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Hi Got this drive that was not being detected. After swapped PCB to SATA and write ROM, I also couldn't get the drive ID. So, I changed DIR address and I can already see SA and get the modules. All heads test OK. I see that I have the following bad modules: 012D 022D 002D 002E 32 - Relo List...

Hi Got this drive today, that is only recognized as 3,86GB. I can't get into terminal (should be locked by HP, right?) I have tried to short the read channel but can't get it to go to terminal. The PCB is a 100475720. I have one doubt on this: when shorting, I must keep the short continuously...

Hi A doubt I have: If we write a ROM from the same family from a donor into a pacient, the drive should continue to spin and doesn't spin down, right? Or is it normal, because it's not the right ROM? Thanks

Hi I'm trying to find a VGA card for a MSI laptop. Here in my country or even Europe I can't find it. Does MSI have good representation on USA? Maybe it's easier to find this VGA card... Can someone try to find it for me? Thanks

Hi What do you guys use to repair a corrupted SQL database? Does it usually work OK? Thanks

Hey Today I created my first Facebook campaign. 5€ hehehehe Let's see what's the results of that.

Hi Got this drive today, already opened by the client. I have checked heads and platters and they seem fine though.. The drive clicks a bit, but doesn't spin down. Here's the log output. What do you think? Heads? Rst 0x10M No HOST FIS-ReadyStatusFlags 2002B001 ASCII Diag mode F3 T>/7 F3 7>X...

Hey Guys Just got one of these with bad heads (11 clicks and spin down and Servo Fail on terminal LOG), I haven't opened yet to see the platters, but are these also the damn DM drives hard to do head swaps?? Thanks

Hey Today I got another Cryptowall victim... This is getting a big pain lately.... Do you guys also have this very often??

Hi I have this drive which is well detected, but I can't read not even 1 sector... Only on PIO withouth CRC... The modules are OK, NVRAM test OK, tried to regen translator, reset smart and nothing works. Also tried to create a virtual translator on DE, but nothing as well. What do you suggest...

Hi Today I got a Seagate SAS part from a RAID 1, that failled. I don't have any tools to check it, besides the SCSI card. Can I work with it by terminal? The HDD just stopped being detected. No bad noises, or power faillure. I will post the full model here later. Thanks

Hey This is from a Portuguese website and of course it's in Portuguese. You can translate it eheheh It might help. http://pplware.sapo.pt/tutoriais/5-dica ... niciantes/

Hey guys I have a strange log on this Seagate. I have swapped heads on it. The donor is very similar and I think it went OK (at least it doesn't click heehehe) I have this log: T>Head Mask 0003 - Switch to full int. Ready...

Hey Today I got a relic to recover: a Seagate ST320413A 20GB :mrgreen: and amazingly I have a donor in stock The guy already removed the top foil tough.... Hope everything is OK....

Hey guys Got this USB Samsung HS25YJZ that takes a while to be detected, but after a few minutes it finally does ID, but no full LBA as you can see on the picture. Do you guys know the points to change to SATA? The PCB is a BF41-00289A. Or is it necessary a SATA PCB? Thanks

Hi This one is new to me: I have a WD20NMVW-11AV3S3 with USB PCB. Have you already connected it to ACE by COM cable to backup FW? The drive Is working good, I just want to save it. Which connector have you used? Thanks

Hi Check this out: http://www.jedec.org/sites/default/file ... e%5D_0.pdf

Hey Just got another call from a client that got his files encrypted... Still no solution, right?? Thanks

Hi Does anyone have the ROM for this HDD? Already got one, but didn't worked. I want to try another. Thanks

Hi Got a Kermit WD. It's a WD7500AAVS-00D7B1. Technology mode key : ..........................: OK RAM: Read HDD Info : ................................: OK Heads number : .................................: 4 Head map : .....................................: F0 SA Cyl Count ...