How to (re)induce the fail on a Seagate 7200.11 Hard drive?

[tostator]

Hello.

I own a 7200.11 hard drive affected with the firmware issue. It locked itself a few days ago, and thanks to the people on this forum I've been able to unlock it and recover my info.

I dont want to update firmware because I do not relay on Seagates 7200.11 series. Speaking with the wholeseller where I bougt my HD (I have good relations with them), they comment that I can return to them the hard drive and they replace it to me as a favour (another brand, as I want). The thing is that the drive must be locked.

Is there any method to provoke (again) the fail in order to return it to the wholeseller?

I know is not usual to ask things like that...

Thanks in advance

[tostator]

bump!