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Can Someone Please tell me what is the exact position of the TX , RX pins on the HDD. The photos in the original first post of this thread are removed and deleted Reading these two websites, the RX TX pins are marked oppositey : which is the correct one ? https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5DyuVvuODctc2R4bDJJT19rMDQ/edit https://sites.google.com/site/seagatefix/ Although i did try every possible way of fixing the connectors, all I get I a right hand side arrow in the hyperterminal window, which means maybe the PCB is shorted, no success :-( and no luck till now.

Hello, I am using a modified DKU-5 cable with correctly marked RX,TX and GND pins. I have used this cable earlier for my hard disk recoveries for seagate ST31000xxxAS 7200.11 (1TB). The disk is now showing the same behavior of having clicking noise immediately after power up. The heads move to the platters and park back. I guess this is the famous BSY error. I have performed recoveries of the similar sort with the same cable, but somehow this time it is not working. I have carefully followed all the steps mentioned in different guides everywhere and especially on this forum. 1. I am covering the motor head contacts (3 pins) with card stack paper. 2. I have checked the DKU-5 cable drivers on Windows XP (USB to UART). 3. The hyperterminal connection starts with the connection rate baud settings. 4. Any characters typed in the hyperterminal window do not appear , unless i connect the Rx ad Tx wires which ensures working connection and loopback test. 5. When i connect the cable to the correct pins on the harddisk, the loopback does not work, in a power down state, which means that the cables pins are not touching each other. 6. Whenever I power on the drive (using an external sata disk enclosure by Sarotech), the disk powers on and stays quite because i have isolated the motor contacts. 7. However after waiting for around 10-15 sec when I open the hyperterminal session and send the Ctrl+Z command , I always see a right hand side arrow symbol being show in the window. It is the symbol for ctrl+z (which means undo I guess). Hence the actual F3T/> prompt never comes. 8. If i power off the drive, then I cannot see the right arrow symbol. 9. Based on this behavior I feel that the maybe the PCB is shorted, since when power up , it only connects the cable Tx and Rx pins. 10. Finding an exact replacement PCB is a herculean task, plus I assume that it simply does not work by swapping the PCB., 11. I dont have and cannot afford expensive recovery services. I only have once service provider in sight, who has the Atola or PC-3000 appratus for recoveries. Is it possible to extract data from such a driver using the PC-3000. 12. Is it possible to try it out with another cable and power supply, maybe the power supplied to the PCB isnt enough, although on visual inspection it does not look fried or having any over voltage damages done to it. Am i correct in my diagnosis , any further ray of hope and guidance would be highly thanked for. Thanks.

Hi I also have a 500Gb Seagate (out of a FreeAgent Enclosure) which is behaving like a very bad child. So did you have any luck in recovering your data or making it usable with the same procedure for 7200.11 recovery. Thanks.

Can the same rescue procedure be used for 7200.10 harddisks. I have and old seagate 500GB (which comes inside the FreeAgent enclosure) which has gone bad and making mild and slight ticking sound, it is not detected sporadically. Since I have already done a a 1TB seagate recovery using this procedure I was just wondering can it be applied to other drives or not. Thanks for the response.

Followed the procedure mentioned in the first post on : Hope it helps, as it worked out for me. New firmware is located at : http://rapidshare.com/files/289258663/Brinks-3D6H-SD3B.ISO (Burn to a CD and boot with it with only affected drive connected to the internal SATA, if it applied it will update) Thanks