New method of handling WD Caviar HDD Green, Blue and Black

[AJ2008]

Does this method work on clicking drives? I have a WD1600JS that clicks and shuts down, but becomes RDY.

DRDY status is reached from PCB only once Kernel mode is active.

If PCB is confirmed as good, you can try to adjust map of heads in RAM as next step

[msurgeon]

Maybe I missed a step or two here: after selecting "Use Dir in utility" is it then necessary to "write Dir to HDD"? Should the drive ID properly after this procedure or do you have to set the SA regions editor back to its original settings and power off/on? It's been a while since I encountered this problem and I don't remember the whole procedure.

[msurgeon]

Head 0 was bad. Made things more complicated.

[Maxim_TS]

minimalist, When you have fixed all necessary for data access modules, you need to restart the drive (power off\on), and reenter in Marvell utility to initialize the drive in PC-3000.
Then you go to Data Extractor and create a new task. Do not close the Marvell utility, it's necessary for head map building in Data Extractor.

[superhik]

all attached pics are now garbage after moving forum
or am i only one having issue?

[Maxim_TS]

superhik, The pictures are renewed, please enjoy

[Amarbir[CDR-Labs]]

Source of the post superhik, The pictures are renewed, please enjoy

Maxim ,
Thanks For The Effort

[Filipp_TS]

Hello,

Just to open Data Extractor utility from the main PC-3000 window, and create a new task for your drive.
You can contact a Technical support department for assistance: http://ts.acelab.eu.com/

[mcsnadeem]

Nice topic... Cheers to ACE lab team

[mcsnadeem]

I am new ace product user. Any can help to image or clone Hdd to work further more on drive. We have pc3000 udma

[Maxim_TS]

mcsnadeem, please read the manuals and ACE Blog: http://blog.acelab.eu.com/ to know as much as possible about HDD work and diagnostics.
If after manual and Blog reading you still have a questions, contact Technical Support Team at ts.acelab.eu.com