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 Post subject: ST12000NM001G
PostPosted: October 28th, 2026, 9:23 
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Hello
Drive in topic (Evans-EXOS) came with 11x12 TB similar drives in QNAP (Raid 5)
All sectors shows ABRT.

NVC Format Corrupt.

Any suggestions?
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fzabkar
 Post subject: Re: ST12000NM001G
PostPosted: October 28th, 2026, 10:03 
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Can you upload the ROM dump(s)?

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 Post subject: Re: ST12000NM001G
PostPosted: October 28th, 2026, 10:16 
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fzabkar wrote:
Can you upload the ROM dump(s)?

Sure, thanks in advance
Uploaded patient and one of the working drives (Raid members)


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Patient.rar [238.68 KiB]
Downloaded 26 times
Working Raid member.rar [258.32 KiB]
Downloaded 25 times
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 Post subject: Re: ST12000NM001G
PostPosted: October 28th, 2026, 10:26 
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I think those PCBs have two ROMs in a RAID configuration. Your patient dump has no NvC component.

Also, your dumps seem to be twice as large as they need to be. The second half of each dump is empty.

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 Post subject: Re: ST12000NM001G
PostPosted: October 28th, 2026, 10:33 
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fzabkar wrote:
I think those PCBs have two ROMs in a RAID configuration. Your patient dump has no NvC component.

Also, your dumps seem to be twice as large as they need to be. The second half of each dump is empty.

That's true.
Must use advanced method to unlock.
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unknown
 Post subject: Re: ST12000NM001G
PostPosted: October 28th, 2026, 10:37 
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I comapred two ROMs from two working drives and they seems fine. And I noticed a lot of differences in different places when compared to the patient ROM
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unknown
 Post subject: Re: ST12000NM001G
PostPosted: October 28th, 2026, 10:39 
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Here's another dump from another working drive


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fzabkar
 Post subject: Re: ST12000NM001G
PostPosted: October 28th, 2026, 11:48 
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The NvCache area is located at 0xA0000 in your working dumps. Your patient dump is empty. How can the NvC be corrupt if it hasn't yet been created??

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 Post subject: Re: ST12000NM001G
PostPosted: October 28th, 2026, 13:05 
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If you need a PCB, avoid this seller:

https://www.harddrivesdirect.com/products_image_large7.php?products_id=731675_ST12000NM001G

https://www.serverpartsdirect.com/images_large/sea_SATA_3_bottom.jpg (AI generated PCB, very very weird)

https://www.serverpartsdirect.com/images_large/ST4000NM0034_4.jpg (AI generated label, wrong model number in file name)

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HaQue
 Post subject: Re: ST12000NM001G
PostPosted: October 28th, 2026, 21:42 
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fzabkar wrote:
If you need a PCB, avoid this seller:

https://www.harddrivesdirect.com/products_image_large7.php?products_id=731675_ST12000NM001G

https://www.serverpartsdirect.com/images_large/sea_SATA_3_bottom.jpg (AI generated PCB, very very weird)

no no... they can now print the PCB's in 8K... The chip names look like Russian Klingon ;-)

https://www.serverpartsdirect.com/images_large/ST4000NM0034_4.jpg (AI generated label, wrong model number in file name)


"BART NUMBER" SERIAL NUMEER"

just think that in a few years, AI will be choosing our medication and administering it with no human contact...
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unknown
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PostPosted: October 29th, 2026, 10:49 
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fzabkar wrote:
If you need a PCB, avoid this seller:

https://www.harddrivesdirect.com/products_image_large7.php?products_id=731675_ST12000NM001G

https://www.serverpartsdirect.com/images_large/sea_SATA_3_bottom.jpg (AI generated PCB, very very weird)

https://www.serverpartsdirect.com/images_large/ST4000NM0034_4.jpg (AI generated label, wrong model number in file name)

Thanks
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unknown
 Post subject: Re: ST12000NM001G
PostPosted: October 29th, 2026, 10:50 
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HaQue wrote:
fzabkar wrote:
If you need a PCB, avoid this seller:

https://www.harddrivesdirect.com/products_image_large7.php?products_id=731675_ST12000NM001G

https://www.serverpartsdirect.com/images_large/sea_SATA_3_bottom.jpg (AI generated PCB, very very weird)

no no... they can now print the PCB's in 8K... The chip names look like Russian Klingon ;-)

https://www.serverpartsdirect.com/images_large/ST4000NM0034_4.jpg (AI generated label, wrong model number in file name)


"BART NUMBER" SERIAL NUMEER"

just think that in a few years, AI will be choosing our medication and administering it with no human contact...

Or maybe worse.
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unknown
 Post subject: Re: ST12000NM001G
PostPosted: October 29th, 2026, 10:51 
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Problem temporarily solved and I could clone the drive.
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HaQue
 Post subject: Re: ST12000NM001G
PostPosted: November 1st, 2026, 2:42 
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HaQue wrote:
fzabkar wrote:
If you need a PCB, avoid this seller:

https://www.harddrivesdirect.com/products_image_large7.php?products_id=731675_ST12000NM001G

https://www.serverpartsdirect.com/images_large/sea_SATA_3_bottom.jpg (AI generated PCB, very very weird)

no no... they can now print the PCB's in 8K... The chip names look like Russian Klingon ;-)

https://www.serverpartsdirect.com/images_large/ST4000NM0034_4.jpg (AI generated label, wrong model number in file name)


"BART NUMBER" SERIAL NUMEER"

just think that in a few years, AI will be choosing our medication and administering it with no human contact...


oh

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/woman-died-after-chatgpt-advised-her-to-stop-taking-medication-lawsuit-alleges/
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