[SAJDEHGAR]

I need help!
I've used the DKU.
I get the following error when working :

F3 T> / 2

F3 2> Z

LED: 000000CE FAddr: 00259C49
Rst 0x20M

FORU is very long and complicated! Please tell me how to do simple?

My friends I need your help! Result of my efforts within the H.D.D

I am waiting for your help .........

[smandurlo]

SAJDEHGAR, on 19 April 2012 - 11:33 AM, said:

LED: 000000CE FAddr: 00259C49

wait some seconds before giving the Z command.

Quote

Rst 0x20M

is it a 7200.12 ?

[SAJDEHGAR]

Hello dear.

wait some seconds before giving the Z command

I think i tried all the case!
but do this again !!!

Rst 0x20M
is it a 7200.12 ?


My friend! My hard drive is maxtor 500 GB DIAMONDmAX22 STM3500320AS .

PLZ WHAT I DO !

I CHECK FORUM [ EVERY 5 MINT'S !!!!!] ......

[SAJDEHGAR]

in this world No one help us?

This post has been edited by SAJDEHGAR: 21 April 2012 - 02:43 AM

[jaclaz]

SAJDEHGAR, on 21 April 2012 - 02:42 AM, said:

in this world No one help us?

Why should anyone help someone that SHOUTS at us, not-so-hiddenly hinting that we are a bunch of heartless bastards that are not willing to help?

Personally I am a grumpy heartless bastard, so that's allright , but I usually try to help people that don't shout and have the patience to wait.

As you might know, there is something that is called "professional help", given in exchange of a commodity called "money", which is an alternative to "free help" given by people for no money that do so in their free time at at their own pace.
If the amount of money is big enough, then - and still within limits - with "professional help" you may be allowed to be impatient and also to shout.

jaclaz

This post has been edited by jaclaz: 21 April 2012 - 07:59 AM

[cappyboi]

I managed to get to the last step and input the m0,,,,,,,,,, line of text and nothing has appeared. What should I do now?

[jaclaz]

cappyboi, on 21 April 2012 - 04:37 PM, said:

I managed to get to the last step and input the m0,,,,,,,,,, line of text and nothing has appeared. What should I do now?

Read here:
http://www.msfn.org/.../page__st__4049

jaclaz

[cappyboi]

It works thanks for all the help. Turns out it was the bsy error then the 0mb error, and now it's back to normal. Everything is getting immediately backed up.

[andujarj]

I have repaired my HD with this information.
Thanks a lot to every body.
Is good to know that there are people who help other people.

[Singood]

Hi HD Gurus,


Hope that someone can shed some light on my situation with my feeble attempts at restoring my 750GB Seagate 7200.11 HD.


I go through all of the fix, but NEVER get this line or anything else...

User Partition Format 10% complete, Zone 00, Pass 00, LBA 00004339, ErrCode 00000080, Elapsed Time 0 mins 05 secs


after inputting either F3 T>m0,2,2,,,,,22 (enter) or F3 T>m0,2,2,0,0,0,0,22 (enter)


but do get these two lines...


Max Wr Retries = 00, Max Rd Retries = 00, Max ECC T-Level = 14, Max Certify Rewrite Retries = 00C8

User Partition Format Successful - Elapsed Time 0 mins 05 secs


So the first time I thought it was okay - shutdown and hooked up the drive using a USB/ATA w/ power gizmo...Windows did see it as a dynamic "foreign" drive, but I'm pretty sure the drive should have been seen by Windows as a regular data drive...so I retried the BSY fix and still no middle line, indicating "User partition format..."


Is there a way to recover from where this drive and I am at?


Mahalo! (Thanks in Hawaiian)

Singood

[Singood]

Hi,


After doing a bit more research, it seems that the hard drive was living in a Windows 7 computer, but I tried to see it using the USB/SATA gizmo....

So I'll connect it back to the Windows 7 computer to see if the hard drive's BSY issue has been fixed - I would guess so since it was recognized by the Windows XP disk management utility.

Anyway, also wanted to convey much appreciation for all those that toiled and contributed their knowledge and talents to providing a viable fix for the Seagate "bricking" BSY hard drive issue.

I'm hoping when I get home that after connecting the drive to my Windows 7 box, it will show up with all it's data

v/r
Singood

[jaclaz]

Singood, on 27 April 2012 - 07:15 PM, said:

I'm hoping when I get home that after connecting the drive to my Windows 7 box, it will show up with all it's data

In some cases we have seen issues with the partitioning or filesystem.
There are two "levels" of recovery needed sometimes:

• the disk is accessible (hardware)
  
• the disk contents are readable (software)

the hardware procedure only fulfills (hopefully) "level 1", you will need a partition recovery (or file recovery) approach to get your data back if something in the procedure made one or more "key" sectors unreadable or modified it's contents.
Here is an example of such a recovery:
http://www.msfn.org/...-after-bsy-fix/

jaclaz

[SeagateGate]

I was smart stupid enough to get one of those MAX232EPE-based converters before reading up on it on this resource. Thankfully, the IC chip is socket-mounted and is easily removed. Could I just get a MAX3232 chip (which I understand operates at 3.3V TTL level) to replace the original 5V one? Or will it not work with the rest of the circuitry? I am still planning to supply 5V from USB.

Thanks for being gentle in your replies.

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This post has been edited by SeagateGate: 29 April 2012 - 06:34 PM

[exchequer598]

Hi everyone,

So my Seagate 7200.11 500 GB HDD (620AS) died on me, and I've ended up on this thread. I'm a little excited about working with circuits after almost 2 years (I'm an engineer, working in IT now). I have a Nokia CA-101 cable with me. Will it work, instead of the CA-42?

Also, in theory, shouldn't any phone USB cable work? After all, all we need is RX, TX and 5V, right?

[jaclaz]

SeagateGate, on 29 April 2012 - 06:33 PM, said:

I was smart stupid enough to get one of those MAX232EPE-based converters before reading up on it on this resource. Thankfully, the IC chip is socket-mounted and is easily removed. Could I just get a MAX3232 chip (which I understand operates at 3.3V TTL level) to replace the original 5V one? Or will it not work with the rest of the circuitry? I am still planning to supply 5V from USB.

Thanks for being gentle in your replies.

I guess it would be easier to "dumb down" the Tx line, see here:
http://www.msfn.org/...954#entry983954
http://www.msfn.org/...022#entry956022
If you check the links in READ-ME-FIRST, point #6, you will see:
http://www.interface..._threshold.html
how signals emitted from a 3.3V devices (the hard disk) are theoretically compatible with those emitted by a 5V device, so the Rx line of the adapter should have no problems.
The issue is on the Tx line of the adapter that will probably "shout" at 5 V to the receiver of the 3.3 V device (the hard disk) that won't be able to "understand", by limiting the peaks of the Tx you may get it working.

exchequer598, on 30 April 2012 - 03:38 AM, said:

Hi everyone,

So my Seagate 7200.11 500 GB HDD (620AS) died on me, and I've ended up on this thread. I'm a little excited about working with circuits after almost 2 years (I'm an engineer, working in IT now). I have a Nokia CA-101 cable with me. Will it work, instead of the CA-42?

Also, in theory, shouldn't any phone USB cable work? After all, all we need is RX, TX and 5V, right?

Are you sure you are an engineer?
WHAT the heck makes you think that each and every phone USB cable uses the same standard?
Anything that trasmits at 3.3V TTL will do, anything that does so at 5V TTL level WILL NOT.
Does the CA-101 trasmits at 3.3V TTL? If yes, it mucht do, if not, it may not.
As a rule of thumb experimenting on experimental procedures is not the smartest choice in the world, actually even the CA-42 (which is known to be a valid adapter) is NOT among the "suggested" choices because of the "fakes" and the general difficulty by a lot of people to find the right pins/cables.
I have NO idea if the CA-101 is a TTL adapter or not, all references I have ever seen are about the DKU-5 or CA-42 cable, so I find it improbable that the CA-101 is a pure TTL converter like the other two mentioned ones.

@BOTH,
please DO READ the READ-ME-FIRST:
http://www.msfn.org/...-read-me-first/
PARTICULARLY, but not only, point #6.


jaclaz

[SeagateGate]

jaclaz, on 30 April 2012 - 04:38 AM, said:

I guess it would be easier to "dumb down" the Tx line, see here:
http://www.msfn.org/...954#entry983954
http://www.msfn.org/...022#entry956022
...
The issue is on the Tx line of the adapter that will probably "shout" at 5 V to the receiver of the 3.3 V device (the hard disk) that won't be able to "understand", by limiting the peaks of the Tx you may get it working.

Thanks for the quick reply. So, if I understand correctly, it is not the IC chip that sets the TTL signal's level but the rest of the circuit. So, even if I dropped in a MAX3232 chip, I would still have to solder in a resistor on the TX line. Right?

The bottom line, I would rather not do any soldering. This is a feeling I am sure many people share.

[jaclaz]

SeagateGate, on 30 April 2012 - 08:08 AM, said:

Thanks for the quick reply. So, if I understand correctly, it is not the IC chip that sets the TTL signal's level but the rest of the circuit. So, even if I dropped in a MAX3232 chip, I would still have to solder in a resistor on the TX line. Right?

Well NO , that is not what I said.
I have NO idea of HOW the circuit is made, so I have NO idea whether you can simply replace the IC.
The IC of course sets the TTL level, I pointed you to a (possibly working) workaround, MUCH SIMPLER (IMHO) than:

• tracing your adapter PCB
  
• find and analyze a compatible schematics, comparing it to the schematics you traced
  
• compare the datasheets of the MAX3232 and MAX232
  
• verify which EXACT version of the x232 you have in your hands and which EXACT version of the replacement you can get your hands on (there are different versions which require different capacitors)
  
• risk burning the new chip or the adapter if a mistake happens in any of the above

Putting a pull down resistor will not do any "damage" to anything, in the worst case it won't simply work.

SeagateGate, on 30 April 2012 - 08:08 AM, said:

The bottom line, I would rather not do any soldering. This is a feeling I am sure many people share.

Sure, life is tough , BTW I am pretty sure many people share the feeling of not having hard drives failing on them and/or attempt DIY repairs on them .

jaclaz

[managerharry]

Anyone know whether this USB to TTY converter would work for this fix? http://www.ebay.com/...=item588cd02efd

Thank you!

[zabx2]

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This post has been edited by zabx2: 08 May 2012 - 03:02 AM

[jaclaz]

zabx2, on 03 May 2012 - 12:54 PM, said:

Have found my old ST3500320AS in the closet. Do you guys have any ideas how to fix BSY with help of Arduino Uno? Can I just use RT, TX and GND outputs? Or can you please suggest any ebay USB cable that will 100% work with my brick. Thanks in advance! God save your HDDs!

managerharry, on 01 May 2012 - 07:45 AM, said:

Anyone know whether this USB to TTY converter would work for this fix? http://www.ebay.com/...=item588cd02efd

Please ,

• do review the READ ME FIRST:
  http://www.msfn.org/...-read-me-first/
  particularly point #6: you want a TTL adapter working at 3.3V TTL level (AND NOT one working at 5 V TTL level).
  
• Ask the seller if the device is selling is suitable to operate at 3.3 V TTL level <- you are going to give money to someone in exchange for a device, it's their responsability to guarantee that the device is suitable, if you don't get a clear, baked up by a return guarantee, answer, find someone else willing to sell the device AND guarantee it's specs..

There are tens of posts in this thread with reports of success and links to working adapters, as well as tens of people asking the SAME questions you just posted, come on .

jaclaz