Oh, I understand that. I think it is a good site also. I was just letting people know what I found when I went there.
Thanks, Bobby -----Original Message----- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Tim Lider Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 9:53 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Seagate 7200.11 BSY error & fix Hello Bobby, The site is good. There is some utilities in there that give off false positives. Think about it, you're going to change something on the hard drive, it could be mistaken for a virus :) 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 Bobby Heid > Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 4:03 PM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] Seagate 7200.11 BSY error & fix > > Norton thinks that site might not be ok because of: > > Total threats found: 1 > > > Viruses (what's this?) > Threats found: 1 > Here is a complete list: > > Threat Name: W32.SillyFDC > Location: http://hddguru.com/download/software/HDDScan/HDDScan_v30.zip > > Just an FYI. > > Bobby > > -----Original Message----- > From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com > [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Tim Lider > Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 10:01 AM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] Seagate 7200.11 BSY error & fix > > 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! > > > > > > > >
