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Alternative: DIY job: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=128807 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=133387&hl= jaclaz A VERY BIG thank you to Jaclaz for pointing me in the right direction and for Gradius2's easy to follow directions and parts listing. http://www.msfn.org/board/solution-seagate...ds-t128807.html I now have a functioning drive, unbricked and updated firmware!! Spot on!! All in all cost me about £25 for the parts: http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=45545 http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=32671 http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=4470 http://www.coolcomponents.co.uk/catalog/pr...products_id=355 http://www.coolcomponents.co.uk/catalog/pr...products_id=158 I had a few probs with the set up. XP wouldn't recognise the serial port so I had no promt on Hyperterminal, just an arrow. So I downloaded Hyperdrive on Vista and it installed the serial port driver on COM3 straight away. I kept getting an error when spinning up the drive but found it was due to pressing Ctrl+Z too soon after connecting the cables to the drive (give it about 20 secs) Also found when doing the power off after F3 T> I tried a few times but found I had to not only take off the power but also unplug the USB and remove the battery, left it for a minute then powered on and entered: F3 T> m0,2,2,0,0,0,0,22 Job done! An independant data company quoted between £250 -£350 and Seagate quoted £550-£1300 even though my drive is under warranty until 2013. I know it doesn't cover data but I thought it might count towards some sort of help. My numbers match the drives affected for the BSY error but funny enough the man at Seagate says "no, that drive isn't affected" I said "well it is and it has the SD15 firmware" He point blank refused to help because apparently the SD15 firmware is the latest! Again I pointed out that the latest firmware for that model is SD1A and it says so on their website. His reply "no, your drive is fine it's not affected". To say I was mad is an understatement I have always used Seagate drives in my systems and PC's I have built for friends over the years. Under no circumstances will I EVER knowingly buy another Seagate product!

Alternative: DIY job: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=128807 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=133387&hl= jaclaz Many thanks jaclaz!! Just what I needed

Number:Serial N°:Model:Part N°:Firmware:DateCode:(manufac. date):SiteCode:PurchaseDate:FailedDate:OEM/RETAIL:UserName:Country of User:fail reason/fine:OS:PSU :9QJ0****:ST31000340AS:9BX158-303:SD15:08524:KRATSG:06-AUG-08:11-SEP-09:OEM:Premix:UK:Not detected in Bios:XP pro X86:Corsair HX1000W Just been quoted between £250-£300 to retrieve my data!! The data is my family pics and worth a lot to me, but no way can I afford that sort of money!