Thanks for your reply.
So what I need is to get a USB-UART converter, like BusPirate for example, connect it to some "jumper pins".
Just to make sure:
- schematic of the adapter refers to "jumper pins"; those are the pins of the Master/slave/cable select pins, aren't they?
http://hddguru.com/articles/2005.10.01-Seagate-RS-232-adapter-schematic/- the schematic has 2.7V Zener diodes as if the logic level was 1.8V - is it the case or it is 3.3V or 5V?
northwind wrote:
Assuming you don't care about the data in your drive (or you've got a good backup)
The disk (ST3320613AS, FW: SD11) is supposed to be spin-up just once a week, store backup and then spun-down. In place of the disabled BMS I could perform host initiated self test of the drive.