Hello, Here's a site that explains the fix a bit. Although they go overboard.
http://sites.google.com/site/seagatefix/Home Also, go to http://forum.hddguru.com/ for more hard drive info. IT is a good site for info and tools for hard drives. Regards, Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com > -----Original Message----- > From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- > boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Joshua MacCraw > Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 11:18 AM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: [H] Seagate 7200.11 BSY error & fix > > Well randomly at reboot I had my Seagate 750GB stop detecting. So I > verify it's spinning up & go looking for a logic board only to find > there is a known firmware bug known as "BSY" which I gather is the > drive thinking it's busy & not responding. > > So it looks like the fix is a serial link to the logic board where you > can issue a series of commands to reset it. Anyone else run it this & > tired the fix? Tim, can you offer insights? I've ordered a USB-TTL > adapter to give it try since I have all my AV crap on it & don't want > to loose it if possible. > > Really need scrape up the $280 for a pair of WD20EARS but this is my > 2nd newest drive about 1.5yr old! Will be my last Seagate for the near > future for sure! > >
