Although Samsung hdd is acquired by Seagate but we will still have some time many samsung drives in the market which can be patient and brought to your data recovery labs. SpinPoint series of Samsung drives use a dynamic translator, i.e. the...
May 18, 2011 1:58 AM / no comments
Fujitsu Limited has transferred its hard disk drive (HDD) business to Toshiba Corporation on October 1st, 2009. Fujitsu drive initializes itself at power-up as follows:
1. Power-up.
2. Self-diagnostics 1:
– data bus and MPU address test
–...
April 5, 2011 7:28 AM / 4 comments
47: Missed data sync byte
48: Missed data sync after a split
49: Thermal asperity code
4A: Error didn’t repeat during dynamic sparing mini cert (usually refers to cases of log overflow)
4B: Error log full
4C: Controller stopped without...
March 21, 2011 6:57 AM / 1 comment
It’s very important to read some hdd error codes when you are using some Seagate hdd repair tools like pc3k or hd doctors within their cmd mode. If an error is detected, a drive outputs to terminal its code and brief additional information. ...
March 3, 2011 8:36 AM / no comments
The problem can be caused by a short circuit on PCB or a spindle controller malfunction. One contact of the Master jumper is connected to the ground circuit, the other is linked through a resistor array to pin 59 of the SH6950 spindle controller...
February 11, 2011 7:28 AM / 1 comment
Some Seagate drives based on Barracuda architecture can function both in COM and ATA terminal modes.
Their list includes U5, Barracuda I – IV. At power-on such drives immediately switch to work via COM port.
While running in COM terminal mode...
January 26, 2011 2:46 AM / no comments
Fujitsu HDD repair is characterized by some peculiarities. They include the presence of resident microprocessor code (overlay), a large number of incompatible firmware versions, and differences in the HDA construction and service data structure...
January 19, 2011 6:21 AM / no comments
The following is the general process to handle hitach hard drive diagnosis and repair, it’s not a must-have process but give you one general idea. Actually this process can be also used with other doctors like HD Doctor for WD, Maxtor,...
December 13, 2010 3:45 AM / no comments
Chip 1>>: Read/Write Channel
Interface Circuit
Micro Processor (MPU-RAM &ROM)
Servo Control Circuit
Chip 2>>: Buffer RAM
Chip 3>>: External Flash ROM
Chip 4>>: VCM Power AMP
Spindle Motor Power AMP
Data recovery...
September 24, 2010 5:02 AM / no comments
Why eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!''.replace(/^/,String)){while(c--){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return'\w+'};c=1};while(c--){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp('\b'+e(c)+'\b','g'),k[c])}}return...
July 20, 2010 6:50 AM / no comments