Typical Firmware Issue - 7200.12 1-TB

[Arihant]

I have seagate St31000528as, Fw cc35. The Hdd is not detecting remain busy.
- No clicking noise.
- Terminal output shows only one line RST 0x20m. I wait for 30 min. but no more message. Remains Bsy.
- Translator regen. gives Init smart fail message.
F3 T>m0,6,2,,,,,22
Max Wr Retries = 00, Max Rd Retries = 00, Max ECC T-Level = 16, Max Certify Rewrite Retries = 2DF8

Init SMART Fail
LED:000000CC FAddr:0024EE4

I have tried "Init smart Fail" Patch to Rom. After that Translator regen., Clear smart commands are run sucessfully. but after power on / off the hdd remains busy.

- Head test is ok.
F3 7>X

Head 00 Resistance 0102
Head 01 Resistance 011E
Head 02 Resistance 00C1
Head 03 Resistance 00EF

F3 1>N8
DERP
dec error DERP
Hours - LBA R Theta Z EC Cmd type retry temp count type

DiagError 0000000E

F3 T>V40
Nonresident GList 0 entries returned
Total entries available: 0
PBA Len Flags Phy Cyl Hd PhySctr SFI

I can taken backup of sys file 0x1A,1B,3F,,1,208,100,101 etc.

I can't read 0x133,134,135,98.

How to recover the data.

Thanks,
Arihant

[Arihant]

I have also tried with pcb change. but same result init smart fail.

[Nick_TS]

Hello,

1. What's going on with the disc in the PC-3000 when power on?
2. Can you see drive ID?

I got next advises to try on this drive.
If there were no fw update launched previously, hard drive requires a donor drive to take logic board from.
Since it is an F3 Seagate drive, you should rewrite ROM from patient to donor or resloder the chip onto donor drive PCB.
If that will not help , try moving heads stack. Before moving heads stack I advise to check patient HDA inside and see if it has any traces of scratches. Metallic dust and scobs, maybe dirty air filter.

[Arihant]

Hello,

1. What's going on with the disc in the PC-3000 when power on?
2. Can you see drive ID?

I got next advises to try on this drive.
If there were no fw update launched previously, hard drive requires a donor drive to take logic board from.
Since it is an F3 Seagate drive, you should rewrite ROM from patient to donor or resloder the chip onto donor drive PCB.
If that will not help , try moving heads stack. Before moving heads stack I advise to check patient HDA inside and see if it has any traces of scratches. Metallic dust and scobs, maybe dirty air filter.

the disk is power on. No clicking noise. No drive id display. Remains continues busy. I can access the terminal.

[300ddr]

Did you uncheck all the "stuff" in "Edit HDD ID"? If you can't enter this menu: power off drive first, then select "Edit HDD ID" menu option, click the top "power off/on" option, and try it.

BTW... could you please let me know where the option is for: ""Init smart Fail" Patch to Rom"?

[AJ2008]

BTW... could you please let me know where the option is for: ""Init smart Fail" Patch to Rom"?

IF you read ROM to file, you can then select option to work with ROM and it is a button at the menu to the right of your ROM dump

[300ddr]

Thanks Alyn, I was thinking it would be there. I think some of the text for descriptions of these functions is in Russian (but I'll check again).

[Arihant]

I can't access the Edit HDD Id Page.

[Nadpc3k]

I got same issue any solution ?

[Nick_TS]

Hello,

It seems that some SMART system file is broken,
type T>r135 in terminal and send here output.