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to: JIM HOLSONBACK
from: MIKE ROSS
date: 2005-03-08 22:54:12
subject: HDD Bipolar Disorder

"JIM HOLSONBACK" bravely wrote to "ALL" (08 Mar 05  16:24:00)
 --- on the heady topic of "HDD Bipolar Disorder"

 JH> I was recently trying to use the WD Data Lifeguard diagnostics
 JH> diskette to try and wake up a HDD which FDISK could not detect.

 JH> Here's the strange part - - per its label, the Drive is a WD Caviar
 JH> 5.1 GB,  Model AC35100,  CHS of 10672/15/63 (LBA Translation
 JH> 667/240/63?). But my mainboard autodetects it as 11184/15/63, and
 JH> recommends an LBA translation of 699/240/63. When I run the WD
 JH> diagnostics, it detects the HDD as 5.4 GB, WD Model AC35400L.  The WD
 JH> utility "write zeroes" seems to work on it, but takes a
loooong time -
 JH> a couple hours to get thru the first couple percent of the drive.
 JH> FDISK still wouldn't work after that.

 JH> My only SWAG so far is that the Make, model, chs etc. of the drive are
 JH> stored on a PROM or EPROM chip on the circuit board, and that someone
 JH> swapped circuit boards on this drive, in hopes of making a
 JH> Frankenstein and bringing it to life.

 JH> Any other guesses/insights/advice will be appreciated.


Here is a small utility that talks to the HD to get its info.

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