PC-3000 HDD

Western Digital SMR. Formatted Drive Solution.

Posted on 03/06/2024 by ACELab team

Modern SMR drives are very sensitive due to a new shingled recording technology. The writing density becomes higher, and also, the internal processes in the drive firmware almost never stop. Even when the drive is idle, bands are rewritten to optimize … Continue reading →

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A brick named Rosewood

Posted on 01/19/2024 by ACELab team

Disclaimer: the article is specially written in an easy form to simplify the perception of the information presented; despite this, the material should be taken as seriously as possible. Currently, we receive a lot of modern SMR drives for data … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 HDD. Western Digital 4F ROM Module recovery mode

Posted on 08/07/2023 by ACELab team

Hello Friends! All of you already know that the PC-3000 can recover ROM from old Western Digital Marvell drives with External (in separate chip) and Internal (in MCU) ROM.  However, it was a problem to recover ROM from newer families, … Continue reading →

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PC-3000. Best PC configuration for ACE Lab products in 2024

Posted on 02/03/2023 by ACELab team

Recently, users have been asking about the most comfortable hardware configuration for using PC-3000 Flash, PC-3000 Express or PC-3000 UDMA-E. A lot of engineers are still working on computers with Core i5 2400 and 4GB of RAM, but this configuration is outdated … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 HDD. How to fix the Second Level Translator (T2) in the PC-3000 7.2 Software Version

Posted on 12/22/2022 by ACELab team

Hello Friends! As you know, the Second Level Translator (T2) is a very critical FW part which affects HDD normal work and data access. Previously, if the T2 was damaged, we  had to use RAW recovery in PBA mode in order … Continue reading →

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How to use PC-3000 Portable III incorrectly and lose your warranty

Posted on 12/13/2022 by ACELab team

The ports of PC-3000 Portable III (Port 0, 1, 2) function using high-speed PCIe-1, 2 and SATA-1, 2, 3 protocols thus providing for the data transfer rates up to 5 and 6 Gbit/s respectively, i.e. effectively the data transfer rate … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 SAS. List of supported hard drives

Posted on 12/12/2022 by ACELab team

        PC-3000 SAS can work with SAS and SCSI drives (requires an additional third-party SCSI adapter). PC-3000 Portable III with SAS Adapter and Utilities is able to work only with native SAS drives and does not support … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 for HDD. How to unlock SED on WD SMR drives without a special board

Posted on 07/28/2022 by ACELab team

Hello dear friends, In June 2022, we released a new PC-3000 software version 7.1.x,  and one of the main features in this update is the SED unlocking option for new WD SMR families. It means that now you don’t need to … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 HDD. How to Block Writing in Service Area in Seagate F3

Posted on 01/17/2022 by ACELab team

Modern Seagate drives are very complex, and their hardware becomes more and more sensitive. If heads have issues, they can damage some critical objects in the Service Area during the internal FW processes. It may be a reason for data … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 SAS. How to Solve the Medium Format Corrupted Issue on Hitachi SAS Drives

Posted on 01/13/2022 by ACELab team

Nowadays, more and more SAS drives are used for storing data and therefore become damaged due to continuous use. Some of them require spare parts, but some of them can be fixed by software methods. In this article, you can … Continue reading →

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