ST3802110as RESOURCES

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juanvd...@gmail.com

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Dec 1, 2025, 3:36:33 AMDec 1
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Good day, I am looking for ATA and APP resources for this old Seagate drive if anyone can assist.

 

SEAGATE ST3802110AS

FIRMWARE: 3.AAE

80GIG

SITE: WU

P/N: 9BD111-303

Tonka2

 

Thanks

Juan     

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Dec 1, 2025, 5:04:38 AMDec 1
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Tried hddguru forum already? Hddsurgery database?

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Dec 1, 2025, 5:28:51 AMDec 1
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I downloaded from HDD Surgery already but it only listed SgLDR.ldr in all the resources, and not sure if the APP and ATA can be extracted from that ?

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Dec 1, 2025, 12:52:41 PMDec 1
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Upload it and one of us may be able to unpack it for you.

juanvd...@gmail.com

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Dec 3, 2025, 6:58:18 AM (13 days ago) Dec 3
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Here it is.

 

Thanks

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Upload it and one of us may be able to unpack it for you.

 

 

On Monday, December 1, 2025 at 9:28:51 PM UTC+11 juanvd...@gmail.com wrote:

I downloaded from HDD Surgery already but it only listed SgLDR.ldr in all the resources, and not sure if the APP and ATA can be extracted from that ?

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ST3802110AS-3-AAE-5LRCE430.zip

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Dec 3, 2025, 11:12:27 AM (13 days ago) Dec 3
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It's either compressed or encrypted. What kind of scumbag would do that?.

On Wednesday, December 3, 2025 at 10:58:18 PM UTC+11 juanvd...@gmail.com wrote:

Here it is.

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Dec 3, 2025, 11:23:36 AM (13 days ago) Dec 3
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If you unzip the attachment then this is the LDR from it.

 

 

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It's either compressed or encrypted. What kind of scumbag would do that?.

On Wednesday, December 3, 2025 at 10:58:18 PM UTC+11 juanvd...@gmail.com wrote:

Here it is.

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SgLDR.ldr

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Dec 3, 2025, 11:27:08 AM (13 days ago) Dec 3
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Yes, I know. The LDR has been encrypted/compressed by Ace. MRT used to do the same shit, but I cracked their shitty encryption.

juanvd...@gmail.com

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Dec 3, 2025, 11:30:58 AM (13 days ago) Dec 3
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Yes I can see that now from a hex viewer, this is from HDD Surgery website.

 

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Yes, I know. The LDR has been encrypted/compressed by Ace. MRT used to do the same shit, but I cracked their shitty encryption.

 

 

On Thursday, December 4, 2025 at 3:23:36 AM UTC+11 juanvd...@gmail.com wrote:

If you unzip the attachment then this is the LDR from it.

 

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Dec 3, 2025, 11:34:12 AM (13 days ago) Dec 3
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Ace's LDRs at HDD Guru are also encrypted/compressed, so HDD Surgery are not responsible for this shit.

wayne horner

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Dec 3, 2025, 12:47:59 PM (13 days ago) Dec 3
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did you get it?
I have an a
and an as
in inventory with 3.aae fw

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juanvd...@gmail.com

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Dec 4, 2025, 9:10:06 AM (12 days ago) Dec 4
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I managed to get the same drive and I extracted the APP and ATA data, then I load the APP and ATA to the patient and for some reason, the PCB is dead with no comms output.

I loaded the backup ROM from the patient to the donor PCB and the drive spins up again, for the second time, I wrote the APP and ATA and the donor PCB is also dead.

What does this have to do with the ROM function on these models?

 

The problem is the drive powers on and stays busy with no funny head noises, and the terminal output is this: ““Read Ver Failure”, “Failed SYS SECT. Write” , “Unable to Load Overlay”

I tried the common fix option but it messes up the ROM in DFL, but I suspect a head swap will need to happen if there are no damage to the platters.

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Dec 4, 2025, 9:29:39 AM (12 days ago) Dec 4
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This is old architecture Seagate.

If it is the same capacity drive and the ROM versions are the same (assuming it is as it is not so easy to verify), a straight PCB swap is fine.

I would test the patient PCB on the donor drive (perhaps with commutator/preamp blocked) and see if it spins. If it spins the patient PCB is likely fine.

You could also test donor PCB on the patient drive after without any ROM alterations. Typically there is no need for ROM modifications on those old drives.

For firmware, it is all about the loader.

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juan van der meulen

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Dec 4, 2025, 10:12:44 AM (12 days ago) Dec 4
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Are the loaders written to the platters or PCB ? Because both controllers is dead after the APP and ATA loaders send ?

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Dec 4, 2025, 10:19:19 AM (12 days ago) Dec 4
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Loaders is part of firmware, which resides on the platters.

It is strange that the PCBs result in being dead.

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Dec 4, 2025, 4:30:57 PM (12 days ago) Dec 4
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Can you dump the ROM before and after the PCB stops working?
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