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PC-3000 EXPRESS / UDMA / PORTABLE Seagate
ACE Lab F3 architecture
Technical support: ts@acelab.ru
Phone: +7 863 201 50 06
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SEAGATE
F3 architecture
Table of contents
1. Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................................... 2
2. Supported drive families ................................................................................................................................................. 6
3. Getting started ................................................................................................................................................................. 8
4. Launching the utility ....................................................................................................................................................... 8
5. Frequent malfunctions .................................................................................................................................................. 12
5.1. Motor seizure........................................................................................................................................................ 12
5.2. "Stuck" heads ....................................................................................................................................................... 12
5.3. HDD returns HDD ID (the host system detects it), but reports capacity = 0 ....................................................... 13
5.4. Host system does not detect a HDD, which permanently remains BSY .............................................................. 14
5.5. Host system detects a HDD, drive beginning is visible but starting with a certain LBA continuous space until
the end is filled with UNC errors ........................................................................................................................ 15
5.5.1. Automatic translator restoration (for the entire LBA space) ....................................................................... 16
5.5.2. Automatic location correction for a specific LBA (beginning with a certain LBA) ................................... 17
5.5.3. Data Extractor task ...................................................................................................................................... 18
5.5.4. Manual translator restoration ....................................................................................................................... 18
5.5.4.1. "Delicate" work with Non Resident G-List ........................................................................................ 23
5.6. Diagnostics using the list of 32 recent RW commands .......................................................................................... 23
6. Tests menu .................................................................................................................................................................... 27
6.1. Utility status ......................................................................................................................................................... 27
6.2. Loader .................................................................................................................................................................. 28
6.3. Create loader ........................................................................................................................................................ 28
6.4. Update Microcode ................................................................................................................................................ 28
6.5. Work with terminal .............................................................................................................................................. 29
6.6. Service information .............................................................................................................................................. 30
6.6.1. HDD resources backup ................................................................................................................................ 31
6.6.2. Work with ROM .......................................................................................................................................... 31
6.6.3. Work with RAM .......................................................................................................................................... 32
6.6.3.1. Heads maps in Seagate F3 drives ........................................................................................................ 33
6.6.4. Work with service area ................................................................................................................................ 35
6.7. Logical test ........................................................................................................................................................... 36
6.8. Defect lists ............................................................................................................................................................ 39
6.9. S.M.A.R.T. erase .................................................................................................................................................. 39
6.10. Solutions ............................................................................................................................................................. 39
6.11. User commands .................................................................................................................................................. 39
7. Specialized tools of the utility ....................................................................................................................................... 41
7.1. View and edit HDD resources .............................................................................................................................. 41
7.2. Work with Flash ROM image file ........................................................................................................................ 45
8. Unlocking HDD in case of LED: CC error ................................................................................................................... 49
8.1. Disconnection of the controller board from HDA (isolation of the spindle motor connector) ............................ 50
8.2. Short connection of the read channel ................................................................................................................... 50
8.3. Operating principle of the main part of the unlocking procedure ........................................................................ 52
8.4. Searching for the short connection points ............................................................................................................ 53
9. Appendix 1. Replacement of the controller board ........................................................................................................ 54
10. Appendix 2. Testing the HDD controller board .......................................................................................................... 55
11. Appendix 3. Testing the motor winding coils ............................................................................................................. 56
12. Appendix 4. Selecting a donor heads stack................................................................................................................. 57
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