Hello,
I recently posted with regards to using the PC-3000 for removing passwords from XBOX hard drives and such like. I promised some feedback on the Chinese unit which some suggested may be a copy. Here it is....

The unit arrived safely yesterday, sent via UPS. Upon opening it, it consisted of a PC-3000 board (looks to be an original ACE Lab unit), a protection key/dongle for affixing to the parallel port, and a CD-ROM of the software.

I found a suitable machine and installed the software following the instructions (it comes in the form of a Norton Ghost image, which was very easy to install). I initially had some problems, although these were due to the parallel port not being set to ECP mode, thus the protection dongle wasn't recognised.

The software was installed, thus I connected up the first hard drive. It wouldn't even power up. I later learned that one needs to press AltShift+ to power the drive up. Once powered up, I still have been unable to get the PC-3000 to recognise any drives which are connected to it, and have come to the conclusion that there is some sort of problem with the PC-3000.

Not wanting to have wasted several hundred dollars upon a scrap PC-3000, is there anything obvious that I've overlooked? The PC-3000 is powering up, but seems unable to recognise any drives, even when I press the key combination to power the drive.


Best Regards,
Roger

Hi Roger, to turn the power on and off you can use the F11 and F12 keys.
Also can you tell me if the power on is working ?, the hard disk conected on the board in on?
The board that you both was an ISA board ?
Did you install the software and the dongle protection ?
Your software is working ?
Write here everything that you are seeing, so we can try to help you.

This is exactly what people are saying about fake PC-3000. It looks like an original, but would have many problems. Unrecognizable drives, etc.
I have a couple of friends who bought the same thing from china and then had to buy an original one. I hope you got the original one, however you can not get it from china, unless you got it from the original chinese distributor of acelab. There is only one company. Check acelab's www for info. I can't remember now.

Thanks for the offers of assistance. In summary, I have physically installed the PC-3000 into a machine, with power connected to the power input, feeding through to the hard drive. I've also attached the hard drive to the PC-3000 rear/external interface.

The card is installed in the computer without any jumpers (although adding them has no effect) and the software is all installed fine, as I believe is the dongle/hasp. The board is indeed the ISA board.

I'm able to power up the drive, although not able to detect any drives which are attached. The error message simply comes up stating that there has been no response from the drive for 15 seconds - this is as far as I get. I've tried a number of different drives, all with the same result thus am certain that the problem is with the PC-3000 configuration / setup as opposed to having damaged drives.

This has to be something simple, but I'm out of ideas for this one. Any help is very much appreciated.

Tony - thanks for the input on this being a fake. The board looks 100% genuine, although the software is on a CD-R and thus presumably a copy. The parallel/usb dongle likewise looks to be an original, with Ace Lab manufacturing stickers. It could possibly be a copy - I guess I just don't want to accept that I've wasted several in excess of $800 on a forgery

Best Regards,
Roger

hi horseman

i have a version software PC-3000 it can clear the passwords


my email: xintl_sy@hotmail.com

horseman, i suggest you read the instruction first of all.
before you reach any conclusion, you should know how to use PC3000.
check whether you set the driver connected to PC3000 MASTER.