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tireguy42
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reserved jumper?

i just pulled a malfunctioning st380215a (fw: 3.AAD) out of one of our work systems, and much to my surprise it had theunlabled factory jumper installed (pins 3-4).  is there any way to find out what this jumper does, or if it is perhaps related to its failure?

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AlanM
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Re: reserved jumper?

http://support.seagate.com/rightnow/flash/jumperguide/Seagate_ATA_Jumper_Guide.html

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tireguy42
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Re: reserved jumper?

thanks for the effort, but the online guide has no information about the reserved jumpers.

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fzabkar
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Re: reserved jumper?

It could be that the additional pins are not jumpers, but are instead reserved for serial terminal access to the drive's MCU.

If you have a multimeter, disconnect power from the drive, remove all the jumpers, and determine which pins are grounds (by measuring the resistances between each pin and power ground). Then power up the drive and measure the voltages at each of the remaining pins.

It would seem reasonable that no output pin would be adjacent to a ground pin, as this would expose the drive to potential damage from user error. Knowing this, it should be easy to infer which is the TX pin and which is Rx.

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tireguy42
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Re: reserved jumper?

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right in the middle of the jumper block?  i wouldnt think so... its nestled right between the cable-select and 32gb-limit jumpers. worth a look, i guess.

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AlanM
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Re: reserved jumper?

 


tireguy42 wrote:

thanks for the effort, but the online guide has no information about the reserved jumpers.


 

Well, yes it does - it says which one is reserved.  I don't know exactly what it does, actually, but I seriously doubt it has anything to do with the drive's failure.


That said, if the drive is already failed, I don't see how it would hurt anything to remove the jumper and see what happens. Removing it is not going to void the warranty or anything, so don't worry about that.

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fzabkar
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Re: reserved jumper?

The Barracuda 7200.10 PATA Product Manual doesn't mention a 32GB capacity limitation jumper:
http://www.seagate.com/staticfiles/support/disc/manuals/desktop/Barracuda%207200.10/100402369f.pdf