PC-3000 Forum

Hello everyone,
We have a drive that requires a heads swap : ST1000LM035 Serial Number: WC0....
There are currently no donor drives in the universe that would match serial number starting with WC0 and be available for purchase.
Is there a way to get a preamp version from the rom?
I only have got this information from ROM:
CAP
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Validation Key........... : 0x00000020
Fam ID................... : 0xA5 (Rosewood_A5)
Fam Member............... : 0x3
Head count............... : 3
Date..................... : 11 Jan 2017
SN....................... : WC0....
PCB SN................... : 0000K727C7J3
PCB PN................... :
WWN...................... : 5000C500A88CC3D3

RAP
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Format revision.......... : 0x0208
Contents revision........ : 0x53050100
Number Sys Zones......... : 1
Number User Zones........ : 150
Heads count.............. : 4
FW Implementation Key.... : 0x1E

SAP
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Addr..................... : 0x00114F00

Fam ID................... : 0xA5 (Rosewood_A5)
Fam Member............... : 0x1
SN....................... : WC0...
Servo FW rev code........ : 0x8954
Max head................. : 2
Seek mode................ : 2000
Flags.................... : 0A09
Head vendor.............. : default
RRO mode................. : 0005
Heads polarity........... : 00 00 00 00
Logical head map......... : 01 02 03 03

At least we can get a head map. Nothing on the Ace Blog, there is only a solution for regular drives : https://blog.acelab.eu.com/pc-3000-for- ... rsion.html

Thanks in advance!!

Just match "Head vendor.............. : default"
Can be "default" or "alternative"
Almost all are "default" if you get a "alternative" one, prepare to pay a very high donor price.

+1, don't depend on the s/n, just match "Default" (and head map, obviously)

Thank you very much for your recommendations!
Giving an update for everyone's future use:
Patient details: : ST1000LM035 Serial Number: WC0...., Site: WU, Part Number: 1RK172-568,FW:SBM3, DOM:14JAN2017
Donor Details: ST1000LM035 Serial Number: WDE7RD6N, Site: WU, Part Number: 1RK172-568,FW:SBM3, DOM:18FEB2017
Also details from PC3000 for a donor drive,for some reason it does not have head map details:
CAP
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Validation Key........... : 0x00000020
Fam ID................... : 0xA5 (Rosewood_A5)
Fam Member............... : 0x3
Head count............... : 2
Date..................... : 18 Feb 2017
SN....................... : WDE7RD6N
PCB SN................... : 0000E733A0TV
PCB PN................... :
WWN...................... : 5000C500A8FC3228

RAP
###
Format revision.......... : 0x0208
Contents revision........ : 0x53050100
Number Sys Zones......... : 1
Number User Zones........ : 150
Heads count.............. : 4
FW Implementation Key.... : 0x1E

SAP
###
Addr..................... : 0x00114F00

Fam ID................... : 0xA5 (Rosewood_A5)
Fam Member............... : 0x3
SN....................... : WDE7RD6N
Servo FW rev code........ : 0x6B68
Max head................. : 1
Seek mode................ : 2000
Flags.................... : 0A09
Head vendor.............. : default
RRO mode................. : 0005
Heads polarity........... : 00 00 00 00

The outcome:
The drives are absolutely different inside. Patient has 3 heads and two platters. Donor Only two heads and one platter.
So because we did not have Logical head map for donor drive, we have a really different drive... We will keep looking for a donor.
Thanks everyone!

Sure, easiest if head map is the same. In your case just find a 2 TB Rosewood, they all have 4 heads.
Seen 500 GB and 1 TB Rosewoods with 2 platters and 4 heads. But 9 out of 10 1TB Rosewoods here, are 1 platter models.

@digitalsupport
Thank you for your message. Yeah,we found that someone published the donor compatibility for this drive. We found that Model : ST2000LM007-1R8174 with preamp type 82 12 and 4 heads is compatible. It did work. However, we encountered another problem with the drive showing 0mb capacity (initially it was showing 1 tb for first 2 minutes). It seems to be the issue with the translator. There are many threads and Ace article about that you can not regenerate translator for Rosewood drives, however the are no clear instructions what to do about this problem. Did anyone encounter this problem before and have a solution? It would be highly appreciated.