WDC WD3200BMVU- - lba 0 logical block address out range

[drdoc]

Model : WDC WD3200BMVU-11A04S0
Serial : WD-WXE409LC1709
Firmware : 01.01A01
Capacity : 298.09 GB (625 142 448)

usb drive
appears encrypted.
passes all structures tests.
heads test is good
reading sector 0 gets
sectors 0(1) reading error; logical block address out of range.

I can jump around on drivce and read other areas.
tried slow respoinding prob - same
tried translator regeneration - now seems to take longer to come ready. - ticks for a while.

i dunno - whats next ?

[drdoc]

can we solder a sata connector to this board?
does that work with encrypoted board drives?