PC-3000 HDD

WD drives: how to change the module position using “Move\Resize module” feature.

Posted on 04/22/2016 by ACELab team

Hello Friends! In this small article we would like to show the update of Dir Editor – “MoveResize module” feature.

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PC-3000 HDD. Toshiba drives specific diagnostics

Posted on 03/31/2016 by ACELab team

In the Basic HDD diagnostics procedure post we looked at the common steps of diagnostics for any HDD. Now we will look at the specific steps of diagnostics of Toshiba drives. In this article we will discuss the typical situations … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 for HDD. Boot ROM mode (COM port) in WD utility for 3.5″ and 2.5″ drives.

Posted on 03/31/2016 by ACELab team

Sometimes we need to write or read the ROM image, but PCB or SATA adapter are damaged. There is a way to work with ROM using a special mode – Boot ROM.

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PC-3000 HDD. Seagate F3. SMP flags issue

Posted on 03/01/2016 by ACELab team

A lot of Seagate F3 drives have a problem with LED errors, RWerror problems or just stay in BSY state. In this article we would like to consider the popular solution for such cases. Here is Seagate Grenada drive with … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 for HDD. Seagate F3 architecture drives specific diagnostics

Posted on 02/12/2016 by ACELab team

In the Basic HDD diagnostics procedure post we looked at the common steps of diagnostics for any HDD. Now we will look at the specific steps of diagnostics of Seagate F3 architecture drives. In this article we will discuss the most … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 for HDD. WD Marvell drives specific diagnostics.

Posted on 02/08/2016 by ACELab team

In the Basic HDD diagnostics procedure post we looked at the common steps of diagnistics for any HDD. Now we will look at the specific steps of diagnostics of WD Marvell drives. In this article we will discuss the most … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 HDD. How to find out the problems in WD Marvell drives

Posted on 02/03/2016 by ACELab team

There are several situations could be with a Western Digital drive. Let’s take a look the most popular of them and discuss about diagnostics and solutions

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PC-3000 for HDD. How to check system heads manually on WD drives.

Posted on 02/03/2016 by ACELab team

The procedure is applicable both for WD Marvell and WD Caviar architecture drives. When we recover Service Area modules we need to be sure that system heads are able to write modules in SA without errors. Make sure that you … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 for HDD. Basic HDD diagnostics procedure

Posted on 01/29/2016 by ACELab team

Sometimes DR specialists start examining the drive from the wrong point that leads to unnecessary wasting of time or even to the situation when the drive becomes unrecoverable. We want to present to you our recommended procedure of basic examining … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 for HDD. Building ROM image from SA data on WD Marvell drives with external ROM

Posted on 01/26/2016 by ACELab team

The method can be used to recover original ROM image and then write it into donor PCB when original PCB was damaged, lost, or original ROM was lost. The idea is to rewrite the compatible donor ROM image to donor … Continue reading →

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