Problem with WD Marvel Demo

[ianc]

Hi Spildit,

OK, I tried your suggestions. You can see the result. After selecting IDE/compatible and detecting the slave drive with a timeout of 60 sec, the drive is detected with size 0 GB. I'm not sure about the 'Drive is password Protected' error?

When I select ROM->Read ROM, it appears to be read successfully. Selecting ROM->Modules in ROM produces the 'Error of the determination of the active region map' error.



If I choose ROM->Modules in ROM (Do not read dir), then 'Read copies in SA', I get a 'Working' dialog with a progress bar for awhile, then an unintelligible result:



If I go to S/A Operations and choose 'Drive Info', it spits the info below out.

Any idea what it might mean? Thanks again for your help,

Ian

Format version = 0x014F
Controller firmware version = OOOO
Servo firmware version = OOOO
Overley firmware version = OOOO
Surface format version = OOOO
Read channel firmware version = OOOO
Media count = 79
Physical head count = 1
Used head count = 79
Used head map = 0
Drive type = 0
Zone count = 1
Servo wedges count = 335
SA track count = 335
Spindle motor RPM = 335
UA track count = 21954895
Cylinder skew = 79
Head skew = 1
Cluster Skew = 79
Code Residence = 1
PCBA type = 0
Interface type = Parallel ATA
Installed memory = 335Mb

Parts info
Controller chip Vendor = 0x014F
Controller chip rev = 0x014F
MicroP Vendor = 0x014F
MicroP Rev = 0x014F
Channel Chip Vendor = 0x014F
Channel chip Rev = 0x014F
Preamp Vendor = 0x014F
Preamp Rev = 0x014F
Power IC vendor = 0x014F
Power IC Rev = 0x014F

ECC correction info
No. of interleaves in OTF ECC corr = 79
Number of bytes corrected by OTF = 1
Number of bytes corrected by FW burst corr = 335
No. of ecc bytes in read/write long sector = 79

Format info
Tracks per inch (in KTPI) = 335
Area density = 33Gb
Drive Format Type = 79

Drive config
Format version = 0x014F
DCM Selection = 0x014F
cur_stroke = 0x014F
phy_heads = 0x014F
used_heads = 0014F
cur_capacity = 0x014F
max_fmt_LBAs = 94295556034068815 - -7060907531Gb
target_capacity = 0x014F
max_target_LBAs = 94295556034068815 - -7060907531Gb
hq_capacity = 0x014F
max_HQ_LBAs = 94295556034068815 - -7060907531Gb
final_capacity = 0x014F
z0_dtpi = 0x014F014F
z0_kfci = 0x014F014F
cur_svo_TPI = 0x014F014F
cur_data_TPI_0 = 0x014F014F
cur_data_TPI_1 = 0x014F014F
cur_data_TPI_2 = 0x014F014F
cur_data_TPI_3 = 0x014F014F
cur_data_TPI_4 = 0x014F014F
cur_data_TPI_5 = 0x014F014F
cur_data_TPI_6 = 0x014F014F
cur_data_TPI_7 = 0x014F014F
cur_data_TPI_8 = 0x014F014F
cur_data_TPI_9 = 0x014F014F
cur_KFCI_0 = 0x014F
cur_KFCI_1 = 0x014F
cur_KFCI_2 = 0x014F
cur_KFCI_3 = 0x014F
cur_KFCI_4 = 0x014F
cur_KFCI_5 = 0x014F
cur_KFCI_6 = 0x014F
cur_KFCI_7 = 0x014F
cur_KFCI_8 = 0x014F
cur_KFCI_9 = 0x014F
max_LBA_for_head_0 = 21954895 - 11Gb
max_LBA_for_head_1 = 21954895 - 11Gb
max_LBA_for_head_2 = 21954895 - 11Gb
max_LBA_for_head_3 = 21954895 - 11Gb
max_LBA_for_head_4 = 21954895 - 11Gb
max_LBA_for_head_5 = 21954895 - 11Gb
max_LBA_for_head_6 = 21954895 - 11Gb
max_LBA_for_head_7 = 21954895 - 11Gb
max_LBA_for_head_8 = 21954895 - 11Gb
max_LBA_for_head_9 = 21954895 - 11Gb
max_user_cyls_for_head_0 = 0x014F014F
max_user_cyls_for_head_1 = 0x014F014F
max_user_cyls_for_head_2 = 0x014F014F
max_user_cyls_for_head_3 = 0x014F014F
max_user_cyls_for_head_4 = 0x014F014F
max_user_cyls_for_head_5 = 0x014F014F
max_user_cyls_for_head_6 = 0x014F014F
max_user_cyls_for_head_7 = 0x014F014F
max_user_cyls_for_head_8 = 0x014F014F
max_user_cyls_for_head_9 = 0x014F014F
max_virt_cyls_for_head_0 = 0x014F014F
max_virt_cyls_for_head_1 = 0x014F014F
max_virt_cyls_for_head_2 = 0x014F014F
max_virt_cyls_for_head_3 = 0x014F014F
max_virt_cyls_for_head_4 = 0x014F014F
max_virt_cyls_for_head_5 = 0x014F014F
max_virt_cyls_for_head_6 = 0x014F014F
max_virt_cyls_for_head_7 = 0x014F014F
max_virt_cyls_for_head_8 = 0x014F014F
max_virt_cyls_for_head_9 = 0x014F014F
rsvd_svo_cyls = 0x014F
rsvd_data_cyls = 0x014F
max_user_svo_cyls = 0x014F014F
max_svo_cyls = 0x014F014F
trks_per_clstr_svo = 0x014F
trks_per_clstr_rsvd = 0x014F
trks_per_clstr_for_head_0 = 0x014F
trks_per_clstr_for_head_1 = 0x014F
trks_per_clstr_for_head_2 = 0x014F
trks_per_clstr_for_head_3 = 0x014F
trks_per_clstr_for_head_4 = 0x014F
trks_per_clstr_for_head_5 = 0x014F
trks_per_clstr_for_head_6 = 0x014F
trks_per_clstr_for_head_7 = 0x014F
trks_per_clstr_for_head_8 = 0x014F
trks_per_clstr_for_head_9 = 0x014F
HdMap TPI = 0x4F 0x4F 0x4F 0x4F 0x4F 0x4F 0x4F 0x4F
HdMap Capacity = 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01

[Vlad]

Looks like controller in AHCI mode

[Spildit]

Go to BIOS and set SATA port to IDE COMPATIBLE mode.
On WDMarvel use MASTER and not Slave. Using IDE COMPATBLE mode on SATA drives you should ALLWAYS set them as MASTER.
Try with another system/motherboard if you can't detect your drive. You can as well try with a known good drive first and make sure WDMarvel it's picking it up correctly.

[ianc]

Well, I shut the machine down and unplugged the other drive from the 3 Gb SATA controller so the problematic drive is the only one connected to it. I entered the BIOS to change the setting from AHCI to IDE compatible, but unfortunately the two controllers cannot be selected independently there, they must be both placed in the same mode.

As I kind of expected, If I change from AHCI to IDE, the machine will not boot unfortunately...

Can this not be done with the controllers set in AHCI mode, or do I need to look around for a system that's running in IDE mode to run WDMarvel on?

Ian

[Vlad]

You can simple select AHCI mode in WDMarvel...

[ianc]

Hi Vlad & Spildit (if you're still around),

I had the opportunity to try this again with Beta 8 in AHCI mode as Vlad suggested, and seem to have had much better luck with it. If I select the drive and detect it, some parameters of the drive are found, as shown below. The size is still reported as 0.0 GB:



If I then choose ROM -> Modules in ROM, some modules are detected:



If I then choose "Create ROM Images From Copies in SA", I see a very brief progress bar, but some files are created in the default\PZU folder where I am running the demo from:



Does this mean I have successfully read the ROM from the drive's SA and can now use this to flash the donor PCB? If so, can you tell me how to do this step? Do I need to license the program for this?

I greatly appreciate the help you've been giving me. Thanks so much,

Ian

[Vlad]

Go to work with modules
Try to read all 0x01** modules
If success, send it to me
and generated flash.bin too

[rdane]

hello
it is possible to run this soft on window 10 ?

[ianc]

Hi Vlad,

Thanks very much for your response. I'm sorry to be so dumb, but I'm afraid I'm just not sure exactly what you're looking for here? I downloaded the beta 9 today and ran it, then went to SA Operations, then Module operations and clicked the 'Find modules $01-$FF' button shown here and got the pictured result. Looks like it found 0?



Sorry again, but I hope that's what you were looking for? There are so many menu commands in the program that it's difficult to guess if I'm in the right place or not; a menu sequence to follow would really help...

I would like also to send you the flash.bin file, but I cannot attach it to this post or a PM, and your email address is not available in your profile. How can I get it to you? I also got the .mod files from the S\A if those are any help?

Thanks again for helping!

Ian

[Vlad]

yes, ask google how to disable driver signature enforcement