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Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE)

From Paul <nospam@needed.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-11
Subject Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE)
Date 2025-04-06 00:13 -0400
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <vssv1e$3d34$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References (4 earlier) <sdt5clxhsh.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <vsppfn$n253$1@dont-email.me> <ebe7clx3p.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <vsrac2$2b6bi$1@dont-email.me> <l028clxb1o.ln2@Telcontar.valinor>

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On Sat, 4/5/2025 12:23 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> On 2025-04-05 15:14, Java Jive wrote:
>> On 2025-04-05 11:47, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>
>>> On 2025-04-05 01:20, Java Jive wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 2025-04-04 21:52, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Huh, I have an idea. If this box in the end is not valid, I could rip it out and insert usb2sata connectors on the back of each disk. Use only the power supply and the iron. It would be ugly and impose a delay on my project, and waste of money, but would work.
>>>>
>>>> Wouldn't it be easier to try to solve the firmware problem?  If you're going to destroy the innards, invalidate the warranty, and so not be able to return it anyway, why not try installing a fixed firmware first?
>>>
>>> But someone has to provide the fixed software file.
>>
>> Paul gave you a big clue in his post of 2025-04-04, 04:33.  He didn't want to give actual links because he couldn't verify their sources, but you can search on the file names he gave, for example:
>>
>> https://duckduckgo.com/?q=jms578fwupdater.tgz
>>
> 
> It has to be an update of the Yottamaster model F55 specifically, and I didn't see any.
> 

I don't think there are that many firmwares out there.

The "NVRAM" whether emulated or not, there are bytes
in there that control the controller operating mode,
and the NVRAM is not protected by a checksum.

  https://helmet.kafuka.org/bboard/thread.php?id=259

And some of these discussion threads, seem to indicate
the firmware size is a lot smaller than the flasher flash file
size. the uncompressed firmware might be 4MB, but if you
do a backup of an existing firmware, it's on the order of 50668 bytes.
Which is a more reasonable or believable value. When you get your
flasher package, you may want to pop the "firmware file" into
a hex editor, and see if large portions of it are zero. The SPI
chip inside your box, may not be a matching 4MB, but could be
a lot smaller, like maybe 128KB (to hold a 50668 byte file).

When we did two controllers (having entirely different functions),
the firmware for those fit in 3KB of code. That's why I had trouble
believing a firmware needed 3MB to work. And the 50668 bytes or whatever,
is still large, but isn't too much of a multiplier over 3KB.

   Paul

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Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-03 22:01 +0200
  Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-03 17:47 -0400
    Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-04 02:39 +0200
      Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-03 23:33 -0400
        Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-04 11:36 +0200
          Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-04 12:16 +0200
            Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-04 14:51 -0400
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      Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-04 16:30 -0400
        Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-04 22:52 +0200
          Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-04 18:46 -0400
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                Re: Hard disk error (Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-06 00:13 -0400
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