>From: Kris Tilford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 05:34:07 -0500 > >On Sep 28, 2008, at 5:05 AM, Aaron wrote: > >> It's pretty clear that the case's firmware has been clobbered. But >> I'm wondering if the drive's firmware might be OK, so that I could >> read it if I took it out of the case. Any thoughts? > >You're confusing different things. The firmware you clobbered with the >"bridge" firmware (bridges the SATA HD to either USB, FW400), not the >HD firmware. HD firmware is rarely upgraded these days, I've only >upgraded one HD in my life, and I'm nutty about firmware updates. I've >had several devices literally given to me as "defective" that were >completely salvaged by firmware updates.
In other words, the drive's firmware should be OK. That's an answer to my question. >In your case, I'm not familiar with the MyBook firmware, but normally >each port (USB, FW) would have it's own separate firmware. Since it >appears that both the USB and FW firmware were hosed in the same >operation, perhaps WD places all the firmware into one single chip >that's segmented for each port. The firmware upgrade only works -- or tries and fails to work! -- over a USB connection. The upgrade program only scans the USB bus. >Can you run the firmware update program again? No! The program doesn't find the drive when it scans the bus. >Did you follow the instructions? (obviously the instructions are >"windows-centric" and you can ignore the windows-only instructions >that make no sense). > >If you can run the flash program again, perhaps do so from Safe Boot >(hold shift key at startup). > >If you can't get this going, there are Windows-only programs to force >flash some chips, but you'd need to know the brand and size, and also >have the binary firmware file. This could be difficult, but I >guarantee your enclosure can probably be salvaged, however, the know >how may be too difficult, and you might need to consider another >enclosure (your HD is almost certain good, and can be removed and >place elsewhere). > >Good luck! Kris I'm trying to figure out how to oven the enclosure without breaking it. It has no visible screws, latches, etc.. - Aaron --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
