WD8002FZBX-00C9HA0 has 30 character psid - cant unlock.

[Alandata Recovery]

Model : WDC WD8002FZBX-00C9HA0
Serial : WD-AN28TS0N
Firmware : 01.01A01
Capacity : 8 TB (15 628 053 168)

The drive was dropped but came ready.
cant access sa
I have a de running but its slow
dont have head map

ace says

This drive has a 30 symbols PSID key.
15E5J71H6B7kAJJhfhc4wlJSTd4gfG

Because of that we can't to reach a firmware access for further Heads map building process.

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[Artem Rubtsov]

This is an actual WD drive, not HGST.

Try to unlock ROM using WD tools (IDK if it's supported by PC3K but the drive is similar to other WD models)

[Artem Rubtsov]

Family name is WDVELAA1 

On Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 3:07:08 PM UTC-5 Alandata Recovery wrote:

[wayne horner]

I tried entering the key

Into the psid tech lock

It says wrong key length

I'll look into wd

Thanks

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[Alandata Recovery]

the hitachi ccb menu detects it as a vela_AP

all models fail the key length test

seems like the pc3k should not be strict about it and just try it.

Seems like the software is just rejecting without trying based on length

utility starts but no SA access

PC3000  family by model................. : Vela_AP

 
 
Selected family......................... : Vela_AP
Model by ID............................. : WDC WD8002FZBX-00C9HA0                  
 
Error switching to Tech PIO!
Get Tech Sense
Error : ................................ : Device error detected "ABR"

ID.Model................................ : WDC WD8002FZBX-00C9HA0
ID.FW................................... : 01.01A01
ID.SN................................... : WD-AN28TS0N
ID.WWN.................................. : 50014EE2C16F3545

PC3000  family by model................. : Vela_AP


ATA ID Vendor specific fields:
Write Cache Enabled..................... : No
Read Look Ahead Cache Enabled........... : No
Revert to Power On Defaults Disabled.... : No
Auto Reassign Write Hard Errors Enabled. : No
Buffer Size (M)......................... : 1
 
HDD State:
Inquiry Page 03...
Error switching to Tech PIO!
 
Techno mode key......................... : Error
Get Tech Sense
Error : ................................ : Device error detected "ABR"
 
Module table setting up...
Reading CODF HDR...
Error switching to Tech PIO!
Reading ROM image...
Invalid PSID key length!
Finding CODF module...
 
ModuleList: Module ID = 0x82 is not found!
Module is not allocated: Module 82, Flash Code
ModuleList: Module ID = 0x89 is not found!
Module is not allocated: Module 89
Reading LogDump HDR image...
Error switching to Tech PIO!

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