WD80EMAZ-00WJTA0 - dropped, seems to RDY - security locked

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Oct 9, 2020, 8:54:41 PM10/9/20
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   Model : WDC WD80EMAZ-00WJTA0
  Serial : 7SH3J9JD
Firmware : 83.H0A83
Capacity : 8 TB (15 628 053 168)

Customer dropped drive,
spins up
sounds good.
Seems to come ready

But reading says security locked.

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Put the WD adapter on,
All sectors read E5 E5 pattern

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compos mentis

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Oct 9, 2020, 9:32:51 PM10/9/20
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wayne horner

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Oct 12, 2020, 12:43:35 AM10/12/20
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I have a good one of these

it spins up
heads launch
recalibrates a few times and comes ready

the bad one spins up
heads launch
thats it
no other noises

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