Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ not being detected due to firmware being corrupted
S/N: S27EJ9BZA01080
P/N: HD103SJ/B
The symptoms: The Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ hard drive stays busy, does not initialise and spins down.
Solution: Our technicians have to use the PC-3000 disk utility to upload new firmware to the service area of the Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ hard drive.
What is PC-3000? PC-3000 does two things: it helps you repair drives with firmware problems; also it works with very problematic drives without opening them. In 75% of the hard drive failures, you don’t need to open the drives to recover the data thanks to PC-3000.
Procedure: First the technician has to find the part number (PN) of the hard drive. The part number for the Samsung HD103SJ worked on is 588581-001. He then goes to the PC-3000 library to get the necessary files relating to the same part number and re-write it into the Rom of the hard drive. This is done using the terminal adaptor that’s provided by PC-3000. In this case, it’s a Seagate terminal adaptor that has to be used for the Samsung hard drive. The files from the database of PC-3000 get to be re-written in the Rom of the Samsung hard drive not recognised. Once this is uploaded, the technician powers down the drive and up again. The drive should reinitialise into a ready state. To check that everything is ok, he can go to Sector edit and view sectors on the hard drive.
Here’s an illustration of the errors in terminal mode:
SpinStartUp: mcSpinRPM = 0
RPM at Handoff: 587
Temp : 22 degC
SpinOk
mS1 00000003
SK C:105996 H:0
Loaded FIT ( 0: 0: 1)
CalibTable Loaded. Rev:0x14
Selective MARC NX Loaded
ResoTable Loaded. Rev:0x01
Ovly loaded to 0x0001CD00
Ovly loaded to 0x1005B800
FdtTable Loaded. Rev:0x02
| 19 | RLIST | 2 | 0 | 256 | 1140 |
| 19 | RLIST | 2 | 1 | 256 | 1140 |
| 19 | RLIST | 2 | 2 | 256 | 1140 |
Reading Serial Num Pass
Up MC
TgtCyl: 2032
Hd: 0 Zn: 0 Avg.:- 113
TgtCyl: 266829
Hd: 0 Zn: 1 Avg.: 21
SVCAL(0080,0000)–>PASS
>>InsituStart: t=1709, c=22
GeoId = 49, Idx=49
fodstep: 00000074 dgain: 0000004F
GeoId = 49, Idx=49
fodstep: 00000072 dgain: 0000005B
GeoId = 49, Idx=49
fodstep: 0000007C dgain: 00000055
GeoId = 49, Idx=49
fodstep: 0000007C dgain: 00000048
GeoId = 49, Idx=49
fodstep: 00000089 dgain: 0000004B
GeoId = 49, Idx=49
fodstep: 00000087 dgain: 0000004D
GeoId = 49, Idx=49
fodstep: 00000073 dgain: 0000006E
GeoId = 49, Idx=49
fodstep: 0000006C dgain: 00000075
GeoId = 49, Idx=49
fodstep: 0000006F dgain: 00000071
GeoId = 49, Idx=49
fodstep: 00000080 dgain: 00000048
GeoId = 49, Idx=49
fodstep: 00000083 dgain: 00000051
GeoId = 49, Idx=49
fodstep: 0000008B dgain: 00000050
>>Flag=0000028B BadHd=0000 dFod=002A 002C 002E 0039 (t=1816 c=22)
RecordValid Fail : 0007643D 0007E41D
VOP!
PK_4 C:240235 H:0
VOP!
PK_4 C:240235 H:0
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