[The Solution for Seagate 7200.11 HDDs]

I fixed my drive tonite. Thanks for your advice about the PSU. I tried with a 300W causing Windows and Hyperterminal to freeze when powering up the Barracuda. Switching to a 450W PSU pulled the trick.

2 notes :

i have firmware SD25

i followed this excellent tutorial http://www.mapleleafmountain.com/seagatebrick.html but before regenerating the partitions pull out the sata power cable and wait 1 minute (not doing so caused a very long wait and nothing happened)

Thanks BlouBul you made my day.

That is the right guide to use

Does your loopback test work? Do you have a cheap PSU? See here.

Otherwise we need more info on your converter setup and everything in your own words. The more detail you give, the more likely we will be able to identify the problem.

[The Solution for Seagate 7200.11 HDDs]

I've got the setup of this guy (http://www.mapleleafmountain.com/seagatebrick.html) and i get just till the moment that i have to power on my sata drive. Sata data cable not attached

Thanks for having a look at this.

Dirk

Hi people,

i'm also trying to unbrick my seagate but at the moment when i power on my harddrive some moments later hyperterminal and windows xp freezes.

Can somebody help me ?

I do hope your SATA data cable is not connected? Otherwise give more info of exactly what you are trying to commit there, since I normally leave my crystal ball at work and do not have access to it during weekends.

[The Solution for Seagate 7200.11 HDDs]

Hi people,

i'm also trying to unbrick my seagate but at the moment when i power on my harddrive some moments later hyperterminal and windows xp freezes.

Can somebody help me ?