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hi

i have a hdd wd

WD20EARX-32PASB0 AFTER POWER ON
motor spinup normal sound no clik clik after 2 second DRD DSC led green but after run utility (read hdd identification) BSY DRD DSC led green and stay busy

i managed for block sa access method , i saved rom and rom modules but i d do'nt have loader for this drive

in below log in kernel mode
Techno mode key
Techno mode key......................... : Ok

RAM:
HDD Info reading........................ : Ok
Heads number............................ : 6
Cyl Count............................... : 256

ROM:
ROM reading............................. : Ok
ROM Data size........................... : 256 Kb
ROM version............................. : 27.54R
ROM generation.......................... : 27.54R
Link table version...................... : 0C.05.
Consolidated ROM version................ : 00270054

ROM Modules:
Flash ROM dir reading................... : Ok
Flash ROM dir reading (Ext)............. : Ok (Active)
Modules directory address............... : 377 592
SA regions address...................... : shifted
SA Translator loading................... : Ok
SA defects assigned..................... : 2

Heads configuration..................... : by map
Heads number............................ : 6
Heads number in use..................... : 6
Switched off heads...................... : No
Heads map............................... : 0,1,2,5,6,7
ROM Firmware version.................... : 00270054

what that nex step?
any one have this loader?
with thanks
hamid bidrang

what is the model?!

rezafarah wrote:what is the model?!

good questions!

wd20ears-32pasb0

Try to short read channels, then enter SPT and try to get access to native loader by ID. Probably loader will not work on this model, but if you can reach SA by ID you can try to find problem.

AJ2008 wrote:Try to short read channels, then enter SPT and try to get access to native loader by ID. Probably loader will not work on this model, but if you can reach SA by ID you can try to find problem.

thanks for answer

for short read channel
how i can find read channel point? is the same for seagate hdd?

in normal mode or in block sa acces
with thanks
hamid bidrang