Case study 27- SIM FileFD=FC373028 ErrorCode=43160080 DiscLBA=000000000000ADD1 Duration=000008E6 ms

SIM FileFD=FC373028 ErrorCode=43160080 DiscLBA=000000000000ADD1 Duration=000008E6 ms

 No HOST FIS-ReadyStatusFlags 0002A1A1

SIM FileFD=FC375035 ErrorCode=43160080 DiscLBA=000000000000BA47 Duration=0000088D msBailing SOVABusy bit check to avoid hangBailing SOVABusy bit check to avoid hang
 SIM FileFD=FC375035 ErrorCode=43160080 DiscLBA=0000000000032377 Duration=0000087E msMax Wr Retries = 08, Max Rd Retries = 06,  Max Iterations = FF, Max Certify Rewrite Retries = 1172
Ev LBA/Soft XferLen  Zn Trk      Hd Sct  Wdg  PBA      ErrCode

Rst 0x0100MAF11250001    
No HOST FIS-ReadyStatusFlags 0002A1A1IDLE1
F3 T>
ASCII Diag mode

F3 T>
ASCII Diag mode

F3 T>
ASCII Diag mode

F3 T>
ASCII Diag mode

F3 T>
ASCII Diag mode

F3 T>
ASCII Diag mode

F3 T>
ASCII Diag mode

F3 T>
ASCII Diag mode

F3 T>
Boot 0x0100MAF11250001    
SpinUp
 RECOV Servo Op=0100 Resp=0005
 ResponseFrame 1A80 0000 0000 1E00 0000 0000 0000 0000 143C 0000 CE00 0000 CE00 0000 0000 0000 0000 971E 0002 D490 0002 24A8 0004 0001 0000 17E9 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0003
TCC:0028

Trans
Tech Unlock Handshake: 0xE498EFAA
Reply:

Rst 0x0100MAF11250001    
No HOST FIS-ReadyStatusFlags 0002A1A1IDLE1

NOT SOLVED ARUL  TB CASE

Seagate 7200.12 ‘SIM ERROR’ Firmware Fault

 No HOST FIS-ReadyStatusFlags 2002A1A5

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Seagate 7200.12 ‘SIM ERROR’ Firmware Fault

The symptoms of ‘SIM Error’ firmware fault from hard drives belong to Seagate 7200.12 family are:

1. Hard drive status keeps BUSY forever after switching on;

2. In the serial command line, it outputs (when PCB is attached to hard drive):

SIM Error 3005
No HOST FIS-ReadyStatusFlags 2002A1A5
ASCII Diag mode

3. In the serial command line, it outputs (when PCB is detached from hard drive):

No HOST FIS-ReadyStatusFlags 2002A1A5

To use the conventional method of fixing a ‘BUSY and LBA=0’ 7200.11 hard drive, it outputs:

No HOST FIS-ReadyStatusFlags 2002A1A5
ASCII Diag mode
F3 T>/2
F3 2>Z
Spin Down Complete
Elapsed Time 6.015 secs
F3 2>
ASCII Diag mode
F3 T>/2
F3 2>U
HighPowerMode
ExecuteSpinRequest
Spin Up Complete
Elapsed Time 3.624 secs
F3 2>/1
F3 1>N1
Init SMART Fail

The initialization of SMART module is failed even though the hard drive passes the Spin up and Spin down operation. To solve this problem, instead of doing N1 to clear the SMART after comand U, we use command m0 first.

(P) SATA Reset

SIM Error 3005
No HOST FIS-ReadyStatusFlags 2002A1A5
ASCII Diag mode

F3 T>/2

F3 2>Z

Spin Down Complete
Elapsed Time 6.035 secs
F3 2>U

HighPowerMode
ExecuteSpinRequest

Spin Up Complete
Elapsed Time 3.573 secs
F3 2>/

F3 T>m0,2,2,,,,,22
Max Wr Retries = 00, Max Rd Retries = 00, Max ECC T-Level = 16, Max Certify Rewr
ite Retries = not supported

User Partition Format Successful - Elapsed Time 0 mins 00 secs

F3 T>/1

F3 1>N1

Clear SMART is completed.
F3 1>
Rst 0x08M
(P) SATA Reset