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PC-3000. Best PC configuration for ACE Lab products in 2023

Posted on 02/03/2023 by ACELab team

Recently, users have been asking about the most comfortable hardware configuration for using PC-3000 Flash, PC-3000 Express or PC-3000 UDMA-E. A lot of engineers are still working on computers with Core 2 DUO CPU and 2GB of RAM, but this configuration is … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 HDD. How to fix the Second Level Translator (T2) in the PC-3000 7.2 Software Version

Posted on 12/22/2022 by ACELab team

Hello Friends! As you know, the Second Level Translator (T2) is a very critical FW part which affects HDD normal work and data access. Previously, if the T2 was damaged, we  had to use RAW recovery in PBA mode in order … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 SSD Extended. Ramaxel and Lenovo Utility

Posted on 12/20/2022 by ACELab team

Hello friends! If you’re familiar with SSD data recovery, you should have already faced different types of controllers and know that Marvell-based drives are one of the most complex to work with. The main thing is that every single manufacturer … Continue reading →

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How to use PC-3000 Portable III incorrectly and lose your warranty

Posted on 12/13/2022 by ACELab team

The ports of PC-3000 Portable III (Port 0, 1, 2) function using high-speed PCIe-1, 2 and SATA-1, 2, 3 protocols thus providing for the data transfer rates up to 5 and 6 Gbit/s respectively, i.e. effectively the data transfer rate … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 SSD Systems. The List of Supported SSDs (regularly updated, ver. 3.2.10)

Posted on 12/12/2022 by ACELab team

Hello friends! The ACE Lab developers constantly research drives, which results in a rapid expansion of the Support List for most of the modern SSDs. So with the PC-3000 Systems that support Solid State Drives, you will always be on … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 Flash. Determination of Some Chip Parameters by ID

Posted on 06/07/2022 by ACELab team

There are situations when you are reading a chip and see a detected Chip ID but it cannot be applied in the Task. As a result, it doesn’t allow to read the dump from the memory chip. Such behaviour may … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 Flash. SanDisk 200 GB mSD recovery

Posted on 03/31/2022 by ACELab team

Hi everyone, Today we are going to talk about the monolith cases produced by SanDisk, namely presented in the variations of 200 GB and 400 GB models. Such cards were released a few years ago and remained the mSD cards with … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 HDD. How to Block Writing in Service Area in Seagate F3

Posted on 01/17/2022 by ACELab team

Modern Seagate drives are very complex, and their hardware becomes more and more sensitive. If heads have issues, they can damage some critical objects in the Service Area during the internal FW processes. It may be a reason for data … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 SAS. How to Solve the Medium Format Corrupted Issue on Hitachi SAS Drives

Posted on 01/13/2022 by ACELab team

Nowadays, more and more SAS drives are used for storing data and therefore become damaged due to continuous use. Some of them require spare parts, but some of them can be fixed by software methods. In this article, you can … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 Portable III/Express/UDMA. How to Fix a Rosewood SSHD with a Damaged NAND Chip

Posted on 07/26/2021 by ACELab team

Hello guys! The issue with a damaged NAND chip is very popular for the ST1000LX015 and ST2000LX001 models. At the ACE Lab Online Technical Conference 2021 we showed a case on this topic. Following up, this blog article with step-by-step instructions explains … Continue reading →

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