Hitachi Travelstar HTC426060G9AT00 (with photos)

[AJ2008]

Do you have a second working drive you can connect to compare the results?

[Mike_Montgomery]

Actually hold up on the master password - I just noticed security is set to MAXIMUM

This means that if you use Master password, drive will erase itself when Master Password is used to unlock drive.

Mike

[AJ2008]

Actually hold up on the master password - I just noticed security is set to MAXIMUM

This means that if you use Master password, drive will erase itself when Master Password is used to unlock drive.

Mike

I actually never realised this would happen?

[Mike_Montgomery]

Actually hold up on the master password - I just noticed security is set to MAXIMUM

This means that if you use Master password, drive will erase itself when Master Password is used to unlock drive.

Mike

I actually never realised this would happen?

Yes, there are two security settings 'High' and 'Maximum;

High means that using master password will not erase drive
Max measn that using master password WILL erase drive

Mike

[AJ2008]

Mike,

Thanks, thats pretty useful to know!

You think you could help with one of my other posts, regarding NVRAM on HTS541? It is in the topic 'Read nv-ram from surface'

Thanks

[Mike_Montgomery]

Mike,

Thanks, thats pretty useful to know!

You think you could help with one of my other posts, regarding NVRAM on HTS541? It is in the topic 'Read nv-ram from surface'

Thanks

The NVRAM utility from SA is not one that I have had the necessity to use yet .. Check with Tech Support that you are doing this in the correct manner.

Mike

[gcgm]

Thanks MM and AJ for your replies.

According to Acelab's PC3K-UDMA documentation:
[1. Hitachi HDD manufactured before 2003 (Native);
2. Hitachi HDD manufactured after 2003 (IBM).
This PC3K suite utility currently supports the following families of 2.5" Hitachi HDD (Native): AA, BA, CA, DA, EA, EB, FA, FB.
- 1.8" HDD manufactured by HGST and belonging to the C4K40 and C4K60 drive families. The latter family is being manufactured at the time of publication.]

Mine, however, is a 2.5" and not a 1.8" drive.

So, AJ, you were right your earlier assessment that the C4K60 I'm working on now is a non-Native drive since it's manufactured date was Jan 2006. But for some reason, Acelab classified the C4K60 as "Native 2.5" families." See screen shot below:


In a post dated Nov 03, 2005, Acelab mentioned that there was a problem with the Native Utility.
viewtopic.php?f=21&t=2561

I wonder if that problem had been resolved in the recent versions of the UDMA software.

Anyway I'm patiently awaiting a reply from Acelab Tech Support. In the mean time, one option is to use the ATA Commander. However, I can't find any accompanying user guide/manual. Any advice. Thanks.

[gcgm]

Thanks to inputs from Roustam of Tech Support, I finally got the COM issue resolved by checking the COM-LPT port branch of the USB terminal adapter and changing the COM port to that stated. It worked like a charm and the hdd was unlocked in seconds! Amazing!

Thanks to all who responded to this COM issue.

[Nikola Radovanovic]

You should write different NV ram that will give You acces to
SA, then You can rewrite secu modules ( that would do for Hitachi new families)
there is another thing You can try in DE there is option -use from active utility, or something
if this does not help maybe changing heads and traing all over again
Nikola