Drive came in and was clicking, swapped heads and same results, put the clients heads in parts drive, drive comes ready and I can read, put heads back in patient drive and I get this via terminal, could someone give me some idea of what it's wrong with this drive? thank you in advance

SPW 1.5G LinkOk! ADC: FFFE
SpnOk
spd: 0000 0000 FFFF
H: +00000
ADC: FFFF
DAC: A594
UF 3 1stGrayErr
H: +00001
UF 3 1stGrayErr
H: +00002
UF 3 1stGrayErr
H: +00003
UF 3 1stGrayErr
H: +00000
UF 3 1stGrayErr
H: +00001
UF 3 1stGrayErr
H: +00002
UF 3 1stGrayErr
H: +00003
UF 3 1stGrayErr
H: +00000
UF 3 1stGrayErr
H: +00001
UF 3 1stGrayErr
H: +00002
UF 3 1stGrayErr
H: +00003
UF 3 1stGrayErr
H: +00000
UF 3 1stGrayErr
H: +00001
UF 3 1stGrayErr
H: +00002
UF 3 1stGrayErr
H: +00003
UF 3 1stGrayErr
WriteSctLog -- buffer not valid
LED 13 0000
LED 13 0000

If those heads work in donor drive, I would say scratch on patients platter.
Was the drive dropped?

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no dropped, at least that what the client claims, i had swapped PCB and heads and can get access to the module to be able to fix SA if something it;s wrong with drive. No scratches on platters

This is the 1 platter version...right? So you can see if head1 surface is damaged?
Could be a microscopic scratch...did you try hotswap as well?

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2 platters, looked under microscope no scratches on ether platter, I had tried hotswap heads just sweep the platter and does no come ready, I'm baffle with this behavior, swapped heads again and both clients and parts heads still good
thank you for your replay mr_spokk

put part heads again and now I get this on terminal and drive spins down

SPW 1.5G LinkOk!RS-5
RS-5
RS-5
RS-5
RS-5
ADC: 0063
SpnOk
spd: 0000 0000 0000
H: +00000
ADC: 0067
DAC: F3A8
UF 1 AccTOErr
H: +00001
UF 1 AccTOErr
H: +00002
UF 1 AccTOErr
H: +00003
UF 1 AccTOErr
H: +00000
UF 1 AccTOErr
H: +00001
UF 1 AccTOErr
H: +00002
UF 1 AccTOErr
H: +00003
UF 1 AccTOErr
H: +00000
UF 1 AccTOErr
H: +00001
UF 1 AccTOErr
H: +00002
UF 1 AccTOErr
H: +00003
UF 1 AccTOErr
H: +00000
UF 1 AccTOErr
H: +00001
UF 1 AccTOErr
H: +00002
UF 1 AccTOErr
H: +00003
UF 1 AccTOErr
WriteSctLog -- buffer not valid
LED 13 0000
LED 13 0000
LED 13 0000
LED 13 0000
LED 13 0000
LED 13 0000
LED 13 0000
LED 13 0000

Have a feeling : is the PCB native ?

Put client PCB on parts drive, drive comes ready with correct parts' s /n, FW, MDL and capacity, so I can rule out the PCB, I will try another head xplant

cut it short to the end = HEADS

good luck

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With new set of heads, drive clicks and spins down, I put the clients heads on my parts drive and parts drive comes ready and reads from all 4 heads, very frustrating, no cigar!

thank you to all who replied to my issue


SPW 1.5G LinkOk! ADC: FFFE
SpnOk
spd: 0000 0000 FFFF
H: +00000
ADC: FFFE
DAC: A594
Unlatch Tk: 00015CA5

Unlatch Done
ENG>SRV>Tgt Tk:00000000 Hd:00 SkRetryCnt:+00000
AP_TO
C: 000005DC H: +00000
AP_FSAM
C: 0000E508 H: +00000
UF 6 GrayFailErr
H: +00001
Unlatch Tk: 00016C5E

Unlatch Done

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Tgt Tk:00000000 Hd:00 SkRetryCnt:+00000
AP_TO
C: 000005DC H: +00000
AP_FSAM
C: 0000DAEB H: +00000
UF 6 GrayFailErr
H: +00001
Unlatch Tk: 00016EE8

Unlatch Done
AP_EST
C: 000005DC H: +00000
Tgt Tk:00000000 Hd:00 SkRetryCnt:+00001
AP_FSAM
C: 00028AC6 H: +00000
UF 6 GrayFailErr
H: +00001
Unlatch Tk: 00016C44

Unlatch Done
Tgt Tk:00000000 Hd:00 SkRetryCnt:+00000
AP_TO
C: 000005DC H: +00000
AP_FSAM
C: 0000DE76 H: +00000
UF 6 GrayFailErr
H: +00001
Unlatch Tk: 00016DB9

Unlatch Done
Tgt Tk:00000000 Hd:00 SkRetryCnt:+00000
AP_TO
C: 000005DC H: +00000
AP_FSAM
C: 0000D9B8 H: +00000
UF 6 GrayFailErr
H: +00001
Unlatch Tk: 00016D46

Unlatch Done
Tgt Tk:00000000 Hd:00 SkRetryCnt:+00000
AP_TO
C: 000005DC H: +00000
AP_FSAM
C: 0000DC81 H: +00000
UF 6 GrayFailErr
H: +00001
Unlatch Tk: 000169D8

Unlatch Done
AP_EST
C: 000005DC H: +00000
Tgt Tk:00000000 Hd:00 SkRetryCnt:+00001
AP_FSAM
C: 00019E96 H: +00000
UF 6 GrayFailErr
H: +00001
Unlatch Tk: 00016B31

Unlatch Done
Tgt Tk:00000002 Hd:00 SkRetryCnt:+00000
AP_TO
C: 000005EC H: +00000
AP_FSAM
C: 0000DE09 H: +00000
UF 6 GrayFailErr
H: +00001
Unlatch Tk: 0001692A

Unlatch Done
AP_EST
C: 000005EC H: +00000
Tgt Tk:00000002 Hd:00 SkRetryCnt:+00001
Unlatch Tk: 0001F812

Unlatch Done
Tgt Tk:00000002 Hd:00 SkRetryCnt:+00000
AP_TO
C: 000005EC H: +00000
AP_FSAM
C: 0000DFAB H: +00000
UF 6 GrayFailErr
H: +00001
Unlatch Tk: 00016E02

Unlatch Done
Tgt Tk:00000002 Hd:00 SkRetryCnt:+00000
AP_TO
C: 000005EC H: +00000
AP_FSAM
C: 0000D7B9 H: +00000
UF 6 GrayFailErr
H: +00001
Unlatch Tk: 00016D24

Unlatch Done
Tgt Tk:00000002 Hd:00 SkRetryCnt:+00000
AP_TO
C: 000005EC H: +00000
AP_FSAM
C: 0000D63B H: +00000
UF 6 GrayFailErr
H: +00001
Unlatch Tk: 00016ABF

Unlatch Done
AP_EST
C: 000005EC H: +00000
Tgt Tk:00000002 Hd:00 SkRetryCnt:+00001
AP_FSAM
C: 0001C904 H: +00000
UF 6 GrayFailErr
H: +00001
Unlatch Tk: 00016B5C

Unlatch Done
WriteSctLog -- buffer not valid
LED 14 0000
LED 14 0000
LED 14 0000
LED 14 0000

@OP

You have PM

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