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ibcho
 Post subject: WD5000AZLX-00CL5A0 HEAD MAP
PostPosted: June 6th, 2016, 10:22 
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hi guys,

by any chance , someone knows the head map of this model ?
the family is Tresselb
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 Post subject: Re: WD5000AZLX-00CL5A0 HEAD MAP
PostPosted: June 6th, 2016, 10:36 
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If I'm not mistaken these are one-platter drives with 500GB per surface.
So it should use only one head, ergo head map is either 0 or 1.

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ibcho
 Post subject: Re: WD5000AZLX-00CL5A0 HEAD MAP
PostPosted: June 6th, 2016, 10:52 
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thats what i thought , but cant read anything from the drive
drive gets ready , correct id but reads nothing
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jermy
 Post subject: Re: WD5000AZLX-00CL5A0 HEAD MAP
PostPosted: June 6th, 2016, 11:39 
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have you tried to transfer the adaptives ?
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ibcho
 Post subject: Re: WD5000AZLX-00CL5A0 HEAD MAP
PostPosted: June 6th, 2016, 13:45 
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jermy wrote:
have you tried to transfer the adaptives ?



it was the first thing that I tried.nothing changed. will go for head replacement
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jermy
 Post subject: Re: WD5000AZLX-00CL5A0 HEAD MAP
PostPosted: June 6th, 2016, 14:37 
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whoops, I thought you have replaced the HSA already
do you have access to SA ?
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shahij
 Post subject: Re: WD5000AZLX-00CL5A0 HEAD MAP
PostPosted: June 6th, 2016, 15:29 
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Same question, can you access SA?

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 Post subject: Re: WD5000AZLX-00CL5A0 HEAD MAP
PostPosted: June 6th, 2016, 16:29 
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Doesn't ROM module 0x0A contain the head map?

If you are unsure of the head map of the donor, why not go for a 1TB donor instead?

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