st500dm002 BSY pharoa

[Alandata Recovery]

I have this seagate

sounds great

but its stays BSY

I can hit ^Z and get the F3> prompt briefly

but it goes away too quick to do anything

Boot 0x10M
 Spin Up[0x00000000][0x0000B67C][0x0000BA10]
 Trans.
Press any key to continue FW boot!

Rst 0x10M
 MC Internal LPC Process
 Spin Up
(P) SATA Reset

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I tried the disk pause patch

that doesnt get F3>

But it does get led-BD

I patched the rom for this start pause

Boot 0x10M
 Spin Up[0x00000000][0x0000B67C][0x0000BA10]
 Trans.
Press any key to continue FW boot!

Rst 0x10M
 MC Internal LPC Process
 Spin Up
(P) SATA Reset

=====

LED:000000BD FAddr:00005630
Boot 0x10M
 Spin Up[0x00000000][0x0000B67C][0x0000BA10]
 Trans.

Rst 0x10M
LE
LED:000000BD FAddr:00005630
LED:00
LE
LED:000000BD FAddr:00005630
LED:0

===========

None of the other rom patches were accepted

like led BD

I have tried the short terminal led bd solution

but can never get it to the F3>

I have done this many times before.

Any ideas?

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[Abdur Rahim Sopon]

is this with KCXX FW?

if yes then short pin or wait 30-40 min 

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[Alandata Recovery]

yes it is kc firmware

I asked ACE about it.

They said to do this.

when the message Press any key to continue FW boot! appears, you need to short-circuit any two contacts on the motor, short-circuit them, and then remove the short-circuit. After the motor stops, you need to remove the PCB. Do not turn off the power.

I do that

and I can get terminal with the board disconnected.

whats next?

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Boot 0x10M
 Spin Up[0x00000000][0x0000B67C][0x0000BA10]
 Trans.
Press any key to continue FW boot!


Rst 0x10M
 MC Internal LPC Process
 Spin Up

 FAIL  Servo Op=0100 Resp=0003
 ResponseFrame FFFF 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 FFFF
 FAIL  Servo Op=0100 Resp=0003
 ResponseFrame 2EA0 0603 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
 FAIL  Servo Op=0100 Resp=0003
 ResponseFrame 2EA0 0603 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
 FAIL  Servo Op=0100 Resp=0003
 ResponseFrame 2EA0 0603 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
 FAIL  Servo Op=0100 Resp=0003
 ResponseFrame 2EA0 0603 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
 FAIL  Servo Op=0100 Resp=0003
 ResponseFrame 2EA0 0603 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
 FAIL  Servo Op=0100 Resp=0003
 ResponseFrame 2EA0 0603 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
 FAIL  Servo Op=0100 Resp=0003
 ResponseFrame 2EA0 0603 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
 FAIL  Servo Op=0100 Resp=0003
 ResponseFrame 2EA0 0603 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
 FAIL  Servo Op=0100 Resp=0003
 ResponseFrame 2EA0 0603 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
 FAIL  Servo Op=0100 Resp=0003
 ResponseFrame 2EA0 0603 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
No HOST FIS-ReadyStatusFlags 2002B001
ASCII Diag mode

F3 T>

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[RecuperoDati299]

Have you replaced heads?

If yes, set them back on donor and verify them

LEDxxxBD is quite always bad heads related

it is weird that the self Acelab support forgets it... since the info comes from them selves 😁

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[RecuperoDati299]

... and obviously, if you didn't swapped them yet

start with good heads

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[Abdur Rahim Sopon]

please upload ROM 

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[Alandata Recovery]

i waited an hour it didnt change or respond

here is rom

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[Abdur Rahim Sopon]

Hello 

Write this rom and you access F3 and rebuild translator and write back original rom then rebuild again . 

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[Alandata Recovery]

awesome!

I got terminal now.

Can I backup modules before I do anything?

should read 1b 28 35 93 before proceeding

can I try aces LED-CC fix ?

Heres what I get

Rst 0x10M
Servo Processor Is Reset.
RW: Disc Ctlr Initialization Completed.
ExecuteSpinRequest
 SIM Error 2040
No HOST FIS-ReadyStatusFlags 2002A1A5

ASCII Diag mode

F3 T>
ASCII Diag mode

F3 T>

New Skews Pharaoh 0F with VTPI,RAP16,Common Code 4
Product FamilyId: 3F, MemberId: 05
HDA SN: Z3T9EET4, RPM: 7201, Wedges: 120, Heads: 2, Lbas: 000035900D30, PreampType: 59 04
PCBA SN: 00007319HVJE, Controller: YETIST_3_*/4_0(64A1)(3-12-4-1), Channel: AGERE_COPPERHEAD_LITE, PowerAsic: MCKINLEY DESKTOP LITE Rev 94, BufferBytes: 1000000
Package Version: PH0G2D.CCD4.JQ019Y., Package P/N: 100664709, Package Builder ID: P9,
Package Build Date: 03/07/2011, Package Build Time: 11:03:14, Package CFW Version: PH0G.CCD4.00337218.P900,
Package SFW1 Version: D289, Package SFW2 Version: ----, Package SFW3 Version: ----, Package SFW4 Version: ----
Controller FW Rev: 03071103, CustomerRel: CC49, Changelist: 00337218, ProdType: PH0G.CCD4, Date: 03/07/2011, Time: 110314, UserId: 00410638
Servo FW Rev: D289
RAP FW Implementation Key: 10, Format Rev: 0001, Contents Rev: A1 0A 1B 03
Features:
- Quadradic Equation AFH enabled
- VBAR with adjustable zone boundaries enabled
- Volume Based Sparing enabled
- IOEDC enabled
- IOECC enabled
- DERP Read Retries enabled
- LTTC-UDR2 disabled

F3 T>V40

Overlay PartNum: 03061500
CFW PartNum: 03071103
Overlay CompileDate: 20120306
CFW CompileDate: 20110307
 
 OverlayCompatibilityCheck failed

Unable to load Diag Cmd Processor Overlay

F3 T>V10

Invalid Diag Cmd

F3 T>V4

Invalid Diag Cmd

F3 T>V1

Invalid Diag Cmd

F3 T>

 

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[Abdur Rahim Sopon]

What is the update of your case?

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[Alandata Recovery]

Thanks abdur for the patched rom.

This let me get to F3

But I couldnt backup the critical resources like 28

I let ace dial in and not sure what they did but it worked.

Got the drive all imaged.

I have had lots of these BSY led-cc drives.

I have always been able to get to terminal but this one would not.

Thanks

I dont recall ever swapping heads when I get this.

Its a firmware SA problem that fixes it.

I made a video of what ace did so I will let you know when I see their steps.

Thanks

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