[The Solution for Seagate 7200.11 HDDs]

Thanks Sabin,

So just because hyper-terminal connection stop for me too, doesn't mean I pooched it? :-)

This is good news

I'll try again tonight,

[The Solution for Seagate 7200.11 HDDs]

OK, I've made some progress. It was unclear to me before that I needed to connect the gnd wire from the battery to the PCB. That did the trick and I as able to hyperterm to the board.

Now I have a new issue.

I got to this part:

With the POWER CONNECTED to the PCB board, as well as your TX/RX terminal wires, mount the board back on the HDA case. You must have the power connected when you do this.

Now type (to start the motor):

after I connected I typed F3 2>U (enter)

noting happened.

I appear to have lost the connection, so I powered everything down and started from the beginning.

However this time I am not able to connect, just blank screen when I CRTL+Z

Any suggestions on my next step?

Thanks

[The Solution for Seagate 7200.11 HDDs]

I'm having a bit of difficult with this fix. My drive is having the BSY issue.

I ordered the http://alldav.com/index.php?main_page=prod...;products_id=11 adapter

and this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16812101118 USB to DB9 Serial Adapter

I am using a 3v mobo bios battery and holder.

I connected everything up as per - http://sites.google.com/site/seagatefix/

and tested the loopback. everything worked as planed.

However if I connect the PCB board I sometimes get the same results as the loopback.

if I press crtl+Z I only get a right facing arrow ( -> )

Other times I get "com port open, check config"

is my PCB fried? I cannot image it is.

Thanks everyone for your help