Seagate Shorting Points

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100809471

10Jun25: Drive gives full ID but stays busy on any command. To get terminal access wait for drive to ask for unlock. Then short while holding control+z. If drive does not respond or shows (1Ah)-Serial Port Not Ready. Then release short momentarily to allow more firmware to load. Drive will give F3 T prompt.

100781943

100794976

100835923

14Apr2023:
Model : ST2000LM007-1R8174, Serial : ZDZF8M34, Firmware : EB01, Capacity : 0 MB (-     1)
Unlock tech mode patch Wait 1 second. Short. Spam Control+Z

14May2025:
Model : ST2000LM015-2E8174, Serial : WY21HF65, Firmware : 0001, Capacity : 2 TB (3 907 029 168)
Can't patch via terminal or shorting points. Patched via programmer. MRB.

100815565

100574451

06APR23: For bricked drive:
Short after the first click and the first message shows up on terminal:
Rst 0x20M
RW: Disc Ctlr Initialization Completed.
(P) SATA Reset
Terminal was unbricked after changing HDD ID but drive was still bricked

28APR23 : ST2000DM001 , PCB 100717520 REV A 

Drives stays bsy, does not ID. Found shorting points on the internet, shorted and turned on the drive, spammed ctrl+z and got a terminal access

100687658

100664987

15May24- Try to short yellow channel first,if does not work-try read channel-picture is above

Seagate JTAG

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