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Alandata Recovery

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May 7, 2026, 6:01:03 PM (2 days ago) May 7
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ace unlocked rom using obsolete patch

this uses 2 roms in raid. soldered back to board.
on power weird lights, but terminal is streaming messages
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Flash boot code Diital Signature Verification failure!

Flash boot code checksum failure!

SEA3 Boot ROM 2.0 (08/01/2016)
Copyright Seagate 2016

Flash boot code Digital Signature Verification failure!

Flash boot code checksum failure!

Flash
Boot0x0100MAA0053SN03Motor startedHeads loadedPass w/o polarity switch

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acve says ignore message and do unlock.
lights go normal, drive doesnt sound great, recalling
gets id
cant read sectors

then control Z does
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Boot0x0100MAA0053SN03Motor startedHeads loadedPass w/o polarity switch
Trans
Tech Unlock Handshake
Rst0x0100MAA0053SN03
(P)SATAReset

NVCScramSavedHBSize:020A
LD:MD_Alloc:00000090HB_Alloc:0000FlashRestorePowerDevReg7E:0401   PowerDevReg7D:0000MD_Saved:00000090HB_Saved:00000000MD_CRC:8BFE
PP:MD_Alloc:0000F000HB_Alloc:0000FlashRestore
PVTSize:000B7F3C   CompSize:00001872   DeCompSize:000B7F3CMD_Saved:00001872HB_Saved:00000000MD_CRC:9BE2
TW:MD_Alloc:00000400HB_Alloc:002EFlashRestoreMD_Saved:00000160HB_Saved:00000000MD_CRC:2493
WCD:MD_Alloc:00040000HB_Alloc:1293FlashRestoreMD_Saved:00000E6DHB_Saved:00000000MD_CRC:B5A2
GC:MD_Alloc:00005000HB_Alloc:0000FlashRestoreMD_Saved:00004368HB_Saved:00000000MD_CRC:EBBA
DSP00B1
2Sync:0 4Motor startedHeads loadedPass w/o polarity switch
ABORT!
OpCode=00000024
SenseCode=0B090400
ReadyStatusFlags=0102A1E0

ABORT!
OpCode=00000024
SenseCode=0B090400
ReadyStatusFlags=0102A1E0

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ITs unlocked.
^L shows heads info.
V1shows entries
V10 has entries
I told it to read 3-28-0, its reading at 38400 ... gonna take a while...
Any suggestions?

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Flash
Boot0x0100MAA0053SN03Motor startedHeads loadedPass w/o polarity switch
ASCII Diag mode

LPower=
HPower
FAIL Servo Op=0200 Resp=0003
SvCmd 0200 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
SvRes 2E40 0000 0000 1D00 0000 0000 0000 0000 0DD3 0000 CE00 2B0A CE00 0000 0000 0000 31BF FFFF 2000 0000 0000 090A 0000 EB37 0000 EB37 0000 0000 0200 2247 001B 0008 0000
FAIL Servo Op=0200 Resp=0003
SvCmd 0200 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
SvRes 3000 0000 0000 1D00 0000 0000 0000 0000 0DD3 0000 CE00 2B0B CE00 0000 0000 0000 31BF FFFF 2000 0000 0000 0A0A 0000 EB37 0000 EB37 0000 0000 0200 2032 001B 0006 0000
FAIL Servo Op=0200 Resp=0003
SvCmd 0200 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
SvRes 3080 0000 0000 1D40 0000 0000 0000 0000 0DCA 0000 CE00 2B08 CE00 0000 0000 0000 31BF FFFF 2000 0000 0000 0A0A 0000 EB37 0000 EB37 0000 0000 0220 2247 001B 0006 0000
FAIL Servo Op=0100 Resp=0003
SvCmd 0100 0000 0000 0001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
SvRes 8001 0000 0000 1D00 0000 0000 0000 0000 0DD3 0000 CE00 2B0E CE00 0000 0000 0000 31BF FFFF 2000 0000 0000 0A0A 0000 EB37 0000 EB37 0000 0000 0200 2247 001B 0006 0000 Loop=2247Motor startedHeads loadedPass w/o polarity switch
SvCmd 0300 0000 0000 0001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
SvCmd 0F00 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
SvCmd 0501 0016 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
SvCmd 0001 110A 0000 0011 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
SvCmd 0201 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
SvCmd 0501 00C0 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
SvCmd 0001 09A2 0000 0011 0000 0000 0000 000

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^L
says locked
FindBadHeads FFFFC400 Req=0038 Status=0001ACTIVE
F3 T>
PrgF
Diagnostic Port Locked

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Desert Data Recovery

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May 7, 2026, 6:13:24 PM (2 days ago) May 7
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Might this be another ROM NVRAM cache issue?

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wayne horner

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May 7, 2026, 6:20:47 PM (2 days ago) May 7
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Actually after I repowered it a second time I got terminal and it's unlocked...
What's the nv-ram issue?

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May 7, 2026, 6:22:01 PM (2 days ago) May 7
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Wouldn't you then expect to see a "replay failure" message?

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May 7, 2026, 6:45:37 PM (2 days ago) May 7
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The ROM contains an NvCache region for power loss data protection. When the drive powers up again, it tries to flush the cache to the platters. If there is a problem, you will see a replay failure message in terminal. Your drive doesn't seem to have a problem in this regard, but I could be wrong.

A ROM dump might clear this up.

Alandata Recovery

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May 7, 2026, 8:08:19 PM (2 days ago) May 7
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well the drive got better
I can read and write modules using ATA
I backedup up SA
cant read
can read using utility and sectors contain proper data.

I try to start a de task and sata1 is not shown..

weird.
cany do head test
says sysfile22 missing


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