPosted: November 2nd, 2010, 18:37 
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The password is ON the ROM that is ON the PCB. If you change PCB, you need to change ROM to the donor PCB. If you swap the ROM the password goes with it.

Sorry, but this is not DIY, without the proper tools.

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 Post subject: Re: HDD Lock Firmware With Password
PostPosted: November 2nd, 2010, 18:55 
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maybe easier to sit in a dark room and try to remember the password :idea:

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BlackST
 Post subject: Re: HDD Lock Firmware With Password
PostPosted: November 3rd, 2010, 2:17 
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or give the pcb, alone, to pclab ? :mrgreen:
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PostPosted: November 3rd, 2010, 2:19 
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BlackST where is your complete no remix "Smoke in your eyes song?" I couldnt find it anywhere. :roll:
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fzabkar
 Post subject: Re: HDD Lock Firmware With Password
PostPosted: November 3rd, 2010, 3:14 
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I could be wrong, but the ROM appears to be the 8-pin chip at location IC602.

These URLs should help you identify the components:

http://hddscan.com/doc/HDD_from_inside.html
http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/HDD/HDD_ICs.txt
http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/HDD/TVS_diodes.txt

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Steve
 Post subject: Re: HDD Lock Firmware With Password
PostPosted: November 3rd, 2010, 3:27 
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I think you missed the point on this one Frank.
He needs the password.
Changing pcb won't get him any closer than he is now.
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fzabkar
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PostPosted: November 3rd, 2010, 5:14 
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Steve wrote:
I think you missed the point on this one Frank.
He needs the password.
Changing pcb won't get him any closer than he is now.

That's what I thought initially, until pclab suggested otherwise.

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BlackST
 Post subject: Re: HDD Lock Firmware With Password
PostPosted: November 3rd, 2010, 9:26 
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what matters is believe... :mrgreen:
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fzabkar
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PostPosted: November 3rd, 2010, 18:10 
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BlackST wrote:
what matters is believe... :mrgreen:

What matters is that mistakes should not be allowed to stand uncorrected, which begs the question, why wasn't the mistake corrected earlier?

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PostPosted: November 3rd, 2010, 18:25 
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fzabkar wrote:
BlackST wrote:
what matters is believe... :mrgreen:

What matters is that mistakes should not be allowed to stand uncorrected, which begs the question, why wasn't the mistake corrected earlier?

Because if you really did this work you would of understood the joke behind this one. How can you just send the PCB in and get the PW from it. Impossible. You can not swap ROM to new PCB PW follows. You need special tools with the drive + PCB also in order to unlock this drive and reset this PW on it. That is why it was not corrected earlier.

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BlackST
 Post subject: Re: HDD Lock Firmware With Password
PostPosted: November 4th, 2010, 0:53 
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Tools... Tools... A picture wasn't enough? :lol:
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PostPosted: November 4th, 2010, 3:44 
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guru wrote:
maybe easier to sit in a dark room and try to remember the password :idea:


I like this.
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pclab
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PostPosted: November 4th, 2010, 9:16 
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Sorry, but I don't get it.

Is this because of what I said/suggested? My answer is wrong?

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BlackST
 Post subject: Re: HDD Lock Firmware With Password
PostPosted: November 4th, 2010, 14:06 
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Old method to tell WRONG to get TRUTH... but it depends if it works or not... or if it works ANYMORE....
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pclab
 Post subject: Re: HDD Lock Firmware With Password
PostPosted: November 4th, 2010, 18:38 
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Why all the questions here are masked with no straight answers? It's better just to get a simple Yes or No, then things with no sense, or just say that you don't want to tell.

And if you don't want to tell, what's the point of being part of a forum?

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BlackST
 Post subject: Re: HDD Lock Firmware With Password
PostPosted: November 4th, 2010, 18:47 
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Because someone has to be.
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