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Seagate F3 Course Material

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Class – 1
Seagate Basics
1- Seagate F3 Structure.
2- Work With terminal.
3- Prepare HDD for Diagnose.

Class – 2
Work With FW
1- Work with ROM.
2- Rom R&W.
3- Adaptive edit.
4- RAP – SAP – CAP.
5- Edit RAP When and why.
6- Work with rom Via Terminal.
7- Boot Mode & Terminal Mode Usage.
8- Work with SA.
9- R&W SA Tracks.
10- R&W SA modules by ATA.
11- R&W SA Modules in Terminal Mode.
12- R&W by ABA.

Class – 3
Module analysis
1- Defects module.
2- Explain P-list mod Structure in details.
3- Edit P-list.
4- Work with Servo list & Track Defect list within p-list module.
5- NRG List Structure.
6- Edit NRG List Module Manually.
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Class – 4
HDD Refurbishing
1- Steps to refurbishing HDD.
2- Write Loader File.
3- Steps need to Complete Refurbishing.
4- All thing you should know about loader file.

Class – 5
Work with heads
1- Test heads (best ways).
2- Head smash test.
3- Determine bad & weak heads.
4- Bad sector, zone & bad head.
5- De-pop bad head.
6- Cut bad head by RAP Edit.
7- Detailed Steps to cut bad head.
8- Cut heads in 7200.11
9- Cut heads in 7200.12
10-Cut heads in 5400.6
11-Cut heads in 7200.4
12-Cut heads in Moment us thin.
13-Choose correct loader.
14-Recover any error if encounter during or after cut head.

Class – 6
Work with Zone
1- F3 Zone information.
2- Test zones R&W.
3- Determine bad zone.
4- Zone parameter in detail.
5- Modify Zone Parameter in RAP.

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6- Cut bad zone.

7- Repair Zone Error in R&W.
8- Other things you should know about zone.

Class – 7
Seagate PCB Read Channel &Boot Code Short Points
1- Why we need To Short RD channel.
2- Identifying RD channel in PCB.
3- PCB Examples.
4- Boot Code Mode.
5- Boot Code short Points.

Class – 8
Seagate Solution
1- Fix Busy Problem.
2- Fix LBA0 (2 ways).
3- Fix INITSMART Failed.
4- FIX ALL RAP Error.
5- FIX SMP ERROR.
6- FIX Relocation Error.
7- FIX MCMT Error (ALL Ways).
8- Fix ALL System File Errors.
9- Fix All Translator issue.
10- Fix all overlays Compatibility issue.
11- Fix CFWCode Not Loaded.
12- FIX All DOS Table Error.
13- Fix All Servo Error.
14- Fix R&W Errors.
15- Fix Port Lock Error.
16- Fix DVR Lock Error.
17- Fix error 500E.
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18- Fix Error 500D.

19- Fix error 5000.
20- Fix error P-list Check Failed.
21- Fix Long Busy.
22- Fix Partial Access.
23- Fix LED Error.
24- Fix Undetected HDD.
25- Fix Other Errors.

Class – 9
F3 Batching Level
1- Level – 6 information.
2- Display Batch File.
3- Edit Batch File.
4- Run Batch file.
5- Create Custom batch file.
6- Monitor Offline Batch.

Class – 10
Work with Hdd Repair
1- Diagnose Bad Sector.
2-Determine Bad Sector Solution.
3- Bad Zone and Bad Sector.
4- Fix and repair bad Zone.
5- Fix Bad Track.
6-Bad Head and Bad sector.
7-Work with Format Partition “M command ".
8- Remove single.
9- Remove multiple LBA defect.
10- Hide Bad Zone from RAP.
11- Find Bad System file And Solve it.
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12- SF Offline.
13- Create Logging File.
14- Repair Bad Sector by P-list.
15- 5400.6 Custom bad sector repair.
16- Bad Sector Repair Tips and tricks.

Class – 11
Security Subsystem
1- Unlock and Clear 3 password.
2- View Password in RAM.

Class – 12
Adaptive edit
1- Edit RAP Parameter.
2- Cut Zone from RAP.
3- Cut Head rom RAP.
4- EDIT CAP.
5- EDIT SAP.
6- Edit HDD information ID/SN … ETC.
7- CONGEN Parameters.
8- SAVE Modification To flash.

Class – 13

Things you should know about Seagate

1- ROM Tips.
2- SA Tips.
3- Repair Bad Sector Advanced Tricks.
4- Online Meeting by Team Viewer.

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