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HOW-TO- Boot Rom (Com Port)
Posted: 02.10.14, 23:48
by shomyl
The newly updated feature of UDMA-v5.8 (WD-Marvell) is BOOT ROM (Com Port)
i have successfully done with this feature, just wanted to share how to use it
you can connect wd com port with MX-SAFE Adapter
some photos for reference
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Re: HOW-TO- Boot Rom (Com Port)
Posted: 03.10.14, 19:56
by 300ddr
Hi - can you send a link to your pic? I'm interested to see how it's connected exactly.
Re: HOW-TO- Boot Rom (Com Port)
Posted: 03.10.14, 21:54
by shomyl
yeah sure..
but i am not able to attach photos here getting same error every time.
Sorry, the board attachment quota has been reached.Please do correct me if i am wrong here ( posting external links)
Re: HOW-TO- Boot Rom (Com Port)
Posted: 03.10.14, 22:11
by 300ddr
Extremely helpful, thank you shomyl!
Re: HOW-TO- Boot Rom (Com Port)
Posted: 06.10.14, 17:18
by msurgeon
Does anyone know what the advantage is of using this method over normal kernel reading of ROM?
Re: HOW-TO- Boot Rom (Com Port)
Posted: 06.10.14, 20:58
by 300ddr
I believe this is used when internal rom is corrupt.
Re: HOW-TO- Boot Rom (Com Port)
Posted: 09.10.14, 21:57
by msurgeon
Yes, I've confirmed that this procedure works when the PCB has a corrupted ROM, such as after an unsuccessful ROM rebuild operation. This allows you to restore the board to operation. Very nice feature.
Re: HOW-TO- Boot Rom (Com Port)
Posted: 12.10.14, 02:45
by drdoc
Where is aces documentation of this?
I figured out that the 2.5 sata board uses pins 2-3 of 1-2-3-4
also wouldn't go into boot mode with being attached to a drive.
Re: HOW-TO- Boot Rom (Com Port)
Posted: 12.10.14, 05:51
by 300ddr
I got a 2.5" to work while connected to drive. Here are some pics:
Re: HOW-TO- Boot Rom (Com Port)
Posted: 13.10.14, 16:38
by msurgeon
Here is the connection for 3.5" drives: blue to pin1 of USB Terminal connector; black to pin2
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Re: HOW-TO- Boot Rom (Com Port)
Posted: 16.10.14, 13:24
by pclab
Hi
This solved me a PCB problem on a Tornado drive.
Good tool
Thanks
Re: HOW-TO- Boot Rom (Com Port)
Posted: 05.11.14, 12:43
by pclab
Hi
What does this mean?
HDD Initialization...
Power off............................... : Ok
Power on................................ : Ok
HDD Initialization...................... : Error: 0x80020201
I'm testing a 2,5" PCB 771692.
Thanks
Re: HOW-TO- Boot Rom (Com Port)
Posted: 05.11.14, 12:52
by AJ2008
771692 is with external ROM, this process will repair PCB where internal ROM in CPU is damaged, I guess your case does not work because it is external ROM.
You can repair your external ROM in a ROM programmer.
Maybe someone from Acelab can confirm this for you?
Re: HOW-TO- Boot Rom (Com Port)
Posted: 05.11.14, 16:56
by shomyl
pclab wrote:Hi
What does this mean?
HDD Initialization...
Power off............................... : Ok
Power on................................ : Ok
HDD Initialization...................... : Error: 0x80020201
I'm testing a 2,5" PCB 771692.
Thanks
This Probably could be that your connection is not good with serial port.
Re: HOW-TO- Boot Rom (Com Port)
Posted: 27.01.15, 14:07
by pclab
How to connect to a 3,5" IDE PCB?
Any pictures?
Thanks