KlingKlang

To theflex: Uhm.. You have to guide us a little more here. What hardware are you using? Have you done the loopbacktest? You should only cover the PCB-contact at the sata-connector end, the contact in the middle is not important. You know the one that goes to the motor? ****... got to sleep.. help you in the morning...

Check my post 1834 @ page 92. That pinout is for the genuine CA-42 cable but since all CA-42 cables got the same connector, genuine or generic, the pinout would work on your cable to. If you have a multimeter, use that to find which pin that is connected to which cable. Edit:The white cable needs to be soldered into place, but you have surely seen that. Second Edit: The cable is recognized by windows, since this cable probably gets its power from the usb-port. There is no way to know which cable are the right one. You have to make a pinout-check in order to get it right! Check the sheild as well, since sometimes it could be a fifth "cable". My guess is what is Ground.

To Luyz Have you tried to boot from a live Linux cd? It is possible to boot Ubunut and Knoppix with a live cd, making your computer to start in Linux instead. It will get you a opportunity to saftey copy your data. Download it from http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download and burn it on a cd. Change your bootup sequence if neccesary and boot from the cd. Select "Try Ubuntu without any changes on my computer" option. Maybe jaclaz has a better solution. I would have tried this..

To mcg360 Yes, that is correct. You only need power to the PCB (provided from the Sata-power cable) and the Tx,Rx and Gnd to do this fix with "valkyrios cable". If you are unsure, just check the last 6 pages to find the answers to valkyrios solution.

To Bulldog77 Watch this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29FztWJVxbM It will tell how to do it. You can use it as a reference to gradius2 guide.

To UzY3L I don´t know if your schematic will work, because it is different from the "Schmartboard". I´m however no electronic expert, but i guess that jaclaz could tell you. The schematic to the Schmartboard is here in .pdf.

To valkyrio Based on what i have read at the manual to the cable, (assuming you have the cable at 4.1 in the pdf), you should connect Orange, yellow and black. Black = Gnd (and it might not be necessary but it won´t hurt connecting it anyway). Orange = Tx(D) Yellow = Rx(D) (I put D in paranteses, becuase D is simply for Data). The power to the PCB on the harddrive is powered by the Sata-power-contact. I used heat shrink hose to isolate my contact. It can be bought in a electronics shop and shrinks when you heat it up. It might be overkill to do, but i doesn´t risk anything. Glad to hear it worked out for you!! Don´t forget to update the firmware to the drive!

Lol! jaclaz, sometimes you´re just the best!

To fasthands. Post a picture if possible of both the usb-connector and the phone-connector (also known as fastport). The usb end should show the circuit if any or the cables that are soldered to the usb-contact. The other picture should show the phone-connector with the cables visual. If your cable is similar to the pictures at post 1702 @ page 86 then i think it might be a straight-thru, which won´t work i´m afraid. However, the continuously spinning up and down still puzzles me. I´m not sure using this fix will help, but it maybe doesn´t hurt trying.

The drives spins up and down continuously or just once? Continuously might be another problem than the BSY or 0mb bug. Do you use a original CA-42 cable from Nokia, if so, did you detect the cable in windows or it was undetected? If it was undetected, apply +3.3V to the RED cable and the gnd to the black cable. That will make windows detected it. The original are "made in thailand", check post 1834 @ page 92 for details. My CA-42 had also a moulded rubber casing, when removed, revealed a white plastic coating, protecting the IC. The generic CA-42 often "made in china" are detected when you plug them in. As far as i know! Test loopback first so you know the cable work. Loopback test is done by connecting Rx and Tx to eachother. However, the pinout from my post 1834 will tell you what pin is doing what!

To: jaclaz and valkyrio Well, it wasn´t directly to fasthands but more general. Most people don´t know how fragile harddrives really are. Especially when you punch it or put it in freezers. And i think i have heard somewhere that harddrives have vacuum inside, and that is pretty hard to accomplish at home. Could be mistaken on this though. To: Fasthands Are you sure that your USB-to-serial have TTL-signals? Because the PCB on the harddrive uses TTL-signals to communicate. They are usually found in cellphone cables like Nokias CA-42 or DKU-5 and even in the cheaper generic cellphone-cables.

You should NEVER EVER open a harddrive, EVER! You will only damage the drive and make it completely useless! The dust particles are too big and will damage the heads on the reading arm making the harddisk a piece of junk. If it will still work, you´re one lucky guy! The chances are that it is damaged from dust and particles.

To: valkyrio Yes. That would work! People here have been using all kind of cables and adapters. Most of them have been using Graduis2 adapter since we know it worked. By the time we have been making progress, more and more adapters are verified to work. The important thing is that the cable converts "Serial to TTL". A quick review of the link you posted says that this cable would be perfect for this job. However, no-one has used as far as i know, but i think it would work perfect.

To: dibloff I can´t remember that my drive was clicking. The "clicking" could be an hardware error. My harddrive just disappeared when booting one day. I´m pretty sure that my drive wasn´t "clicking" and i don´t think it was spinning up and down. No, but it should be covered by hardware warranty. I think seagate has 1 years. But then again, do they care? You do have warranty until 2013... Check link. https://store.seagate.com/webapp/wcs/stores...urnOrderItemAdd I think that you can do the fix in order to get the drive detected in bios. I would however in you position, get a second opionion by someone else here. What do you thinks guys?

Check the posts 1579-1580 at page 79. Try to reinstall the drivers, provided by "philip_z". It might help you with your problem. Another option is to mail "nitrohelix1" and ask her to send the drivers to you.

Ayrox: Have you checked your settings in hyperterminal? It should be set to 38400, 8-n-1, no flowcontrol. Have you checked the pin-out with a multimeter? Check the previous page to get correct the pin-out. You must know which cable that is Rx and Tx. I had to connect GND to the harddrive in order to get the hdd talking to me. It is strange if you still wouldn´t get any connection.

Ayrox: Check post 1452 here That might help you to solve your problem.

This is the correct method. Place the paper/card between the "head contact" and the PCB. Remove it AFTER spindown is completed as Gradius2 describes on page 1. This is when you should remove the paper. You could place a paper on the "motor contact" if you want to but there is really no point doing so. It would only shorten the spindown time (i think). And that is already short enough. /KlingKlang

to: freshmen1020 & 03Vette and everyone else wondering about the CA-42. Correct pinout for the Genuine Nokia CA-42 is: Pin 1 = Ground (Black) Pin 2 = Tx (White) Pin 3 = Rx (Blue) Pin 4 = ?? Pin 5 = +3.3v (Red) Pin 6 = ?? (Yellow) Use a multimeter to determine what color you cable has. Close-up of usb-contact. Close-up other side of usb-contact. Close-up of the circuit. The white plastic-cover has been removed. Close-up of the circuit. The white plastic-cover has been removed. Wiring close-up. Because i used a 3-connector audiocable, i jumpered the black and white ON THE AUDIOCABLE on one connector, not the usb-cable. I then used the second to the hdd-connectors and the third to connect to the usb-cable. The important are that you connect +3V to the red usb-cable and black usb-cable. Wiring close-up. More wiring pictures... The red-black is connected to the white-audio cable and should be connected to the Gnd on the battery, while the red usb-cable should be connected to +3.3V. The computer SHOULD detect "Nokia Parent Phone Modem" when you powerup the usbcable with a battery. Dont forget to install the drivers! white, blue and black is from the usb-cable, red, yellow and black are audiocable. Hdd-connectors... Here i removed the connectors to the audiocable and put a tiny heat shrink hose around to prevent from short circuit. Use a very tiny hose or it might be to clumsy. It is also a good idea to use a needle to poke on the connectors so the can grab the small pins on the hdd. Follow the rest of Gradius2´s guide for the rest. See post #1583 for further details! Well, it looks like a rat´s nest, but it worked for me. email me: henric_tomasson[at]hotmail.com if you have more questions

to: freshmen1020 & 03Vette I´m sure that your cable is working fine. Have you tried to connect +3v on the cable? My CA-42 was not detected in windows until i connected a 3v battery and it suddenly was detected. The reason for it works with a nokia phone, is that the phone is powering the cable with +3V. I´m going to post a series of pictures so you can test if it works or not. if your inpatient, check my previous post at page ~85-86 something. /Cheers, KlingKlang

The usb-contact should contain some kind of circuit with some ic´s on it. Your usb-contact looks like a third-party assembled cable and looks completey different from mine. However, i can´t say it won´t work but i doubt it. When you connect the cable to the computer, does the computer detect it as a new hardware? If not, the chances are that is just a straight-thru usb-cable with out any circuits inside. I can post some pictures of mine genuine cable tomorrow afternoon.

Hi there people! I just bought a Nokia "CA-42" cable. It seems like there is working and non-working CA-42-cable. I would be grand if someone could help me to determine if my cable will work. It is a genuine Nokia-cable, Made in thailand. I´ve read somewhere on this thread (page 79 i think), who managed to recover the data with this cable. However, the questions are: 1) How do i know which cable is the working one? Mine isn´t recognized when inserted in the usb-host as a new device, could it need extra power from a battery to work? Yes, use a 3V battery or other power source and the CA-42 cable is detected in windows as a "Nokia Parent Phone Modem". Connect +3V to pin 5 and battery negative to pin 1. 2) Where are the power supposed to be connected to if necessary, what pin? The 3.3v should go in on pin 5, if you counts from the middle of the pins. Thats is the second longest pin, that are surrounded by pins. Apperently there are different colors on the wires, so cut the cable at the phone end and use a multimeter to figure out which pin is connected to which cable. Correct pinout for the Genuine Nokia CA-42 is: Pin 1 = Ground (Black) Pin 2 = Tx (White) Pin 3 = Rx (Blue) Pin 4 = ?? Pin 5 = +3.3v (Red) Pin 6 = ?? (Yellow) See post #1583 for further details! Regards, KlingKlang PM me if you need any more help with this cable.. Thanks Gradius2, Fatlip, pichi and all the rest of you who made this guide!