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PC-3000 UDMA in firmware Problems

we at HDRC are now equipped with PC-3000 UDMA tool

PC-3000 UDMA , a unique tool that can communicate with the drive in such situations by using vendor specific commands to switch the drive into kernel mode - the one that is used by the manufacturer to provide read/write access to the firmware on the controller board and firmware modules, such as Microcode Overlays, HDD Configuration Tables, Defects Tables, SMART Attributes, Security Subsystem, Adaptives, etc., stored at the disk system area (maintenance track) at negative cylinders. When the drive is not recognized by the PC, it basically means that the HDD cannot boot up properly due to electrical failure, mechanical/physical damage or corruption of the firmware modules on the controller or the disk system area (maintenance track).

By using PC-3000 UDMA drive can be diagnosed and can be determined exactly what is causing the failure. Furthermore, in our experience more than 50% of such failures (and for some particular HDD models over 90%) are due to firmware related problems that can be resolved using PC-3000.

Which problems can be solved using PC-3000 UDMA for Windows?

Someone may face minor drive malfunctions, such as BIOS inability to identify HDD parameters or impossibility to view partitions containing user data; others may experience difficulties with corrupted modules in HDD system area or damaged subsystem of LBA translation into PCHS.

We often receive a question: "Will PC-3000 UDMA help if a HDD makes clicking sounds?" The question has no simple answer without preliminary analysis of malfunction causes, which result in the clicking sound. Therefore the answer may be both YES or NO depending upon the situation. However, let us consider some guidelines…

We often receive a question: "Will PC-3000 UDMA help if a HDD makes clicking sounds?" The question has no simple answer without preliminary analysis of malfunction causes, which result in the clicking sound. Therefore the answer may be both YES or NO depending upon the situation. However, let us consider some guidelines…

The features provided by PC-3000 UDMA for Windows can be conventionally subdivided into two parts according to their purpose:

Please note that very frequently the second goal cannot be reached without the first one. That is why PC-3000 UDMA includes tools for both those purposes and it is up to users to decide which modes of complex functionality may be necessary in a specific situation.

We shall not go into detail analyzing possible HDD malfunctions (such analysis may take several pages) discussing instead just the features of PC-3000 UDMA complex applicable for detection of malfunctions and restoration of HDD functionality:

PCB:

Scanning of firmware microcode in ROM; verification of configuration data in ROM; verification of firmware version in ROM; buffer RAM test; execution of HDD self-diagnostics. Reading and recording of flash ROM containing firmware microcode and configuration data. The flash ROM image file can be copied from the resource database of PC-3000 UDMA complex.

SA:

TTesting of system area for bad sectors; scanning of SA modules to detect possible corrupted areas. Reformatting of system area; restoration of damaged SA modules or their overwriting with standard reference data from the resource database of PC-3000 UDMA.

User Data (LBAs):

Surface testing and detection of bad sectors; executing the internal low-level Format procedure. Relocation of revealed surface defects updating the HDD's defect tables; executing the Selfscan procedure.

Heads:

Head testing (for some drive families only). Isolation of malfunctioning heads (HDD capacity decreases in such cases but the drive may become fully functional).

Universal:

Resetting SMART parameters of a HDD.

Ccorrecting drive ID.

Unlocking USER and MASTER passwords.

New function implemented for use with Data Extractor: Functionality to read user data from a HDD, which cannot operate in accordance with its logical parameters (LBA). The reading routine in that case uses physical parameters (PCHS) taking into account actual drive translation tables or, if they are damaged, their virtually reconstructed copies.

Accessing hard drives through low level registers and vendor specific ATA commands even when the hard drive is not recognized by the BIOS, PC3000 PCI has the ability to repair hard drive system areas, firmware modules, and run extensive diagnostics that make it the single most successful tool for data recovery purposes.

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