Need WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 ROM (F/W 00010028)

[Alberto Fia]

Hi everyone,

Does anyone have a ROM dump for the following drive?

Model: WD1001FAES-60Z2A0
Required ROM F/W version: 00010028

If anyone has this ROM or a donor drive with the same ROM version, I'd really appreciate it if you could share it.

Thanks in advance!

[pbzcbf...@gmail.com]

Here is 0001002G:

https://firmware.hddsurgery.com/dl.php?file=7763&filename=WD1001FAES-60Z2A0-06-01D06-WD-WCATR1802090_5552-13.zip

Perhaps you could reach the SA, dump module 0x109, and then rebuild your ROM from that? I could do this for you.

Is your patient's ROM damaged or missing? Do you have a ROM dump?

[Alberto Fia]

Hi,

Thank you very much for your reply and for taking the time to help.

Yes, we already downloaded that ROM, but unfortunately it is not compatible with this drive.

Regarding your suggestion, that procedure does not work for this particular PCB family. For these boards, the ROM must be rebuilt by addressing module 35 and then stabilizing it using the main module. Simply rebuilding the ROM from module 0x109 is not sufficient in this case.

Thanks again for your willingness to help. I really appreciate it.

Best regards,
Alberto

[pbzcbf...@gmail.com]

You can regenerate the code portion of the ROM from 0x109. The ROM resident ROYL modules in 0x109 are merely templates. Some are unique, others can be replaced with donors.

Can you regenerate 0x35 from other SA modules? If you can dump the SA, I could try to do this.

What is wrong with your existing ROM? 

Can you dump SA modules 0x129 and 0x130? These contain copies of the adaptives in some models.

[Alberto Fia]

Hi,

Thank you again for your help.

The problem is that our customer sent us the wrong PCB. The ROM chip on the PCB we received is a 256 Kbit device, while the SA modules clearly indicate that this drive requires a 512 Kbit ROM.

This PCB uses a removable external ROM chip, so the mismatch is obvious.

We are able to access the SA and dump all modules without any issues. We also regenerated module 0x35, but unfortunately the drive still does not initialize correctly.

Best regards,

Alberto

[pbzcbf...@gmail.com]

If you don't wish to upload your resources, could you at least upload 0x109 and 0x11?

[pbzcbf...@gmail.com]

Are you sure that the native PCB had an external ROM? If it was internal, then SA modules 0x10n would contain copies of your ROM adaptives.